Karelia (disambiguation)

Karelia usually refers to the Republic of Karelia, a subject within the Russian Federation, but it can also refer to:

Geographic region

• A specific part of the Karelian region:
  • Karelian Isthmus
  • Ladoga Karelia
  • North Karelia, an administrative region in present-day Finland
    • Central Karelia, subdivision of North Karelia
    • Pielinen Karelia, subdivision of North Karelia
    • Municipalities of North Karelia, municipalities of North Karelia grouped by sub-region
  • South Karelia, an administrative region in present-day Finland
    • Municipalities of South Karelia, municipalities of North Karelia grouped by sub-region
  • East Karelia
• Tver Karelia in the Tver Oblast
• Savolax and Karelia County, historical Swedish county

History and politics

• Finnish Karelia, a historical province of Finland.
• Karelo-Finnish SSR, a Soviet Republic (1940–1956)
• Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, a Soviet Republic that existed from 1923 to 1940 and from 1956 to 1991.
• Karelia constituency, Russian legislative constituency in the Republic of Karelia
• Old Finland
• Northern Karelia Province, former Finnish region
• One of the historical semi-independent states:
  • Provisional government of East Karelia, a Finnish puppet-state.
  • Olonets Government of Southern Karelia
  • Karelian United Government

Music

• Karelia (album), 1989 album by Shizuka Kudo
• Karelia Suite, a collection of classical music by Jean Sibelius
• The Karelia (band), a former band of Alex Kapranos
• Karelia (heavy metal band), a French heavy metal band
• "Karelia", a song by Lidia Klement
• "Karelia", an instrumental piece by Amorphis on their 1992 album The Karelian Isthmus
• "Karelia", an instrumental piece by Insomnium on their 2019 album Heart Like a Grave

Business

• Karelia Tobacco Company, a Greek tobacco company
• FC Karelia Petrozavodsk, formerly professional Russian football team
• FC Karelia-Discovery Petrozavodsk, amateur/semi-pro Russian football team
• Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Finnish University
• Karelia Aviation Museum, Finnish museum

Military

• Army of Karelia, former Finnish army
• Karelia Air Command, peace-time Finnish Air Force unit
• Karelia Brigade, Finnish Army readiness brigades
• North Karelia Brigade, former Finnish Army unit
• Russian submarine Karelia (K-18), a submarine in service with the Russian Navy

Other

• ProKarelia, Finnish fringe irredentist group
• Karelia Watson, software program released by Karelia Software for the Macintosh in 2001

See also

• Karelian (disambiguation)
• Academic Karelia Society
• National Theatre of Karelia