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

 * 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