Republic of Karelia

Republic of Karelia
Republic
Республика Карелия
Other transcription(s)
 • KarelianKarjalan tašavalta
 • VepsianKarjalan tazovaldkund
 • FinnishKarjalan tasavalta
 • LivviKarjalan tazavaldu
Flag of Republic of Karelia
Flag
Coat of arms of Republic of Karelia
Coat of arms
Anthem: Anthem of the Republic of Karelia
Coordinates: 63°49′N 33°00′E / 63.817°N 33.000°E / 63.817; 33.000
CountryRussia
Federal districtNorthwestern[1]
Economic regionNorthern[2]
CapitalPetrozavodsk
Government
 • BodyLegislative Assembly[3]
 • Head[5]Artur Parfenchikov[4]
Area
[6]
 • Total180,520 km2 (69,700 sq mi)
 • Rank20th
Population
 (2021 census)[7]
 • Total533,121
 • Estimate 
(2018)[8]
622,484
 • Rank70th
 • Density3.0/km2 (7.6/sq mi)
 • Urban
79.5%
 • Rural
20.5%
Time zoneUTC+3 (UTC+03:00 Edit this on Wikidata[9])
ISO 3166 codeRU-KR
License plates10
OKTMO ID86000000
Official languagesRussian[10]
Recognised languagesKarelian, Veps, Finnish[11]
Websitehttp://www.gov.karelia.ru

The Republic of Karelia,[a] Karjala or Karelia[13] (Russian: Каре́лия, Ка́рьяла; Karelian: Karjala)[14] is a republic of Russia situated in the northwest of the country.[14] The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and covers an area of 172,400 square kilometres (66,600 square miles), with a population of 533,121 residents.[7] Its capital is Petrozavodsk.

The modern Karelian Republic was founded as an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR, by the Resolution of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) on 27 June 1923 and by the Decree of the VTsIK and the Council of People's Commissars of 25 July 1923, from the Karelian Labour Commune. From 1940 to 1956, it was known as the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the republics of the Soviet Union. In 1956, it was once again made an autonomous republic and remained part of Russia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

  1. ^ 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", No. 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.).
  2. ^ 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. ).
  3. ^ Constitution, Article 32
  4. ^ Official website of the Republic of Karelia. Artur Olegovich Parfenchikov Archived 22 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Constitution, Article 46.
  6. ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  8. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  10. ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  11. ^ Karelian, Vepps, and Finnish languages have got the state support in the Republic of Karelia Archived 11 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine The Official Web Portal of the Republic of Karelia (2004)
  12. ^ "Карельский государственный архив новейшей истории. Путеводитель". Приложение "Административно-территориальное устройство Республики Карелия". 2003.
  13. ^ "Официальный интернет-портал Республики Карелия". gov.karelia.ru. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Karelia". Encyclopedia Britannica. 5 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.


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