What is "karelia"

Karelia can refer to:

• the geography of Karelia:

:* Karelia, the land of Karelians, in its most general sense

:* Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic in Russia (Eastern Karelia)

:** Karelo-Finnish SSR, a Soviet Republic (1940–1956)

:** East Karelia, the cultural root of Finnishness, the land of the Kalevala

:* Finnish Karelia, a historical province of Sweden and Finland (Western Karelia)

:** Ladoga Karelia (most of which was ceded in 1940)

:*** North Karelia, an administrative region in present-day Finland

:** Karelian Isthmus (most of which was ceded in 1940)

:*** South Karelia, an administrative region in present-day Finland

:* Tver Karelia in the Tver Oblast

• something named after the region of Karelia

:* Karelia Suite, a collection of classical music by Jean Sibelius

:* Karelia Software, LLC, a Macintosh software company in California

:* The Karelia (Band), a previous band of Alex Kapranos

:* Karelia (heavy metal band), a French heavy metal band

:* Karelia, a name of Russian Delta-IV class submarine

:* "Karelia", a song by Lidia Klement

Karelia is a historical province of Finland (historically also known as Swedish Karelia, when Finland was part of the Swedish Realm). It refers to the Western Karelia that during the second millennium has been under western dominance, religiously and politically. Western, i.e. Finnish Karelia is separate from Eastern, i.e. Russian Karelia, which was dominated by Novgorod and its successor states from the 12th century onwards.

The name is Karjala in Finnish and Karelen in Swedish. Karelia borders on Uusimaa, Savonia and Ostrobothnia. It is also bounded by Russia and the Gulf of Finland.

Karelia ( Karelian, Finnish and Estonian: Karjala; , Kareliya; ), the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden. It is currently divided between the Russian Republic of Karelia, the Russian Leningrad Oblast, and Finland (the regions of South Karelia and North Karelia).

Karelia is a French heavy metal band created in 2000 by Lionel Vest and Matthieu Kleiber.