Ladoga Karelia

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Ladoga Karelia is a historical region in southeastern Finland, bordering Lake Ladoga, that was ceded to the Soviet Union after the Winter War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ladoga Karelia canonical 16
Ladoga region 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
adjacentTo Isthmus Karelia
linked to: Karelian Isthmus

White Karelia
linked to: Karelia
associatedWithTreaty Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
associatedWithWar Continuation War
borderChange Moscow Peace Treaty
borderingBodyOfWater Lake Ladoga
borders Lake Ladoga
cededAfter Winter War
cededBy Finland
cededTo Soviet Union
country Finland
culturalRegionOf Karelia
currentAdministrativeRegion Leningrad Oblast
Republic of Karelia
currentCountry Russia
currentLanguageMajority Russian
ethnicGroupHistorically Finns
Karelians
linked to: Finnish Karelians
geographicalFeature forests
lakes
river valleys
historicalConflictSide Finnish side in the Winter War
historicalDemographics predominantly Finnish-speaking before 1940
historicalEvent Winter War
historicalLanguagePolicy Finnish as official language before cession
historicalPeriod 20th century
historicalReligionMajority Lutheran Christianity
linked to: Lutheranism
historicalStatus part of independent Finland
part of the Grand Duchy of Finland
historicalUse borderland between Finland and Russia
languageHistoricallySpoken Finnish
Karelian
linked to: Karelian language
locatedIn Karelia
southeastern Finland
nearbyMajorCity Lahdenpohja
Sortavala
partOf Finnish Karelia
linked to: Karelia
partOfConflict Soviet–Finnish territorial disputes
populationMovement evacuation of Finnish population to inner Finland
postWarCountry Soviet Union
postWarResettlement Finnish evacuees resettled in other parts of Finland
preWarCountry Finland
regionType border region
ceded territory
strategicImportance access to Lake Ladoga
proximity to Saint Petersburg
successorState Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
warOutcomeEffect loss of territory for Finland

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moscow Peace Treaty cededRegion Ladoga Karelia
Battle of Kollaa location Ladoga Karelia
Continuation War mainFront Ladoga Karelia
Karelia hasPart Ladoga Karelia
Finnish Karelians associatedRegion Ladoga Karelia
Leningrad Oblast hasHistoricalRegion Ladoga Karelia
Kollaa front locatedIn Ladoga Karelia
Finnish offensive of 1941 location Ladoga Karelia
Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga jurisdictionOver Ladoga region
linked to: Ladoga Karelia
Rurik deathPlaceTraditionally Ladoga region
linked to: Ladoga Karelia
Novgorod Republic territoryIncludes Ladoga region
linked to: Ladoga Karelia
Sortavala historicalRegion Ladoga Karelia
Ladoga Karelia sector region Ladoga Karelia
Lahdenpohja locatedIn Ladoga Karelia
Lahdenpohja historicalRegion Ladoga Karelia
Soviet–Finnish border hadSection Ladoga Karelia
Sortavala District hasHistoricalRegion Ladoga Karelia