History of Karelia
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Karelia is a large area in Northeast Europe, which is currently divided between Finland and Russia. Karelia became a controversial border region in the late 13th century, when Sweden and Novgorod fought for the Karelian dominion of Karelia and Ladoga. Karelia was divided among these kingdoms in 1323, and since then the proximity of the border has strongly influenced the history of different parts of Karelia. Karelia has repeatedly become a war scene until the 20th century. State borders in the region have shifted many times, and many Karelians have been forced to leave their homeland. On the other hand, there have also been peaceful interactions across the border, such as trade and the borrowing of cultural phenomena.
The population of Karelia has long been of Finnish descent. The roots of the Finnish, Karelian and Vepsälä populations date back to prehistory. The majority population of Russian-owned Karelia is now Russian.
prehistory Edit
Main article: Ancient Karelia
Karelia has been inhabited for 10,000 years. [1]
During the Iron Age, the number of archaeological finds dates back to the 7th century. During the Viking and Crusades, the shores of Ladoga and Ääninen already have strong traces of settlement. Korela aka Käkisalmi became a center.
History of Independent Karelia Edit
The Karelians are based on the early metal age population of the Kannas, Saimaa and Ladoga regions, [B]which were later influenced by Southwest Finland, Häme and the southern Gulf of Finland. [/
B]The archaeological finds of "early Karelia", which originated on the northwest coast of Ladoga, show clear connections with Häme and the western cultural district in the 6th and 8th centuries. Ancient Karelia flourished during the Crusades, and the cultural and political influence of Novgorod intensified in the same area.
The settlement is believed to have been made up of the indigenous population of the Ladoga area, to which Western Finnish settlement had perhaps moved since the 7th century. According to linguists, at that time (during the Iron Age) "eastern Finnish" or "early Karelian Karelia" was spoken in the Ladoga region, from which both the Karelian language and the southeastern and eastern dialects of Finnish are considered to have developed. [2] [3]
The Karelians lived on the Karelian isthmus, around the Vyborg Bay and on the western and northern shores of Lake Ladoga. In these areas, the so-called ancient Karelian language was formed, the speakers of which moved to Savo, the shores of Viena and even Northern Ostrobothnia in the late Iron Age and the Middle Ages. [4]
The beginning of the economic boom of undivided Karelia was in the 9th century, when Karelian traders sold value furs via the Ladoga Castle downstream of the Olhavan River to Novgorod, Kiev and Byzantium, and through the Volga also to Mesopotamia and the Middle East. Via Vyborg to Finland and Sweden. [5]
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