Karelians
Sign in to saveKarelians (; ; ; ) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia. Karelians living in Russian Karelia are considered a distinct ethnic group closely related to Finnish Karelians, who are considered a subset of Finns. This distinction historically arose from Karelia having been fought over and eventually split between Sweden and Novgorod, resulting in Karelians being under different cultural spheres.
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Karelians are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to the historical region of Karelia, which today is divided between Finland and Russia. The split of their homeland between different powers centuries ago created distinct cultural differences, leading to Russian Karelians being recognized as a separate ethnic group while Finnish Karelians are generally considered part of the Finnish population.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Karelians karjalaižet karjalazet karjalaiset
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Jouhikko player.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Karelian woman playing jouhikko
- Ethnic group.pop
- 43,000 (2020)
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 32,422 (2020)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 10,000 (1994)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 1,522 (2001)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 290 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 302 (2009)
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 192 (2018)
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 39 (2011)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Karelian, Livvi-Karelian, Ludian
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle Ages
- Early modern period
- Late modern period
- Language
- Religion
- Demographics
- Genetics
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Karelians (; ; ; ) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia. Karelians living in Russian Karelia are considered a distinct ethnic group closely related to Finnish Karelians, who are considered a subset of Finns. This distinction historically arose from Karelia having been fought over and eventually split between Sweden and Novgorod, resulting in Karelians being under different cultural spheres.
In Russia, Karelians mostly live in the Republic of Karelia, where they are the designated ethnic group, and in other adjacent north-western parts of the country. They traditionally speak the Karelian language and are Eastern Orthodox Christians. There are also significant Karelian enclaves in the Tver and Novgorod oblasts, as some Karelians migrated to those areas after the Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658.