title: Karelia (disambiguation)
text: # 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
  