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Karjala (Finnish) / Karelen (Swedish) / Karelia (English)
Karelia can generally be defined as the region of land between the Baltic Sea and White Sea settled by the Karelian ethnic group approximately 8,000 years ago.
The region has been culturally divided since the 13th century into two halves, Western Karelia (also known as Swedish Karelia or Finnish Karelia) and Eastern Karelia (also known as Russian Karelia and the Republic of Karelia). Traditionally this split has been most obvious by the dominance in the west of Catholicism and later Lutheranism while the east was predominantly Orthodox. The national borders defining east and west Karelia have moved numerous times in the last thousand years as the power and influence of neighbouring empires has waxed and waned. The focus of the members of this project is on western Karelia, the provinces of Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia (which within living memory were a part of Finland until the Winter War of 1940) and the provinces of South Karelia and North Karelia, which are still within Finnish national borders. This project is not focused on the peoples or history of Eastern Karelia, if this is your specific interest let us know through the discussion board and we will either incorporate your interests into this project or assist you with setting up of a complimentary project.
Genealogy resources
- Hiski - (Suomi/Svenska/English)
- Karjala-tietokantasäätiö
Links
- Karelia, wikipedia
- History of Karelia, wikipedia
- The Karelian peoples, wikipedia
- Russian, Republic of Karelia, wikipedia
- Finnish Karelia, wikipedia
Karelian language
- Uralic family Trees, ethnologue
- Uralic languages, wikipedia
- Proto Uralic language, wikipedia
- Uralic languages, wikipedia
- Karelian language, wikipedia
Maps
- Karjalan Kartat - interactive mapping system (instructions in suomi, svenska & english)
- Map of Finland 1845
Discussions
Literature
Parishes in Karelia
South Karelia
- Ilmee
- Joutseno
- Lappee - Lappvesi
- Lemi
- Luumäki
- Parikkala
- Rautjärvi
- Ruokolahti
- Saimaan kanava - Saima kanal
- Suomenniemi
- Taipalsaari
- Uukuniemi
North Karelia
- Eno
- Ilomantsi - Ilomants
- Juuka
- Kesälahti
- Kiihtelysvaara
- Kitee - Kides
- Kontiolahti
- Liperi
- Nurmes
- Pielisjärvi
- Rääkkylä
- Tohmajärvi
The Ceded Parishes
Hiski, parishes in Karelia - no. 21
- Antrea - S:t Andreae
- Heinjoki
- Hiitola
- Impilahti
- Jaakkima
- Johannes - S:t Johannes
- Jääski
- Kaukola
- Kirvu
- Kivennapa - Kivinebb
- Koivisto - Björkö
- Korpiselkä Greek Orthodox parish - *Korpiselkä ortodoxa förs
- Kuolemajärvi
- Kurkijoki - Kronoborg
- Käkisalmen msrk - Kexholms lf
- Käkisalmi - Kexholm
- Käkisalmi Greek Orthodox parish - *Kexholms ortodoxa förs
- Lavansaari
- Leppälahti
- Mantsinsaari Greek Orthodox parish - *Mantsinsaari ortodoxa förs
- Metsäpirtti
- Muolaa
- Palkeala Greek Orthodox parish - *Palkeala ortodoxa förs
- Petsamo Greek Orthodox parish - *Petsamo ortodoxa förs
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl - Pyhäjärvi Vib l
- Pälkjärvi
- Raivola Greek Orthodox parish - *Raivola ortodoxa förs
- Rautu
- Ruskeala
- Räisälä
- Sakkola
- Salmi
- Salmin ortodoksinen srk - Salmi ortodoxa förs
- Seiskari - Seitskär
- Soanlahti
- Sortavalan kaupunkisrk - Sordavala stadsförs
- Sortavalan maaseurakunta - Sordavala landsförsamling
- Sortavalan ortodoksinen srk - *Sordavala ortodoxa förs
- Suursaari - Hogland
- Säkkijärvi
- Terijoki
- Terijoki Greek Orthodox parish - Terijoki ortodoxa förs
- Tiurulan ortodoksinen srk - Tiurula ortodoxa förs
- Tytärsaari - Tyterskär
- Uudenkirkon ortodoksinen srk - Nykyrka ortodoxa förs
- Uusikirkko Vpl - Nykyrka
- Valkjärvi
- Viipurin msrk - Viborgs lf
- Viipurin ortodoksinen srk - Viborgs ortodoxa förs
- Viipurin ruotsalainen srk - Viborgs svenska förs
- Viipurin tuomiokirkkoseurakunta - Viborgs domkyrkoförsamling