My home place is Karelia

lakes
(Karelian week at school)

of the Republic of Karelia

of the total territory of Russia). Its length from north

to south is 660 km., from west to east on the latitude of the town of Kem is 424 km. Karelia borders on Finland in the West, its length is 798 km . In the North-West the Republic is washed by the White sea. Distance from the administrative centre of republic, city of Petrozavodsk to Moscow makes 925 km., 401 km. to St.-Petersburg,1050 km. to Murmansk, and 703 km. to Helsinki.

in Karelia is Russian.
The republic is a multinational subject

of the Russian Federation. Representatives of 213 nationalities live there.
 Karelians are 9.2%
Karelian is a native tongue for some people.

rivers in Karelia. The largest are the Ladoga lake and

the Onega lake

culture and professional art in Karelia, the largest establishments of

culture are concentrated there: libraries, museums, theatres, concert halls, educational institutions, creative unions and scientific organizations

Paanajärvi and Vodlozersky national parks