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As the local Karelian population was unwilling to end up under Soviet rule, over 400,000 people were evacuated across Finland's new border from the territories that were to be ceded. After the Continuation War (1941–1944), in which Finland temporarily held most of Eastern Karelia, several thousands of Karelians chose to migrate west as ...
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The Karelian people's presence can be dated back to the 7th millennium BC–6th millennium BC. [1] The region itself is rich with fish, lakes, and minerals, and because of that its holder has changed throughout history, and to this day it is divided between the Republic of Finland and the Russian Federation.
The Union of Karelian People also organized education in Karelian in the PetrSU, the "Čičiliusku" puppet theatre company and popularized the game of Kyykkä in the Republic. The UKP works closely with the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia for National Policy and the Finnish Union of White Sea Karelians .
The Karelian enclave dialects such as Tikhvin, Valday and Tver Karelian are also derived from South Karelian. [ 6 ] South Karelian is mainly distinguished from North Karelian by containing the sounds b, d, g, z and ž, which are missing from the Northern dialect of Karelian proper.
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Karelia (/ k ə ˈ r iː l ɪ ə, k ə ˈ r iː l j ə /; Karelian and Finnish: Karjala [ˈkɑrjɑlɑ]; Russian: Каре́лия, romanized: Kareliya [kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə], historically Коре́ла, Korela [kɐˈrʲelʲə]; Swedish: Karelen [kɑˈreːlen]) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden.