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News from The SiteApril 11, 2021 Map of the Grand Duchy of Finland (ethnographic)”Detailed Atlas of the Russian Empire”. Saint Petersburg, 1860 April 10, 2021 Comparative size of the most important citiesGeographical and Statistical Atlas of Russia, 1907 April 6, 2021 Reconnaissance and SabotageJuho Honkanen was left fallen on the battlefield… April 3, 2021 February ManifestoIn order to accomplish this We have under Our Own Supreme Hand sanctioned the hereby proclaimed Fundamental Rules to be complied with regarding formulation, examination and promulgation of laws, which are passed for the Empire, the Grand Duchy of Finland therein included March 29, 2021 On the opening of an extraordinary Diet in HelsingforsWe expect from all an exact execution of our will March 28, 2021 On measures for the return to the rule of law in FinlandWe sincerely hope that these measures granted by Us, which spring from Our care for Finland’s well-being, will strengthen the bonds which unite the Finnish people to their ruler March 27, 2021 Vehniäinen long-range reconnaissance patrol in the summer season of 1941Junior Sergeant Juho Honkanen fell in a fire contact in the village March 25, 2021 October RailwayMinistry of the Means of Communication of USSR, 1952 March 24, 2021 Map of Murmansk Railway1924 March 23, 2021 Olonets RailwayCartographic institution of A.Ilyin, 1915 March 21, 2021 Post stamps of North IngriaOn March 21, 1920 the Governing Council of North Ingria, in accordance with the proposal of Colonel Yrjö Elfvengren, issued original post stamps March 20, 2021 New post stamps of IngriaThe stamps are former post stamps of North Ingria with the additional overprinting “To help Ingria” March 19, 2021 Ingrian post stampsIts subjects are taken from the lives of the people March 18, 2021 Post stamps of North IngriaWith the passage of time those post stamps will have a great historical value March 12, 2021 A postal service is organized in KareliaOwn post stamps of Karelia are already ready March 8, 2021 Post stamps of KareliaIn November 1921, the Karelian United Government decided to issue its own post stamps March 3, 2021 Text Search v4.11Run faster and more efficiently February 26, 2021 Post stamps of Olonets KareliaThe post stamps were valid in the Olonets Karelia and were also used for the postal items addressed to Finland February 25, 2021 Own post stamps for Olonets KareliaThe stamps will be issued as soon as possible February 24, 2021 Finnish official appeal for recognition of independence, addressed to the Governments of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Britain and the United StatesIt is vital that the full independence of Finland be realised without delay and that its government manage to establish direct relations with foreign states February 22, 2021 Text Search v3.03Proximity of the words taken into account February 21, 2021 The Coat of Arms of the Karelian-Finnish SSR in the All-Union Agricultural ExhibitionThe Coat of Arms of the Karelian-Finnish SSR was always the first February 18, 2021 The Coat of Arms of the Karelian-Finnish SSR on the door of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of USSRMinistry of Foreign Affairs of USSR main building was built between 1948 and 1953 February 17, 2021 The Coat of Arms of the Karelian-Finnish SSR in the Moscow MetroAmong the sixteen Coat of Arms of the Soviet Republics, there also presents the Coat of Arms of the Karelian-Finnish SSR February 14, 2021 Text Search v2.00Extended search query language Search v8.00Extended search query language February 13, 2021 Unused radio speech by Juho Kusti Paasikivi on the fall of LeningradFor the first time in its history, this magnificent former capital of Russia has fallen February 12, 2021 Map of Olonets Karelia, White Sea Karelia and Murman1927 February 9, 2021 Jäger MarchThe march was made for the first military unit of independent Finland – a Jäger Battalion February 7, 2021 My friend JussiWe got information that Jussi's fell six months after his visit to Riihimäki, at the first autumn of the Continuation War February 6, 2021 Text Search v1.24Instead of Google Custom Search January 26, 2021 Murser of Minister of the Interior RitavuoriThis was the one and only political murder in the history of independent Finland January 17, 2021 General Paavo Talvela saysHowever, a miracle happened January 12, 2021 Elias Simojoki fellElias Simojoki was a warrior, a fighter not only on the battlefields, but also in peace works, he fought for the causes he thought were right January 6, 2021 The fates of the participants in the Olonets expeditionIn the spring of 1919, lot of youths who did not take part in the Finnish War of Independence due to age limits, got a chance to take part in the Olonets expedition January 4, 2021 Native of Heinola died in OlonetsHis body was left in the hands of the Reds January 3, 2021 Bruno is deadQuote from Uuno Kailas's autobiographical short story December 28, 2020 Descriptions of RussiaOur readers still remember the disappearance of Viljo Heinonen, a Lyceum student from Turku, who was on the Olonets front, and his “resurrection” after two years of being unknown December 25, 2020 Death of Lyceum student Yrjö SaarenpuuThe young freedom fighter was completely innocent of the crime, for which he was executed by Tavastians December 24, 2020 Cenotaph in OulujokiIn the Oulujoki Cemetery located a memorial stone with the names of four warriors December 23, 2020 Sad memory of the Olonets expeditionYrjö Saarenpuu was 18 years and 1 month old when he died December 19, 2020 Extract from the Treaty of Mutual Assistance and Friendship between the Soviet Union and Finnish Democratic Republic, signed on 2 December 1939Why do the plutocrats and their minions hide the contents of this important Treaty from our people? December 18, 2020 Ceding of KirjasaloThis day became an unforgettable stage in the struggle for the freedom of Ingria December 13, 2020 Soviet propaganda leaflet”Turn to the side of People's Government, leading by Kuusinen! Join the People's Army of the Finnish Democratic Republic!” November 25, 2020 Badges of the Finnish Union of the Kinship WarriorsMember badge and badge for the 20th anniversary of Kinship Wars November 7, 2020 Reality is often more wonderful than fictionPresumed dead resident of Turku – prisoner in Bavaria November 3, 2020 Cemetery of the Freedom and Kinship WarriorsKuopio, Finland October 27, 2020 Mass grave of the Reds in OlonetsNear the Olonets city sports field located a mass grave from 1919 October 22, 2020 John Bull and his FriendsA serio-comic map of Europe October 18, 2020 Mother-Karelia MonumentAmong others, the name of the Juho Honkanen can be read on the monument October 17, 2020 Declaration Of Rights Of The Working And Exploited PeopleThe Third Congress of Soviets welcomes the policy of the Council of People’s Commissars in proclaiming the complete independence of Finland October 15, 2020 Appeal to the people of FinlandRepola will not submit to Russian rule October 14, 2020 Telegram to Karelian Citizens LeagueLet us continue our energetic cooperation in the liberation of the white Olonets October 13, 2020 Telegram to doctor G.J.WinterThe white Olonets has risen October 3, 2020 Military memorial cemetery in PogrankondushiMass grave of Red border guards October 2, 2020 The Olonets Volunteer Expedition recruiting menIn May 1919 Urho Kekkonen organized in Kajaani the recruitment volunteers to the Olonets Volunteer Army September 24, 2020 Abstracts from the article by V.Lenin “The Right of Nations to Self-Determination”“In a number of cases the oppressed nationalities inhabiting the border regions have compatriots across the border, who enjoy greater national independence (suffice it to mention the Finns, the Swedes, the Poles, the Ukrainians and the Rumanians along the western and southern frontiers of the state)“ September 18, 2020 Greetings to V.I.Lenin from the Vidlitsa volost party organization and representatives from the Red Army units”Send warm greetings to the great leader of the proletariat – comrade Lenin from the uncultured, uneducated and unenlightened – the dark people of Karelia.” September 12, 2020 There Are No Fronts, but There Is DangerExtracts from the Report of comrade Trotsky to the Ninth Congress of Soviets, December 27, 1921 September 9, 2020 Mass grave of the Vidlitsa communars”Here lay the participants of the defense of Vidlitsa and the comrades, executed by White Finns in April-May 1919” September 3, 2020 Bowing cross in VidlitsaOn June 27, 2019, in the Vidlitsa village was consecrated a Bowing cross on the site where was St. George Church August 30, 2020 Telephonogram to the Olonets Uyezd Military CommissariatEarly this morning a detachment of White Finns, of unknown numbers, suddenly crossed the border August 29, 2020 Declaration of the Rights for the Peoples of RussiaThe right of the peoples of Russia to free self-determination, even to the point of separation and the formation of an independent state August 27, 2020 Memorial plaque in the place of Vidlitsa landing”At this place on June 27, 1919 a force of sailors and Red Guards troops was landed and defeated the main forces of the White Finnish interventionists” August 23, 2020 Stalin's speech delivered at the Congress of the Finnish Social-Democratic Labour PartyAnd if you should need our help, you will have it – we shall extend you a fraternal hand August 22, 2020 On determining the border between RSFSR and Karelian-Finnish SSR in the Karelian IsthmusAdopt the draft of changing the border between the RSFSR and the Karelian-Finnish SSR August 21, 2020 On determining the border between RSFSR and KFSSRTo approve the reqwests of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic on determining the border between RSFSR and KFSSR August 19, 2020 Speech At The First All-Russia Congress Of The NavyWe are now ’conquering’ Finland – this is using a nasty word – but not the way the robber barons of international capitalism conquered it August 15, 2020 Military registration cardHonkanen Juho August 12, 2020 Memorial to Vehniäinen long-range reconnaissance patrolOn May 26, 1991 the memorial to Vehniäinen long-range reconnaissance patrol of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters was unveiled in the courtyard of the former Priest High House in the Rautjärvi August 11, 2020 Badge of the 4th Detached BattalionThe badge of the Marttina long-range reconnaissance patrol became the common symbol of the entire reconnaissance battalion August 10, 2020 Memorial to the 4th Detached BattalionMemorial to the 4th Detached Long-Range Reconnaissance Battalion of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters was unveiled on September 1, 1991 in a closed military area in Utti, Kouvola August 9, 2020 The map of the Karelian Working CommuneMay 1922 June 21, 2020 Speech at the evening sitting of the Central Committee of the RSDLP(B)If they should want us to withdraw our troops from Finland, well and good-let them take revolutionary Finland June 20, 2020 Map of Sortavala1859 June 18, 2020 Summer CinemaPetrozavodsk. Central Park of Culture and Leisure June 12, 2020 The independence of FinlandSpeech Delivered in the All-Russian Central Executive Committee June 11, 2020 Killers – White FinnsAs a result of the shootout, the Chairman of the 3rd Local Control Border Commission comrade Lavrov was killed June 10, 2020 Monument to the warrior-liberators and the refugees from the White Sea Karelia"Glory to the volunteers, who, motivated by their convictions, boldly followed the flag of liberation” May 23, 2020 The grave of Georgy KuttujeffThe tomb of the former Chairman of the Olonets Temporary Government May 22, 2020 Report by the German foreign ministry on the propaganda and political agitation of the Soviet GovernmentPetrozavodsk broadcasting station was erected by the Russian State Broadcaster in the neighbourhood of the Finnish frontier for propaganda purposes May 20, 2020 Note from the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs to the Government of FinlandThe Commissariat of Foreign Affairs has received numerous reports of unheard atrocities committed by the Russian and Finnish White Guard bands which have invaded the territory of Russia from Finland and which, according to reliable information, include also detachments of Finnish regular troops May 19, 2020 Report On The Party ProgrammeI very well recall the scene when, at Smolny, I handed the act to Svinhufvud which in Russian means “pighead” – the representative of the Finnish bourgeoisie, who played the part of a hangman May 16, 2020 White Sea Karelian expeditionsThe attack on Kem did not remain in Finnish military history as a model of strategic or tactical planning May 9, 2020 Red Ruskies’ fuss in the White Sea KareliaWe hope that these actions of the Whites made the Reds no longer want to make robbery trips to the Finnish side of the border May 1, 2020 Note by German foreign ministryIn Finland the notorious "Association for Peace and Friendship With the Soviet Union" actively cooperated with the Petrozavodsk broadcasting station, attempting to bring about disintegration of this country and at the same time carried on activities of a marked anti-German nature April 24, 2020 The Law on the Supreme Power in FinlandThe present law does not affect matters of foreign policy, military legislation or military control April 22, 2020 Telegram to the Olonets provincial Soviet and to railway organizationsThe Kem Soviet can't defend itself on its own April 18, 2020 Telegram to the Olonets provincial SovietThe Finnish White Guards simultaneously advancing to Rugozero Village and Porosozero Village April 17, 2020 Invasion of KareliaOn April 7, continuous clashes against the Finnish White Guards, led by the Germans, took place near the Kem Station April 16, 2020 Note from the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of GermanyFinnish White Guard force advances on Kem, thus invading the borders of the Russian Republic April 11, 2020 Telegram from the Executive Committee of Murmansk railwayThe Finnish White Guards intend to cut off the central and north parts of the railway April 9, 2020 Mountains of bodiesThe city of Olonets was for second time captured by the Soviet troops April 8, 2020 About the Petrograd FrontComrade Stalin, who returned from the Petrograd Front a few days ago, gave our correspondent his impressions of the situation at the front April 7, 2020 Alarming information from OlonetsAccording to information received today, the enemy still holds Vidlitsa April 6, 2020 Activity of the BolsheviksProtected by their cannon fire and supported by machine guns, enemy troops landed near the mouth of the Vidlitsa River April 3, 2020 The monument to Nils Ludvig ArppeBronze bust, erected in front of the factory office building, was created in 1878 by one of most famous Finnish sculptors Johannes Takanen March 30, 2020 Telegram to VaasaThe white Olonets is cleared of the chains of the red oppressors March 29, 2020 Telegram to Rafael HaarlaThe white Olonets sincerely thanks in Your person our friends in Tampere March 28, 2020 Manifesto of the Olonets Temporary Government to the our Finnish brethrenOlonets representatives appealing to the government of Finland, the closest brethren nation, for help in order to complete the ongoing struggle against Bolshevism March 27, 2020 Telegram to the Karelian CommitteeThe White Olonets sends his sincere thanks for your highly valued help March 22, 2020 Manifesto of the Olonets Temporary Government and Temporary Organizational CouncilFrom the current time and until further notice in Olonets is prohibited all trading of farmland, as well as timberland and rapids March 21, 2020 Monument to the Finnish War of IndependenceThe monument to the heroes of 1918 was unveiled at the new cemetery in Uuksu on August 19, 1934 March 17, 2020 Monument to the Fallen in Olonets expeditionOn July 7, 1929, at the Lutheran cemetery of Salmi, on the grave of 34 fallen in the Olonets expedition, was unveiled a monument created by sculptor Alpo Sailo March 10, 2020 Monument to the heroes of the landing at VidlitsaOn June 27, 1919 happen so-called "Vidlitsa disaster” March 8, 2020 Telegram to the Parliament of FinlandThe white Olonets has risen and shook the red oppression from own shoulders March 7, 2020 Appeal of the Olonets Temporary Government to the Parliament of FinlandDeputies of brotherly to us people, do not reject our meek request from your relatives on the other side of the border March 2, 2020 Common grave of cadetsBeryozova Gora Village March 1, 2020 Monument to the fallen for freedom of the brotherly peoplesEstonia, Olonets, Karelia, White Sea region, it is one huge Finnish reign February 23, 2020 Turku. Tombstone of the fallen in the Olonets expeditionAround fifty people from Turku went to the Olonets expedition February 21, 2020 Convention on the Åland IslandsÅland Islands shall not be fortified, and that no military or naval establishments whatsoever shall be maintained or created there February 19, 2020 The Tsar Against the Finnish PeopleThe freedom of Finland will triumph because without it the freedom of Russia is inconceivable February 17, 2020 Ethnographic map of EuropePublished by Union of Nationalities, Lausanne, 1918 February 15, 2020 Map of Sortavala1920 January 26, 2020 Monument to the Fallen in the Battle of PolovinaOn June 13, 1919 five young men from Kouvola fallen in the hard battle of Polovina Village, near Petrozavodsk January 25, 2020 Appeal of the Olonets Temporary Government to the Government of FinlandThe Olonets Temporary Government, formed at this difficult moment, is therefore appealing to the friendly people of Finland, through its elected government, to extend a helping hand to their brothers, who are dying from Bolshevism January 20, 2020 Monument in Antrea”For the Fatherland and the Nation they gived their lives” January 19, 2020 Manifesto of the Olonets Temporary Government to the inhabitants of Olonets StateFollowing the liberation of the Olonets State from bolshevism, the Olonets Temporary Government will transfer its mandate to the new Olonets Government, which will be elected by universal popular vote and, in turn, will act leading the Karelian people to a free and happy life. December 29, 2019 TestimonyThere was no other reasons for banish except that all these families were considered "kulaks" December 26, 2019 Protocol of an interviewOn April 11, 1931 the Headquarters of Isthmus Border Guard transferred from the Kuokkala Border Guard Post to sub-branch for questioning and further actions detained at the same day in the Kuokkala Ingrian Finns December 11, 2019 Memorial to the Rune Singers from SuojärviThe fate of the monument is unknown since the Winter War November 8, 2019 Memorial to the Rune Singers from TolvajärviIt was transferred from the annexed territories and converted into Soviet monument November 4, 2019 The common grave of the Soviet soldiers in Veshkelitsa"Eternal glory to the warriors who fell for Motherland" November 3, 2019 Copy of the Memorial to the Rune Singers from TolvajärviHoilola, Tuupovaara, Finland October 12, 2019 The map of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic1935 October 11, 2019 History of IlmeeFirst mention of Ilmee belongs to the 1546 September 23, 2019 Finnish propaganda leafletDon’t be afraid because the hour of freedom of Karelia has come September 3, 2019 Project of a new railway stationThe project was not implemented due to lack of funding September 1, 2019 Secret Additional ProtocolOriginals August 11, 2019 Building of Kareldrev TrustAfter World War II there housed various Soviet institutions, including the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Karelian-Finnish SSR July 19, 2019 Comparative numbers of peoples inhabiting RussiaGrand Duchy of Finland was excluded from the census, Helsingfors only was included June 16, 2019 Golikovka station buildingThis wooden jugendstil building, unfortunately, has not survived to our days June 2, 2019 Jugendstil in PerozavodskBuilding of teacher's seminary May 31, 2019 "Karelian-Finnish SSR – literate, cultural republic"1940. Soviet propaganda poster May 25, 2019 KorpiselkäThe most of the territory of Korpiselkä Commune was moved to Soviet Union March 28, 2019 Prime Minister of Finland Jukka Rangell in the Veps areaJuly 15, 1942 March 17, 2019 Notification for all Russian garrison's committees in the cities of FinlandEnough blood has already been shed. Let the Finns, both the peasants and the workers, decide their own destiny! March 11, 2019 Rautjärvi – IlmeeThe part of the territory of Rautjärvi Commune was moved to Soviet Union February 23, 2019 Finnish and Karelian peoples will live as one familyThe Karelian people will help the Finnish people to build a joyful and happy life February 17, 2019 Finland and RussiaThe freer Russia is, and the more resolutely our republic recognises the right of non-Great-Russian nations to secede, the more strongly will other nations be attracted towards an alliance with us, the less friction will there be, the more rarely will actual secession occur, the shorter the period of secession will last… February 15, 2019 Manifesto of July 18/31, 1917, on the Dissolution of the Sejm and on the Holding of New ElectionsProvisional Government cannot recognize the right of the Finnish Sejm to predetermine of its own accord the will of the forthcoming Russian Constituent Assembly and abolish the authority of the Russian Government in matters of Finnish legislation and government February 6, 2019 Signing of the Reparations AgreementHelsinki, December 17, 1944 February 2, 2019 In the Commissariat for Foreign AffairsAccording to the desire expressed by the government of the Democratic Republic of Finland, from December 8th of this year the coast of Finland and the waters adjoining to it are blocked January 29, 2019 Telegram to the Chairman Of The Council Of People's CommissarsOur troops today with the support by our Ladoga flotilla captured by the unexpected attack Vidlitsa Factory near the Finnish border January 27, 2019 Telegram to the head of the 1st rifle divisionWe expect from you the same victories in the Petrozavodsk sector January 14, 2019 Search v7.07Added search query language January 13, 2019 Letter to Germany's Führer Adolf HitlerFinland has resolved to wage war side by side with Germany against the Soviet Union until the threat to which Finland is exposed from the Soviet Union has been removed January 12, 2019 Kinship Wars Commemorative CrossCommemorative Crosses were also granted to the lived in Finland or in Estonia Ingrian Finns and Eastern Karelians, which participated in the battles of the Kinship Wars December 12, 2018 "Peasant March"July 7, 1930 December 9, 2018 Reply of Soviet Government to telegram of Chairman of the Committee of League of NationsThe Government of the U.S.S.R. begs to inform you that it cannot accept this invitation November 15, 2018 Index of NamesContains short biographical information November 11, 2018 Karelian Commemorative MedalIt was awarded to participants of the East Karelian Uprising in 1921-1922, as well to those who actively contributed to them November 6, 2018 History of Vepsian ABC-bookMatti Hämäläinen together with the Vepsian language teacher Fyodor Andreev prepared a Vepsian ABC-book October 30, 2018 Petrozavodsk defensive line“It was at this time, at the end of June, when the capture of Petrozavodsk was only a matter of few days, happen a Vidlitsa disaster.” October 21, 2018 Olonets Commemorative MedalIt was awarded to all participants of the liberation battles in 1919 in Olonets Karelia, as well to those who actively contributed to them September 20, 2018 Bolshevism takes new starting positions for attackGerman magazine Signal from August 1, 1941 September 3, 2018 Memorial to the Battle of RistlahtiThe question of belonging of the Kexholm County to Sweden solved during the Battle of Ristlahti August 17, 2018 The first phrase of the paternoster in different languagesEuropa Polyglotta, Linguarum Genealogiam exhibens, una cum Literis, Scribendique modis, Omnium Gentium August 7, 2018 The boundary marker in KumuriIn the autumn 2002 on the rock near the abandoned Finnish Kumuri village discovered early unknown border inscription August 5, 2018 Rajakangas boundary stoneAbout a few tens kilometers from the old Karelian Repola village, near the closed border crossing point Rajakangas-Kolvasjärvi, situated a boundary stone July 31, 2018 The boundary stone in MiinoaIn the abandoned old Karelian folklore Miinoa village situated a boundary stone July 30, 2018 The boundary stone in KolmikantaIn July 2016 early unknown border stone number 327 was found in Kolmikanta area July 29, 2018 The boundary stone near ManssilaIn July 2016 early unknown border stone number 72 was found near the Pogrankondushi village April 10, 2018 SoanlahtiPhotos March 8, 2018 ReportSpecial department of the NKVD of the 15th Army on March 19-20 examined the area of Lemetti (Southern), where the 18th Infantry Division and the 34th Tank Brigade were surrounded by the White Finns. March 5, 2018 Appeal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Finland To the Working People of FinlandThe Finnish people, who for more than 200 years has dreamed of reuniting the Karelian tribe with the Finnish nation and the Finnish state, can also confidently count on the implementation of this her dearest national wish. March 4, 2018 Reichskanzler's Reichstag Speech of December 11, 1941The winter war of the Finns aroused in us a feeling of admiration mixed with bitterness: admiration because, as a soldierly nation, we have a sympathetic heart for heroism and sacrifice, and bitterness because our concern for the enemy threat in the West and the danger in the East meant that we were no position to help. February 2, 2018 Vepsian language alphabetAll textbooks, fiction and periodicals published using a Latin based Vepsian alphabet. December 17, 2017 Protocol amending the agreement concerning passenger traffic on the Saimaa canalWhen a return trip is made on the same day, combined means of transportation shall be permitted in one direction by vessel, bus or train and on the return trip by bus or train or vessel. December 16, 2017 Agreement concerning passenger traffic on the Saimaa CanalThe Agreement between the Republic of Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning passenger traffic on the Saimaa Canal and in the territory leased by the Republic of Finland from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and concerning transit traffic to Leningrad of 7 March 1968, including all subsequent amendments and additions thereto since its entry into force, shall cease to be valid as of the date of entry into force of this Agreement. December 7, 2017 Note of Government of the Finland, handed on November 29th, 1939, to Mr. M.Molotov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSRMy Government are prepared to come to an understanding with the Government of the USSR. concerning the withdrawal of the defense troops on the Karelian Isthmus, with the exception of the units of frontier-guards and Customs officials, to such a distance from Leningrad that it can no longer be claimed that they threaten the security of that town. September 15, 2017 Place identification signs by Vepsian languageIn 2007 the new place identification signs was placed in the territory of former Veps national volost. September 2, 2017 Literacy rates in European part of Russian EmpireAccording to 1897 census March 18, 2017 Monument to Kuusinen in PetrozavodskLocal people call the monument «The Fisheries Enforcement». February 24, 2017 Pax 1947Finnish postage stamp February 23, 2017 Birth certificatesBirth certificates of Karelian-Finnish SSR and of Karelian ASSR September 21, 2016 25 years The Agreement of FriendshipFinnish postage stamp June 19, 2016 Lutheran church in MuyezerskyLutheran parish in Muyezersky was officially registered at March 9, 2000. June 5, 2016 Agreement concerning passenger traffic on the Saimaa Canal and in the territory leased by the Republic of Finland from the USSR and concerning transit traffic to LeningradCombined passenger traffic by vessel and by motor vehicle shall be permitted. Passengers may transfer from one means of transport to another at Leningrad or at the Vyborg transit point. March 28, 2016 Agreement between the Republic of Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the lease to the Republic of Finland of the Soviet part of the Saimaa Canal and Maly Vysotsky IslandThe Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of Fifty years from the date of its entry into force. March 16, 2016 Painting by Angelika RasmusInspired by a well-known painting "The Defense of the Sampo" (1896) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela that illustrates a passage from the Karelian-Finnish national epic "Kalevala" February 5, 2016 Grigor AuerFinnish artist, Karelian landscape painter born in Pitkäranta (Impilahti municipality) in the family of Orthodox Karelian peasant February 4, 2016 Note of the Government of the USSR, handed on November 29th, 1939, to Mr. Yrjö-Koskinen, Finnish minister at MoscowAs a result of the situation thus created, for which the Finnish Government alone is responsible, the Government of the U.S.S.R. can no longer maintain normal relations with Finland and find themselves compelled to recall their political and economic representatives from Finland. February 3, 2016 Executive Order of the President of the Russian FederationAbout conferring the title of City of Military Glory on Vyborg February 2, 2016 Note of the Government of the USSR, handed on November 28th, 1939, to Mr. Yrjö-Koskinen, Finnish minister at MoscowIn consequence, the Government of the U.S.S.R. are obliged to state that they consider themselves, as from to-day, released from the obligations ensuing from the Treaty of Non-Aggression concluded between the U.S.S.R. and Finland, obligations which are being systematically violated by the Finnish Government. February 1, 2016 Executive Order of the President of the Russian FederationAbout conferring the title of City of Military Glory on Petrozavodsk Speech on the Opening Of The Third Winter Relief Work In Berlin Sports Palace at October 3, 1941In the north, Finland is fighting, a true nation of heroes, for in her wide spaces she relies on her own strength, her bravery and tenacity. January 31, 2016 Note of Government of the Finland, handed on November 27th, 1939, to Mr. M.Molotov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSRAlthough there are thus no concrete grounds for withdrawing the troops from the frontier-line, as you propose, my Government is prepared, none the less, to open conversations with a view to the mutual withdrawal of troops to a certain distance from the frontier. January 30, 2016 Note of the Government of the USSR, handed on November 26th, 1939, to Mr. Yrjö-Koskinen, Finnish minister at MoscowIn consequence, the Government of the U.S.S.R., while protesting energetically against what has happened, propose that the Finnish Government should, without delay, withdraw their troops on the Carelian Isthmus from the frontier to a distance of 20-25 kilometres, and thus preclude all possibility of a repetition of provocative acts. January 6, 2016 Order of the Day, June 21, 1944Death to the German-Finnish invaders! January 2, 2016 Declaration by the governments of Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States, addressed to Germany's satellites – Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and FinlandThese nations must therefore decide now whether they intend to persist in their present hopeless and calamitous policy of opposing the inevitable Allied victory, while there is yet time for them to contribute to that victory. October 17, 2015 Aide-memoire of mr. Holsti, delegate of Finland to the League of Nations, handed on December 9th, 1939, to mr. Avenol, secretary-general of the League of NationsThe cession of these territories, which from the remotest times have been inhabited by a Finnish population, would have meant the renunciation of the principles of nationality recognized by the founders of the U.S.S.R. Nevertheless, the Government of Finland were ready to make this heavy sacrifice, in order to meet the demands of her great neighbor. May 3, 2015 Karelian-Finnish Soviet Socialist RepublicPhotos April 26, 2015 SalmiPhotos, video April 19, 2015 Establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the Finnish Democratic RepublicThe Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR decided to recognize the People's Government of Finland and to establish diplomatic relations between USSR and the Finnish Democratic Republic. April 18, 2015 Formation of a People's Government of FinlandBy agreement with the representatives of a number of Left-wing parties and with Finnish soldiers who had rebelled, a new government of Finland was formed at Terijoki today. April 4, 2015 Resolution of the Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSROn the Political and Juridical Appraisal of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Treaty of 1939 March 31, 2015 Russian atlas, 1745The Imperial Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg March 23, 2015 Map of the Finnish Democratic Republic, 1939Military Topographic Department of the General Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army March 22, 2015 Map of SortavalaMaps of cities of the Grand Duchy of Finland, 1837-1843 March 8, 2015 Soviet notes of 19471, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 rubles March 7, 2015 Russian RailwaysCartographic institution of A.Ilyin, 1918 March 6, 2015 Karelian-Finnish Soviet Socialist RepublicKarelian-Finnish SSR existed as a part of the USSR from March 31, 1940 to July 16, 1956 March 4, 2015 The map of the KFSSR1956 February 23, 2015 Route XVI. Leningrad-MurmanskPassenger guide. Maps of railway routes, 1967 February 11, 2015 Kirov RailwayMinistry of the Means of Communication of USSR, 1952 February 9, 2015 Atlas of railway maps of USSRCentral administration for geodesy and cartography of the Council of Ministers of USSR, 1976 February 7, 2015 Atlas of railway maps of USSRMinistry of Transport Construction of the USSR, 1962 February 1, 2015 Atlas of railways of USSRCentral administration for geodesy and cartography of the Council of Ministers of USSR, 1982 December 13, 2014 Veps National VolostVeps National Volost was established on January 20, 1994 Vepsian national flagVepsian national flag was designed by painter Vitaly Dobrynin at 1992 December 27, 2013 Coat of arms of IngriaThe first mention of the Coat of Arms of Ingria was in the Swedish Laurentius Petri's chronicle in 1581 December 26, 2013 Karelian-Finnish Soviet Socialist RepublicThe pocket atlas of the USSR, 1940 December 21, 2013 Ingrian flagIngrian flag is the national flag of Ingrian finns December 15, 2013 Atlas of the Arkhangelsk eparchyKolsky, Kemsky and Onezhsky Uyezds December 14, 2013 Atlas of the USSRPolitical map of the USSR, west of the RSFSR, European north-west of the RSFSR and Karelian-Finnish SSR December 8, 2013 Geographical atlas of the USSR for the secondary schoolPolitical-administrative divisions of the USSR, Karelian-Finnish SSR, European part of the RSFSR, ethnic groups of the USSR December 3, 2013 Orthodox Theological EncyclopediaArkhangelsk eparchy December 2, 2013 Atlas of the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsAutonomous Karelian SSR. 1928. December 1, 2013 Small geographical atlasLenigrad district and Karelian ASSR. Western Europe. 1930. November 11, 2013 Ethnographic map of the USSRState cartography and geodesy publishing House of the Institute of geodesy and crtography. Leningrad. 1930. November 10, 2013 Additional protocolAdditional protocol to the Agreement between the Republic of Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the lease to the Republic of Finland of the part of Saimaa canal belonging to the Soviet Union and Maly Vysotsky Island, signed at Moscow, on 27 September 1962 November 9, 2013 The Novgorodian colonization of the NorthHaving been christened, a Korela or Lop' (together with a new religion and a Russian name) took the whole complexion of a Russian «peasant». November 4, 2013 Through the North RussiaOnce had been ousted by the Novgorodians and converted to Christianity 600 years ago, the Karelians moved over to the more remote places of the region, leaving the best areas to the Russians. November 3, 2013 Letter to I.I.SreznevskyThe Karelian epics and household poetry have been almost completely disappeared, so the Karelians don’t sing any household songs except for the Russian ones. November 2, 2013 The population of FinlandAlthough, due to the geographical position of the area, Karelians have been come in contact with the Slavs much more often than, for example, with the Swedes, and even from ancient times they were in touch with Novgorod, however, in Karelia much remains of the antiquity in the form of ancient songs and legends. November 1, 2013 Midnight Sun CountrySortavala is left far behind... October 31, 2013 Note by wireYour planned number of deportees in the first line – 3547 families – is approved. October 30, 2013 Order to Commander of 52th armyIn two-day period withdraw from all units and departments of the army all Germans, Estonians, Letts, Finns, Lithuanians... October 29, 2013 Zadne-Nikiforovskaya poustinia of Olonets Uyezd of Olonets GuberniyaThere are a plenty of Korela people, especially women and children, who can not even understand and speak Russian. October 28, 2013 Telegram to General MannerheimAs a compunction for the assistance Mannerheim requires the following... October 27, 2013 Report on the operational situation and troop activitiesReport by representative of the Supreme Commander of the Leningrad front to Chairman of the State Defense Committee on the operational situation and troop activities July 28, 2012 Geographic card set of the Russian EmpireSaint Petersburg, 1856. July 22, 2012 Sonck's houseHouse was designed by the famous Finnish architect Lars Sonck in Finnish National Romanticism style in 1915. June 24, 2012 Il-14 Air Crash near PetrozavodskOn 4 March 1978 a Soviet Air Defence Forces Ilyushin Il-14 crashed near Petrozavodsk April 27, 2012 Search v6.20Added search by people February 27, 2012 Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler's proclamation to German nation on war with Soviet UnionUnited with their Finnish comrades, the fighters of the victory of Narvik are standing in the Northern Arctic. German divisions commanded by the conqueror of Norway, in coöperation with the heroes of Finnish freedom, under their marshal, are protecting Finnish soil. January 3, 2012 Preparation of peace treaties with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and FinlandThe terms of the peace treaty with Finland will be drafted by the Foreign Ministers of the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. December 31, 2011 Declaration of the People's Government of FinlandThe People’s Government of Finland will turn to Government of Soviet Union in order to recommend concluding the Pact of Mutual Assistance between Finland and the Soviet Union, and to comply with the age-old national hope of the Finnish people for reuniting the Karelian people with it in a single independent State of Finland. November 26, 2011 The treaty of peace between Russia and Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and TurkeyFinland and the Aaland Islands will immediately be cleared of Russian troops and the Russian Red Guard, and the Finnish ports of the Russian fleet and of the Russian naval forces. November 6, 2011 Search v5.17Improved search by date November 5, 2011 Radio address by Prime Minister of Finland Risto Ryti, 8 December 1939Conquering Finland will not be a parade march, but will at every step extract a heavy toll from the invader. October 1, 2011 Radio address by President of Finland Risto Ryti 26 June 1941Our peace loving people, which for more than a year have strained to utmost to once again rebuild their country to flourish in the aftermath of the previous war, has once again been made the target of vicious attack. August 25, 2011 Delegate of Finland Rudolf Holsti’s address to the General Assembly of League of NationsGentlemen, fulfill your duty! People of Finland will fulfill that of their own towards the civilized world and will fulfill it with the most precious they have, their own blood. July 31, 2011 Flight 9605On 20 June 2011 a Rusair airline Tupolev Tu-134A-3 crashed onto the highway Petrozavodsk–Suojärvi. July 23, 2011 Lutheran church in SegezhaLutheran parish in Segezha was officially registered in 1994. July 22, 2011 Lutheran Church in LäskeläHarlu lutheran parish was formed in 2008 as a result of detachment from Pitkäranta parish. July 9, 2011 Convention between Finland and Russia regarding measures taken in order to secure peace at the frontierA zone shall be established on both sides of and along the territorial frontier between the two States, from the Lake of Ladoga as far as the Arctic Ocean; within the confines of this zone the two Contracting Parties undertake to apply the provisions of the present Convention in order to ensure the inviolability of the frontier. Protocol attached to the Convention regarding peace at the frontierIn order to avoid any doubts or misunderstandings with regard to some of the provisions laid down in the Convention between Russia and Finland concerning the measures to be taken to ensure the inviolability of the frontier... July 6, 2011 Finnish Foreign Minister Väinö Tanner speaks to American radio listenersWe cannot bring ourselves to believe that the civilized Western world will not find some means which are more powerful than its invaluable sympathy. May 28, 2011 Open radio speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland Mr. TannerI would request reply by the same means as this question has been made. Should the answer not arrive, or should it be negative, the entire world, which is already watching various acts of the Soviet Union with amazement, shall know the value placed by the Soviet Union on its principles and promises. May 22, 2011 Manifesto to the Karelian peopleWithin those areas, of which the Defence Forces of Finland has assumed possession, it is absolutely necessary for the general population to follow regulations as issued by the military personnel. April 23, 2011 On abdication of Nikolay IIWe transmit the succession to Our brother, the Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, and give Him Our blessing to mount the Throne of the Russian Empire. On abdication of MikhailI request all citizens of Russia to obey the Provisional Government until, within as short a time as possible, the Constituent Assembly, elected on a basis of universal, equal, and secret suffrage, shall express the will of the nation regarding the form of government to be adopted. April 22, 2011 Letter from Prime Minister Churchill to Field-Marshal MannerheimSurely your troops have advanced far enough for security during the war and could now halt and give leave. Letter from Field-Marshal Mannerheim to Prime Minister ChurchillI am sure you will realize that it is impossible for me to halt the military operations at present being carried out before the troops have reached the positions which in my opinion will provide us with the necessary security. March 12, 2011 Order No 1 of the Military Revolutionary Committee of Karelian-Murmansk RegionThose who do not follow this order will be considered enemies of the Karelian working people and make them responsible for the suffering of Karelia and of the destruction of its economy. March 6, 2011 Report on the subversive act on the Onda RiverThe 379th infantry regiment Commander's Report to the Olonets Gubernia Military Commissariat on the subversive act on the Onda River February 27, 2011 Some directives for the Berlin visitStalin’s Directives to Molotov Prior to the Visit to Berlin February 3, 2011 Search v4.10Run faster and more efficiently January 30, 2011 List of border areasExecutive Order On Approving the List of Border Areas in which Foreign Nationals, Stateless Persons and Foreign Entities are not Allowed to Own Land Plots January 7, 2011 Monument to the Battle of HiekkaThe Battle of Hiekka took place on August 9, 1808, during the Russian-Swedish war of 1808-1809. December 30, 2010 Greetings to comrade StalinStalin, whose name will always be the symbol of friendship and brotherhood of the peoples of the Soviet Union and of Finland, as well as of all the peoples of the world. December 26, 2010 Search v3.41Local image, video and audio search November 6, 2010 PälkjärviPhotos, video September 4, 2010 Manifesto confirming the Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Finland and its full implementationBy this act, we solemnly affirm to the Finnish people, on the basis of its Constitution, the steadfast preservation of their internal independence and their rights to their national culture and languages. August 1, 2010 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the proclamation of martial law in some areas of the USSRMoscow, The Kremlin. June 22, 1941 July 12, 2010 HarluPhotos, video July 8, 2010 VärtsiläVideo July 4, 2010 Search v2.41Local image and video search June 27, 2010 Comrade Molotov's radio addressThere were also enemy air raids and artillery shelling from Rumanian and Finnish territory. May 29, 2010 Nikita Khrushchev in the PetrozavodskKhrushchev was the first Soviet leader which visited the Petrozavodsk May 18, 2010 Search v1.01Local image search by date or by date interval March 25, 2010 In a New Soviet TownToday and in all recent days creative work is in full swing in Pitkäranta. Dirt and litter are being cleaned away from workshops of sulfate cellulose plant and streets of the town. March 21, 2010 Red Banner of Labour OrderBy a Decision of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 4, 1978 Petrozavodsk was decorated with the Red Banner of Labour Order. January 2, 2010 Coat of arms of USSR in 1946-1956The motto "Workers of All Countries, Unite!" was represented in 16 languages of Soviet Republics. December 6, 2009 To the people of FinlandThe century-old desire for freedom waits for to come true now; the Finnish people is stepping foreward as a free nation among the others in the world. November 23, 2009 Impilahti – PitkärantaVideo August 31, 2009 RuskealaIn March 1940, as result of the Winter War, the all territory of Ruskeala became Soviet. August 30, 2009 Lutheran Church in RuskealaLutheran parish in Ruskeala was resumed in 1990. August 29, 2009 SandarmohVideo August 27, 2009 Order of the Leningrad Military DistrictWe go into Finland not as combatants, but as friends and liberators, freeing the Finnish people from the clutches of the landowners and capitalists. We are not against the Finnish people but against the Cajander-Erkko government, clutching the Finnish people and provoking war against the USSR. August 16, 2009 Agreement between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Finland concerning the Åland islandsFinland undertakes to demilitarize the Åland Islands, not to fortify them and not to make them available to the armed forces of any other State. August 15, 2009 Treaty on the transfer to the territory of the Soviet Union of part of the state territory of Finland in the region of the Jäniskoski hydroelectric power station and the Niskakoski control damThe Republic of Finland cedes to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics territory comprising an area of one hundred and seventy-six square kilometres in the region of the Janiskoski hydroelectric power station and Niskakoski control dam on the Paatsjoki river, including the buildings and installations situated in this territory, with the result that this territory shall become part of the State territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and that the existing frontier between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Republic of Finland shall be changed in this region. July 27, 2009 Soviet PostersWe Don't Want to Fight, But We'll Defend the Soviets! Be on Guard! July 26, 2009 Agreement on coöperation in perpetuating the memory of servicemen who fell in the Second World WarThe Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of the Russian Federation shall ensure the protection and indefinite right to preservation of, respectively, Russian (Soviet) war cemeteries and graves and memorials in Finland and Finnish war cemeteries and graves and memorials in the Russian Federation. The Contracting Parties shall also undertake to ensure that relatives of the fallen servicemen are able to visit such cemeteries and graves. July 25, 2009 Agreement on coöperation in the Murmansk region, the Republic of Karelia, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad regionThe Contracting Parties shall develop and expand coöperation in the Murmansk region, the Republic of Karelia, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region in order to promote the stable development of these regions, taking into account the interests of both Contracting Parties. July 24, 2009 Treaty between the Republic of Finland and the Russian Federation on the basis for relationsThe Parties undertake to maintain the border between them as a border of good-neighbourliness and coöperation in accordance with the Final Act of CSCE, respecting its inviolability and each other's territorial integrity. July 19, 2009 40 years The Agreement of Friendship, Coöperation, and Mutual Assistance between The USSR and The FinlandSoviet postage stamp June 28, 2009 Sortavala architectureVideo 5.9 Mb June 4, 2009 Kivatch WaterfallsKivatch Waterfalls is located on the Suna River, about 60 kilometres from Petrozavodsk. May 21, 2009 The map of USSR1956 KASSR on the map of USSR, 19791979. The map of USSR May 10, 2009 Peace Treaty between the Republic of Finland and the RSFSRFrom the date upon which this Treaty shall come into force, a state of war shall cease to exist between the Contracting Powers, and the two Powers shall mutually undertake to maintain, for the future, an attitude of peace and goodwill towards one another. May 3, 2009 Highways of KFSSRVoenizdat of People's Commissariat of Defense. 1945 KFSSR on the map of USSR1940. Map of USSR KASSR on the map of USSRMap of USSR February 22, 2009 Manifesto issued March 27, 1809We, Alexander the First, D.G. Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, and so forth, and so forth, and so forth, Grand Duke of Finland, and so forth, and so forth, and so forth, do make known: That, Providence having placed Us in possession of the Grand Duchy of Finland... Manifesto to all inhabitants of FinlandAfter having assembled the estates of Finland at a general diet and accepted their oath of allegiance, we desired on this occasion to confirm and ensure by a solemn act, prepared in their presence and proclaimed in our Lord's sanctuary, the preservation of their christian religion and fundamental laws, together with the liberties and rights enjoyed by each estate separately and by all inhabitants of Finland conjointly. February 2, 2009 Coat of arms of KareliaThe oldest remained image of the coat of arms of Karelia is situated in a series of colour drawings of coats of arms of Swedish provinces in 1562, contained in the Manuscript Collections of Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. January 31, 2009 Report of the Assembly of the League of NationsIt follows from these findings that the Soviet Government has violated, not only its special political agreements with Finland, but also Article 12 of the Covenant of the League of Nations and the Pact of Paris. January 25, 2009 The map of exchanging of territoriesSputnik Agitatora magazine, N2, 1940. January 23, 2009 Solomennoye: Church, January 2009Video 2.6 Mb January 12, 2009 Convention for the Definition of AggressionNo political, military, economic or other considerations may serve as an excuse or justification for the aggression. January 11, 2009 "Has been entrusted to me the honor..."According to the decision of the Senate from January, 28th has been entrusted to me the honor operate as the commander-in-chief of locally Defence Guards of Finland. January 3, 2009 The appeal of the Parliament of FinlandThe people of Finland, who have always honestly endeavoured to build up their future in mutual understanding with all other nations and on the foundation of peaceful labour, are being ruthlessly attacked by their eastern neighbour without the slightest cause on the part of Finland. December 29, 2008 Proclamation of the Senate of the FinlandInflamed by a few unscrupulous individuals, some Finnish citizens, supported by foreign bayonets, have risen in rebellion against the Diet and Government of Finland, and by violence prevented it from carrying out its functions, thus endangering the new-found freedom of our country. December 28, 2008 Convention of conciliationThe present Convention shall constitute an integral part of the Pact of Non-Aggression and Pacific Settlement of Disputes concluded on January 21st, 1932, between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Finland. December 27, 2008 To The UralsTo the Urals, behind it, are Russians running you hear agile splash of their shoes. December 26, 2008 Matti Jurva: Anya from OlonetsMp3, 3.8Mb December 25, 2008 Letter to Germany's Führer and Commander-in-ChiefIn this hour of hard decisions I am impelled to inform you that I have arrived at the conviction that the salvation of my nation makes it my duty to find a means of ending the war. December 24, 2008 Telegram to League of Nations SecretaryThe USSR, with which Finland has maintained good-neighborly relations since the signing of the peace treaty in Tartu in 1920, and with which Finland has signed a non-aggression pact, the validity of which expires only in 1945, suddenly on the morning of Nov. 30 of this year, attacked not only frontier positions, but also open Finnish cities, spreading death and devastation among the civilian population, particularly by attacks from the air. December 23, 2008 Resolution adopted by the Assembly of the League of NationsWhereas, by the aggression which it has committed against Finland, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has failed to observe not only its special agreements with Finland but also Article 12 of the Covenant of the League of Nations and the Pact of Paris; And whereas, immediately before committing that aggression, it denounced, without legal justification, the Treaty of Non-Aggression which it had concluded with Finland in 1932, and which was to remain in force until the end of 1945... December 22, 2008 Reply of Soviet GovernmentThe Soviet Union is not in a state of war with Finland and does not threaten the people of Finland with war. December 21, 2008 Resolution adopted by the Council of the League of NationsUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics has placed itself outside the League of Nations. December 20, 2008 Protocol signed June 6, 1983The Treaty of Friendship, Coöperation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of 6 April 1948, extended in accordance with the Protocols between the Republic of Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of 19 September 1955 and 20 July 1970, 6 shall remain in force for a period of 20 years from the date of the entry into force of this Protocol. December 19, 2008 Protocol signed July 20, 1970The Treaty of friendship, coöperation and mutual assistance of 6 April 1948 between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Republic of Finland shall remain in force for a period of 20 years from the date of the entry into force of this Protocol. December 18, 2008 Protocol signed September 19, 1955The provisions of article 8 concerning the term of the Treaty of Friendship, Coöperation and Mutual Assistance between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Republic of Finland signed at Moscow on 6 April 1948 shall be amended, and this Treaty shall remain in force for twenty years from the date of the entry into force of the present Protocol. December 17, 2008 Resolution of the Bureau of the Central Committee of CP (b) of the KFSSRBasing on intra-departmental procedures of manpower assigning in 3 month period minister of sovkhoz and minister of timber and paper industry of the KFSSR have to re-allocate already allocated Ingermanlands from frontier regions to inner ones. December 16, 2008 Protocol signed April 7, 1934Notwithstanding the provisions concerning the time-limit and methods of expiry of the Treaty regarding non-aggression and the pacific settlement of disputes, concluded at Helsinki on January 21st, 1932, between Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which provisions appear in Article 8 of the said Treaty, that Treaty shall remain in force until December 31st, 1945. December 15, 2008 Treaty of non-aggression and pacific settlement of disputesThe High Contracting Parties mutually guarantee the inviolability of the existing frontiers between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Republic of Finland, as fixed by the Treaty of Peace concluded at Dorpat on October 14th, 1920, which shall remain the firm foundation of their relations, and reciprocally undertake to refrain from any act of aggression directed against each other. December 14, 2008 Comrade Molotov's reportWhat was the meaning of the war that took place in Finland during the past three-odd months? December 13, 2008 The map of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic1930 December 12, 2008 Secret Additional ProtocolIn the event of a territorial and political rearrangement in the areas belonging to the Baltic States (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)... December 11, 2008 Agreement concerning the renunciation of rights to the use of the territory of Porkkala-Udd as a naval baseThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics renounces in favour of the Republic of Finland all rights to the use and administration of the territories and waters which the Republic of Finland first leased to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics under article 8 of the Armistice Agreement signed at Moscow on 19 September 1944. December 10, 2008 Agreement concerning trackage rights for goods trainsThe USSR railways shall allow through goods trains of the Finnish railways to use its trackage along the route USSR State frontier-Syväoro-Vartsilä-USSR State frontier. December 9, 2008 Radio Speech of comrade MolotovThe hostile foreign press asserts that the measures being taken by us are aimed at the seizure or annexation to the USSR. This is malicious slander. December 8, 2008 Edict about territorial changes between The Russian Empire and The Grand Duchy of FinlandAlso His Emperor Majesty is pleased to announce that to compensate Finland those following territories would be joined to Finland in due time – sea front territories of Arctic Ocean on the west from Jacob-Elf River at Stolboa Gulf (the issue about that river's water withdrawal to Lapp lands is already raised) or after the proper apportionment and estimation the Sankt-Petersburg gubernia's not used lands locating at the frontiers. December 7, 2008 Manifesto on concerning the union of Finland with the Russian EmpireThe inhabitants of conquered Finland are to be numbered from this time forth amongst the peoples under the sceptre of Russia and with them shall make up the Empire; only the will and resolve of the Almighty can separate them from this great whole. December 6, 2008 Manifesto on naming Old and New Finland as FinlandWith annexation of New Finland to Russian Empire and supposing that differences between Old and New Finland in naming as well as in governing are unnecessarily and not suitable for this province... November 25, 2008 The map of Kirov railwayVoenizdat of People's Commissariat of Defense. 1943 November 12, 2008 The boundary stone near Hautavaara villagePhotos by Timo Raikkerus August 30, 2008 Vepsian ethnographic museumVideo August 29, 2008 Republic of KareliaVideo August 28, 2008 Sortavala: Attack to Sortavala at August 1941Video 4.9 Mb August 27, 2008 SortavalaVideo August 20, 2008 SolomennoyeVideo June 28, 2008 Solomennoye: Aerial video, 1990Video 6.7 Mb June 26, 2008 Republic of Karelia: Petrozavodsk in the early 1950'sVideo 16.8 Mb June 7, 2008 Äänislinna: Die Deutsche Wochenschau, issue 581Video 9.5 Mb July 4, 2007 Lutheran Church in KemLutheran parish in Kemi was formed in 1992. July 3, 2007 Midnight Sun CountryAlexander Talanov. 1956 April 6, 2007 Äänislinna: Raising the Finnish flagVideo 5.5 Mb March 21, 2007 To all Karelians of Finland and White Sea KareliaI swear in the name of the Finnish peasant army, whose commander-in-chief I have the honour to be, that I will not sheath my sword before law and order reigns in the land, before all fortresses are in our hands, before the last soldier of Lenin is driven not only from Finland, but from White Sea Karelia as well. January 24, 2007 Memorandum of Nothern Front Commander-in-ChiefWe concentrate right now a considerable amount of our best forces in Petrograd region and they will amount in number up to about three divisions and we promptly attack Vyborg and Kexholm in order to, after we fortify ourselves on the very advantageous defense line on Vuoksa Lake and on other lakes as well we would secure Petrograd. At the same time it would really endanger Vyborg itself as well as connection between this city and Serdobol. January 22, 2007 The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionSome temporary success the imperialists had in Finland. January 11, 2007 Savings bankArticle by Igor Sergeev January 6, 2007 Leander's HouseArticle by Igor Sergeev December 19, 2006 Information of the Ministry of FinanceAlmost from the very coast of the Ladoga Lake the bigger part of the inland area along the border of the Olonets gubernia represents the mixture of the hills covered with the forests and the swamps, full of rocks and lakes. December 2, 2006 The decree of the Council of the People's Commissars on the Republic of FinlandIn response to the proposal of the Finnish Government concerning the recognition of the independence of the Republic of Finland, the Council of People's Commissars, in full accordance with the principle of the nations right to self-determination, has decided... November 16, 2006 Armistice Agreement between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the one hand, and Finland on the otherThe effect of the Peace Treaty between the Soviet Union and Finland, concluded in Moscow on the 12th of March, 1940, is restored subject to the changes which follow from the present Agreement. November 12, 2006 Vyborg guberniaThe Vyborg gubernia forms the south-east part of Finland... October 12, 2006 Lake DistrictGreat number of Korels live in the Olonets Gubernia; ages ago there were much more of them here, so the whole region was called Karelia. October 6, 2006 Derzhavin, Daily notesThey say that Peter the Great called these people "flying on wooden wings and living on the wood bark". September 29, 2006 Winter campaign in Karelia in 1921/22 yearsDespite, however, the strong pressure of Russian clericalism and chauvinism, Karelians did not lose their national appearance and national features and did not disappear from face of the earth, as this happened to other Finnish tribes. September 27, 2006 Report on the situation in Petrograd regionThere were numerous attacks on the Finnish side, but all these did not surpassed minor frontier engagements. September 24, 2006 Korels of the Olonets GuberniaThe Finns giving up their territory to the Slavs went far to the North and North-West, and called their newly-formed country – Finland. However, some Finns stayed at their places and mingled with the Russian tribes... The alphabet list of the nations, living in the Russian Empire1895 June 20, 2006 Karelian-Finnish diary. The Northern shore of the Ladoga lakeMarietta Shaginyan. June 1948 June 19, 2006 Letter to President PaasikiviAs you should know, two of the three countries bordering the USSR and having fought against the USSR on the German side, namely Hungary and Romania, had already signed with the USSR the pacts on mutual assistance against possible German aggression. June 7, 2006 Karelians of the Olonets GuberniaKarelian, korelian are Russified Finnish tribes living in the Northwest Russian Gubernias. June 2, 2006 The Agreement of Friendship, Coöperation, and Mutual Assistance between The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and The Republic of FinlandIn the eventuality of Finland, or the Soviet Union through Finnish territory, becoming the object of an armed attack by Germany or any state allied with the latter, Finland will, true to its obligations as an independent state, fight to repel the attack. May 30, 2006 The Treaty of Peace with FinlandThe frontiers of Finland shall be those which existed on 1 January 1941. May 16, 2006 Republic of KareliaRepublic of Karelia May 15, 2006 VepsaVepsa May 8, 2006 Remarkable places in Petrozavodsk uezdAt about 6 miles from the town of Petrozavodsk on the right shore of the strait connecting the Onego lake with the Logmozero lake on the huge wild rock there rises a nice stone church, build by the merchant Kononov in 1781. April 25, 2006 Lutheran Church in Novye PeskiLutheran parish of the village was formed in 1994. April 11, 2006 On the results of evacuation of the Finnish citizens from the territory occupied by the Red Army around SuojärviEvacuation of the population from this territory was started by the army special detachment in February 5th 1940 beginning with the Hautavaara village and followed as described below. April 3, 2006 Lutheran churches in KareliaLutheran churches in Karelia March 28, 2006 Lutheran church in OlonetsOlonets parish of Ingria Evangelistic-lutheran Church was officially registered in December, 1993, after USSR dissolution. March 27, 2006 Lutheran church in KondopogaKondopoga parish of Estonia Evangelistic-lutheran Church was officially registered in 1990. March 22, 2006 New album of Santtu Karhu & TalvisovatTerveh Petroskoi, 2006 December 28, 2005 Memorandum of the special commissar of the Murmansk-Belomorsky krai to the People's Commissariat of the Military AffairsAlong with the English-French threat of war, there is also a real threat to the region of the Medveshja Gora1 from direction of Finland. December 26, 2005 To the commander of defense of the Finnish regionThe ultimate target is to achieve Lake Saimaa, with establishing the line Sulkava – Nyslott – Serdobol. November 1, 2005 Order of the Commander-in-Chief N 1I am starting the execution of my duties in the moment when our centuries-old enemy has attacked our country again. October 19, 2005 About the establishing of the frontier guard on the new state border with FinlandTo oblige the NKVD of the USSR to establish the frontier guard on the new state border between the USSR and Finland. September 23, 2005 1851Natalia Petrovna Grot. 1900 September 13, 2005 Order of the Commander-in-Chief N 34Peace has been concluded between our country and the Soviet Union, an exacting peace which has ceded to Soviet Russia nearly every battlefield on which you have shed your blood on behalf of everything we hold dear and sacred. August 28, 2005 Treaty Between the Russian and Finnish Socialist RepublicsThe Council of the Peoples Commissars of the Russian Federative Soviet Republic and the Council of the Peoples Representatives of the Finnish Socialist Workers Republic, with the aim of strengthening the friendship and brotherhood between the two aforesaid free Republics, have concluded this treaty. July 15, 2005 Special Report of NKVD of KFSSROn July 24, 1941 at 8 p.m. the Colonel Bondarev, Commander of 168-th Infantry Division has declared the immediate evacuation for City of Sortavala. May 2, 2005 Order of the Commander-in-Chief N 17From the President of the Republic I have received the following letter... April 27, 2005 The War showed as its terrible faceIvan Tvardovsky. 1996 April 15, 2005 The Treaty of Peace between The Republic of Finland and The Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsThe state frontier between the Republic of Finland and the USSR shall run along a new line in such fashion that there shall be included in the territory of the USSR the entire Karelian Isthmus with the city of Viipuri and Viipuri Bay with its islands, the western and northern shores of Lake Ladoga with the cities of Kexholm and Sortavala and the town of Suojärvi, a number of islands in the Gulf of Finland, the area east of Märkäjärvi with the town of Kuolajärvi, and part of the Rybachi and Sredni peninsulas. April 6, 2005 Topographic and statistical description of the border line of Petrozavodsk and Povenets uesds with Finland, part VSanitary conditions in the near-border region. March 29, 2005 Sattuma projectSattuma is a folk music quartet from Petrozavodsk in Russian Karelia. March 20, 2005 The boundary stone in Pogrankondushi villageThe boundary stone in Pogrankondushi village March 11, 2005 Orders of Carl Gustaf Emil MannerheimOrders of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim February 22, 2005 Topographic and statistical description of the border line of Petrozavodsk and Povenets uesds with Finland, part IVSettlements, industry, commerce. November 25, 2004 No MolotoffHappily singing Ivan went to war but after come into the Mannerheim Line, the tune changing into more sadly, as we will hear now... October 18, 2004 From the Soviet Information Agency, September 16th 1941Our troops took back the Rahmansaari Island in the Ladoga Lake From the Soviet Information Agency, July 11th 1944Yesterday, in June 10th, the troops of the Leningrad Front started the offence on the Karelian Isthmus to the north of Leningrad. With the help of mass strikes of artillery and aviation they have broken through the heavily fortified and deep permanent defence structures of the enemy and during the two days of offence battles moved ahead for 24 kilometres in the 40 kilometres-wide breach. October 10, 2004 Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat: Anya from OlonetsFar away a maiden blossomed lLike an exotic dark-hued flower she was famous for her beauty that pearl of Olonets. September 16, 2004 User AgreementThe following documents are the legal agreement between you and Andrew Heninen. August 24, 2004 Treaty of Mutual Assistance and Friendship between USSR and Finnish Democratic RepublicAs the sign of friendship and deep trust of the Soviet Union towards the Finnish Democratic Republic, coming to meet the age-old dream of the Finnish nation about reunification of the Karelian peoples with the Finnish nation in the common independent Finnish state the Soviet Union agrees to hand over to the Finnish Democratic Republic the regions of the Soviet Karelia that are mainly populated by Karelians – 70 000 square kilometres in total – to be included into the national territory of the Finnish Democratic Republic and with setting the border line between the USSR and the Finnish Democratic Republic. August 22, 2004 In the new districts of Karelian-Finnish SSRPitkäranta – Sortavala. Road notes. April 1940 August 10, 2004 If tomorrow the warWe're not seeking war, but'll defend ourselves not in vain we had build the defence on the enemy land we will beat him to ground by the powerful blow and small blood. July 24, 2004 The March of the Soviet tankmenWe would not take the palm of land of others but would not let to take the inch from us. July 14, 2004 Dirigibles over PetrozavodskFor the first time the dirigible appears in the Petrozavodsk sky in July 26th 1931, when German LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin went over the capital of the Karelian ASSR on his way to the North during it's well-known Arctic expedition. July 7, 2004 Order in connection with the expelling of the White-Finnish occupantsThe Soviet Karelia is feed by the Red Army from the white gangs which were organised by the Finnish officers on the money of Finnish and other foreign bourgeoisie. July 5, 2004 Traveling of the Governor-general of Finland around Finnish KareliaFor the first time after the conquest of Finland the higher representative of the Russian Empire visited the far, not widely known, might be said – forgotten, Karelian land. July 1, 2004 Riekkalansaari IslandRiekkalansaari Island June 2, 2004 Order of the Commander-in-ChiefDuring the The War of Independence in 1918 I stated to the Karelians of Finnish Karelia as well as to those of White Sea Karelia that I shall not give up fighting as long as Finland and Eastern Karelia would not be free. May 31, 2004 AallokasIcebreaker Aallokas was built in Sortavala at Sortavalan Telakka ja Konepaja Oy shipyard in 1936. May 23, 2004 Waves of Onego LakeThey stepped from victory to victory and bet like a violent wind, till the intact and wonderful land was left here. May 13, 2004 Äänislinna: 1943The view of the Äänislinna¹ has seriously changed since last year. May 11, 2004 Sortavala: Pommee Cross on the shore rockThe inscription and the Pommee Cross were cut on the shore rock near the crossing to the Riekkalansaari Island in 1898. April 29, 2004 Ladoga submarineFinnish lake submarine Saukko was specially created for the operations on the Ladoga Lake. April 28, 2004 Karelian jäger brigadeAmong other things the Finnisation policy meant creating in the AKSSR special national military unit. February 23, 2004 Heinrich Vogeler paintingsThe set of water-colours with the views of Solomennoye were created in 1933-34 during one of the frequent visits of the artist to Karelia. February 17, 2004 Short historical overview of the development of the metallurgy in the Olonets region1874 February 11, 2004 Topographic and statistical description of the border line of Petrozavodsk and Povenets uesds with Finland, part IIIRoads and connections. January 26, 2004 The route from Petrozavodsk to the nearest railway stationOlonets Gubernia 1903 memo book December 24, 2003 Topographic and statistical description of the border line of Petrozavodsk and Povenets uesds with Finland, part IITopography of the border and natural phenomeni. December 1, 2003 Topographic and statistical description of the border line of Petrozavodsk and Povenets uesds with Finland, part IGeographic description of the border. November 7, 2003 VuottovaaraVuottovaara is the highest point on the West Karelian Hills (417.3 metres above sea-level) and is situated approximately at a distance of 30 km from Himola village and approximately in 20 km from Sukkajärvi village, to the east of the road connecting them. October 29, 2003 Order of the Commander of the Baltic FleetThe Task of the Ladoga War Flotilla. Order of the Ladoga War Flotilla CommanderAttempts of the Finnish Flotilla to land their diversionary forces on the Ladoga Lake, surface ship and submarine attacks on our lake communications and battle ships are possible. The Ladoga War Flotilla Commander`s reportThe Ladoga War Flotilla was established hastily and during the war actions had several accidents. The main reasons for the accidents were the commanders` ignorance of the theatre of operations, their poor navigation training, absence of wartime navigation means and devices. October 2, 2003 To the history of the town of Olonets and its surroundingsThe notes on foundation of Olonets and explanation of the origin of different Karelian words and names of remarkable places September 20, 2003 SandarmohIn July 1997 in the Sandarmoh woods near the town of Medvezhjegorsk (the 16th km of the Povenets road) the Memorial society expedition headed by Juri Dmitriev found the secret burials of the victims of the mass political repressions of 1937-1938. Krasny BorOne of the clandestine NKVD burials (approximately 350x150 metres in area) is situated in the Krasny Bor wood, 19th km of the Petrozavodsk-Voznesenye road (4 km before Derevyannoe village). September 19, 2003 Varashev's Stone and the stone on the Serdobol highwayOn the Ladoha Lake near Pogranichnye Kondushi village of Olonets Uesd nearby the shore line some 10 sazhens from a small granite cape there is a very remarkable red granite stone, laying by itself in the water and called Varashev's Stone. July 7, 2003 Map of Sortavala1901 June 28, 2003 SuojärviSuojärvi May 17, 2003 ÄänislinnaPetrozavodsk 1941 – 1944 May 5, 2003 MANOK projectVocal Group MANOK. 1960 – 1990 April 21, 2003 German torpedo-boat on Ladoga lakeIn March 13th 1959 Kit, loaded with nuclear waists was shallowed nearby Heinäsenmaa Island. April 10, 2003 To the earnest soldier of Karelian frontThe first Soviet military decoration. February 26, 2003 Karelian Borders projectThe Military-Historical Festivals Karelian Borders February 17, 2003 The border between the Autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and Olonets GuberniaThe border between the Autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and Olonets Gubernia November 24, 2002 Meet us, Suomi-BeautyWe are coming to help you to punish, to return back your disgrace manyfolded. Meet us Soumi-beauty decorated with transparent lakes. November 7, 2002 Kochkonavolok petrogliphs destroyedIn August 9th 2002 the workers of the Karelian State Regional Studies Museum visited the Kochkonavolok peninsula where a big number of ancient petrogliphs were known. November 1, 2002 TalvisovatSanttu Karhu & Talvisovat October 9, 2002 1875A.Andreev "The Ladoga Lake" (abstracts from the book) September 26, 2002 Monument of Winter War projectThe Winter War Monument will be a field clad with natural stones erected in the memory of every soldier died in the battles around Suomussalmi. May 5, 2002 Lutheran churches in PetrosavodskThe first Lutheran church in Petrozavodskaya Sloboda was built in the beginning of XVIII century to serve religious needs of foreign experts that came to build iron mills. April 14, 2002 Photos by Jussi RainioIn the late autumn 1941 Jussi Rainio was sent to the occupied by Finnish troops Sheltozersky region of Eastern Karelia as an educational officer. March 31, 2002 Vanha AlakyläFirst written document that mention "the village on Valakila" (Alakylä) belongs to the end of XV-th century. January 12, 2002 Map of Sortavala1910 August 21, 2001 Map of Sortavala1902 July 11, 2001 "Special care should be taken to destroy the town of Serdobol...""Our aviation successfully attacked military objects of the enemy." June 13, 2001 St.Nicolas church in RantueThe church of St.Nicolas The Wonder-worker in Rantue is situated on the high cape on the western shore of Riekkalansaari Island, about two kilometers from the center of Sortavala town. June 3, 2001 AunusThe ice-breaking tug Aunus was built in Turku shipyard Wm. Crichton & Co Ab in 1900. May 1, 2001 Jaakkima – LahdenpohjaIn 1924 a plywood factory was build and the villages Sieklahti and Lahdenpohja were taken off Jakkima township to create a new Lahdenpohja township. February 18, 2001 Varashev's StoneAccording to Stolbov 1617 Peace Treaty Swedish and Russian border setting ambassadors met in 25th of October on the shore of Ladoga Lake to proceed border marking between Solomenny pogost (circuit) of Korela uezd (district) and Olonets pogost of Novgorod uezd. February 1, 2001 Cross of SorrowA cast-iron cross, memorizing the victims of the Soviet-Finnish Winter War (1939-1940) was erected several kilometers off Pitkäranta at the road fork to Petrozavodsk and Suojärvi in July 27-th 2000. January 10, 2001 Oleny Island ancient burying groundsThe oldest and biggest Mesolithic burying grounds in the Northern Europe was found on the Southern Oleny Island, some 7 kilometers south-east from well-known Kizhi Island. June 27, 2000 SuistamoFirst mentions of Suistamo are met in XVI century. At that time the territory was a part of Sortavala circuit. May 29, 2000 Kuikkaniemi Lutheran churchLutheran church in Kuikkaniemi village was consecrated in 1892. Raid on Sigtuna in 1187Massive copper city gates of Sigtuna were delivered to Novgorod as present or kind of tribute and are still decorating the Western entrance of Veliky Novgorod Saint Sophia Cathedral. May 3, 2000 Veps TumuliUp to now one can see ancient Veps tumuli raising up to three meters and around 12 meters in diameter along Oyat' River. July 5, 1999 The History of PaanajärviFirst people arrived to Paanajärvi region in 5-6 millenium BC. June 6, 1999 Old postcardsCollection April 15, 1999 PitkärantaFor the first time Pitkäranta (Long Beach in translation from Finnish) was mentioned in tax census book of Great Novgorod Veps region for the years 1499-1500. April 6, 1999 BEKMAN father and sonRussian only March 22, 1999 Saami Sacred Stones in KareliaThe cult of the seidas (sacred stones) existed on the whole vast area inhabited by Saami tribes. March 2, 1999 The Vepsa – history, culture and ethnic featuresArticle by M.Ju.Dankov January 12, 1999 Karelian EmbroideryEmbroidery has a centuries-old history in traditions of Karelian and Veps people. December 17, 1998 TalvisovatArticle from Carelia magazine October 29, 1998 War on Lake Ladoga (1941-1944)Just after the Finnish army reached the shores of Lake Ladoga, the rebuilding of the Ladoga Navy started. October 5, 1998 The Last Flight of BW-372A Finnish fighter plane, Brewster 239 Buffalo, (hull No BW-372) was found at August 1998 in Big Kolejärvi Lake, about 50 kilometers from the town of Segezha. August 16, 1998 Petrozavodsk Stone-Age StationIn 1997 in the historical centre of Petrozavodsk, The City Park, founded by Peter the Great, archaeologists found the station of ancient people dated back to 5-th millennium BC. August 9, 1998 Segezha, July 1998Photos July 23, 1998 VärtsiläThe earliest written mention about Värtsilä can be found in 1499-1500 tax census book. June 1, 1998 Karelian BirchKarelian birch is a tree with presented by nature amazing pattern of wood that looks like marble. May 19, 1998 Orders of the KASSRFor achievements in construction of communism and for friendship between peoples KASSR was awarded an Order of Lenin, an Order of October Revolution and an Order of Friendship between Peoples. December 10, 1997 Birch-bark Document on Karelian languageIn 1957 while being excavations the birch-bark document on Karelian was discovered in Novgorod. December 2, 1997 SolomennoyeSolomennoye (altered for Salmennoye from the Karelian "salmi" – "strait") is situated on banks of the strait connected the Onego lake bay along Petrozavodsk to the Logmozero lake. December 1, 1997 The Stone Labyrinths in KareliaThe stone labyrinths – complex spirals from crude stones – are on the Baltic, the Barents and the White Sea's coasts. They are on Karelia territory too. October 17, 1997 SortavalaThe official document of town foundation dates back to 1646. September 24, 1997 Karelia is on the medieval Europe's mapThe earliest known us maps of the Europe with drawn name Carelia were composed by Swedish Catholic bishop Olaus Magnus (1490-1558) in XVI century. July 28, 1997 The Flags of Karelia1918 – 1993 Coats of arms of Karelia1562 – 1993 July 23, 1997 Karelian-Finnish Eskimo DogThe breed was formed in wood-zone of Karelia by crossing local Karelian Eskimo dog with Finnish Bird's Eskimo dog and has the smallest size among the all breeds of hound Eskimo dog. July 14, 1997 Karelian figures on crags (petroglifs)There are Karelian figures on crags (petroglifs) – unique stone monuments of New Stone Age (IV-II B.C.) – on the western coast of Onego Lake and in the lower reaches of Vyg river (just before it falls in the White Sea). July 11, 1997 National park PaanajärviBefore The II World War this unique islet of nature had a reputation for Finnish Switzerland.
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