page_title: History of Karelia
hierarchical_section_title: History of Karelia
caption_attribution_description: Карелия.Водопад Кивач
context_page_description: The History of Karelia is about the cultural and geopolitical region of Karelia, in present-day eastern Finland and northwestern Russia in northern Europe. The Karelian people's presence can be dated back to the 7th millennium BC—6th millennium BC.
context_section_description: The History of Karelia is about the cultural and geopolitical region of Karelia, in present-day eastern Finland and northwestern Russia in northern Europe. The Karelian people's presence can be dated back to the 7th millennium BC—6th millennium BC.
caption: The Scandinavian and Russian taiga landscape in Karelia.
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