Karelia (disambiguation)
# Karelia (disambiguation)

Karelia usually refers to the Republic of Karelia, a subject within the Russian Federation, but it can also refer to:

## Geographic region

* A specific part of the Karelian region:
   * Karelian Isthmus
   * Ladoga Karelia
   * North Karelia, an administrative region in present-day Finland
      * Central Karelia, subdivision of North Karelia
      * Pielinen Karelia, subdivision of North Karelia
      * Municipalities of North Karelia, municipalities of North Karelia grouped by sub-region
   * South Karelia, an administrative region in present-day Finland
      * Municipalities of South Karelia, municipalities of North Karelia grouped by sub-region
   * East Karelia
* Tver Karelia in the Tver Oblast
* Savolax and Karelia County, historical Swedish county

## History and politics

* History of Karelia
* Karelian question, a dispute in politics.
* Finnish Karelia, a historical province of Finland.
* Karelo-Finnish SSR, a Soviet Republic (1940–1956)
* Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, a Soviet Republic that existed from 1923 to 1940 and from 1956 to 1991.
* Karelia constituency, Russian legislative constituency in the Republic of Karelia
* Old Finland
* Northern Karelia Province, former Finnish region
* One of the historical semi-independent states:
   * Provisional government of East Karelia, a Finnish puppet-state.
   * Olonets Government of Southern Karelia
   * Karelian United Government

## Music

* Karelia (album), 1989 album by Shizuka Kudo
* Karelia Suite, a collection of classical music by Jean Sibelius
* The Karelia (band), a former band of Alex Kapranos
* Karelia (heavy metal band), a French heavy metal band
* "Karelia", a song by Lidia Klement
* "Karelia", an instrumental piece by Amorphis on their 1992 album The Karelian Isthmus
* "Karelia", an instrumental piece by Insomnium on their 2019 album Heart Like a Grave

## Business

* Karelia Tobacco Company, a Greek tobacco company
* FC Karelia Petrozavodsk, formerly professional Russian football team
* FC Karelia-Discovery Petrozavodsk, amateur/semi-pro Russian football team
* Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Finnish University
* Karelia Aviation Museum, Finnish museum

## Military

* Army of Karelia, former Finnish army
* Karelia Air Command, peace-time Finnish Air Force unit
* Karelia Brigade, Finnish Army readiness brigades
* North Karelia Brigade, former Finnish Army unit

## Other

* Russian submarine Karelia (K-18), a submarine in service with the Russian Navy
* ProKarelia, Finnish fringe irredentist group
* Karelia Watson, software program released by Karelia Software for the Macintosh in 2001
