Republic of Karelia
The Republic of Karelia, or Karelia,[9] is a republic of Russia in Northern Europe. The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and with area of 172,400 square kilometres (66,600 square miles), bordering Finland. Republic of Karelia have around 650 thousand residents.[10] Its capital is Petrozavodsk.
| Republic of Karelia Республика Карелия (Russian) Karjalan tasavalta (Finnish) Karjalan tazavaldu (Olonets Karelian) Karjalan tasavalta (Karelian Proper) Karjalan tazovaldkund (Vepsian) | |||
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| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Northwestern[1] | ||
| Economic region | Northern[2] | ||
| Established | November 13, 1991, as part of the Russian Federation[3] | ||
| Capital | Petrozavodsk | ||
| Government (as of August 2010) | |||
| • Head[5] | Artur Parfenchikov[4] | ||
| • Legislature | Legislative Assembly[6] | ||
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| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[7] | |||
| • Total | 172,400 km2 (66,600 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 20th | ||
| Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+04:00) | ||
| Official languages | Russian[8] | ||
| Official website | |||
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Republic Of Karelia Media
Anthem of the Republic of Karelia (Instrumental Version)
A lake in the Republic of Karelia
Union of White Sea Karelians
Sandarmokh forest - the Memorial Place, Karelia, Russia
Evacuation from Kurkijoki, near Lahdenpohja
In grey, Finnish occupied territories
Wartime concentration camp in Petrozavodsk under the Finnish military administration in Eastern Karelia
KFSSR building on VDNkH
References
- ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
- ↑ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ↑ "Карельский государственный архив новейшей истории. Путеводитель". Приложение "Административно-территориальное устройство Республики Карелия". 2003.
- ↑ Official website of the Republic of Karelia. Artur Olegovich Parfenchikov
- ↑ Constitution, Article 46.
- ↑ Constitution, Article 32
- ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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- ↑ Karelia
- ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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