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Karelian Isthmus (3590 bytes)
3: ...]], when the fronts moved back and forth over the isthmus, it belongs to the [[Leningrad Oblast]] of [[Russ...
5: ...elian Isthmus.png|300px|thumb|Map of the Karelian isthmus. Shown are important towns, the current Finnish-R...
7: ...nnium, [[Finnic]] people wandered to the Karelian Isthmus.
9: ... area near Viipuri and Novgorod in other parts of isthmus.
11: ...le isthmus and also [[Ingria]]. In this time many Karelians escaped to Tver's Karelia.

Olonets Karelian (510 bytes)
1: ...ty]] of [[Karelian language]] spoken by Olonets-[[Karelians]], traditionally inhabiting the area of the [[Ol...
3: Olonets-Karelian long remained relatively uninfluented by [[Russia...

Karelian language (6530 bytes)
1: ...Finnish. There is no [[standard language|standard Karelian language]], but each writer writes in their own d...
3: ...lects of the 420,000 refugees from the [[Karelian isthmus]] and other parts of [[Finnish Karelia]] that wer...
5: {{language|name=Karelian|nativename=Karjala
15:      '''Karelian'''
20: Karelian is spoken in the [[Russia]]n [[Republic of Kareli...

Karelian pasties (544 bytes)
1: '''Karelian pasties''' (''Karjalanpiirakat'' in [[Finnish lan...
7: *[[Karelian Hot Pot]]

Isthmus (2261 bytes)
1: [[Image:Isthmus_diagram.png|right|frame|Simplified diagram]]
3: ... a silent ''th''. The plural form can either be ''isthmuses'' or ''isthmi''.
5: ...th]] and [[South America]]n [[continent]]s. Other isthmuses include:
6: * the first isthmus to be called an isthmus, [[Isthmus of Corinth]], in [[Greece]]
7: * the isthmus of [[Dubrovnik]] - today's [[Stradun]], (main cen...

Karelian Bear Dog (626 bytes)
1: ...image:Alex-Karelsk_Bjornhund.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Karelian Bear Dog]]
2: The '''Karelian Beardog''' is a [[dog breed]] of [[dog]] that tod...

Isthmus of Tehuantepec (4717 bytes)
1: [[Image:Isthmus of Tehuantepec.jpg|right|250px|]]
2: The '''Isthmus of Tehuantepec''' is an [[isthmus]] in [[Mexico]]. It represents the shortest dista...
6: ...Chivela Pass) is 735 ft. The northern side of the isthmus is [[swamp]]y and densely covered with [[jungle]]...
9: ...ce the days of [[Hernán Cortés]], the Tehuantepec isthmus has been considered a favorable route, first for ...
12: When the great cost of a canal across the isthmus compelled [[engineer]]s and [[capitalist]]s to gi...

Isthmus of Perekop (209 bytes)
1: The '''Isthmus of Perekop''' is the narrow, three to four mile w...
3: [[Category:Isthmuses]]

Isthmus of Panama (387 bytes)
1: ...]], and is cut by the [[Panama Canal]]. Like many isthmuses, it is a location of great strategic value due ...

Isthmus of Corinth (637 bytes)
1: ... the [[Corinthian Canal]] cuts through the 6.3 km Isthmus, and effectively makes the Peloponnesos a real is...
5: [[de:Isthmus von Korinth]]
10: [[Category:Isthmuses|Corinth]]

Isthmus of Chignecto (6795 bytes)
1: ...between Amherst and [[Tidnish, Nova Scotia]], the isthmus measures 24 kilometres wide.
5: The majority of the lands comprising the isthmus have very low elevation above sea level with a la...
9: ...rland Strait to effectively control travel on the isthmus.
17: Following the war in [[1763]] the isthmus saw three 100,000 acre (400 km²) townsh...
25: A key surface transportation route, the Isthmus of Chignecto was host to French and later British...

Kra Isthmus (2823 bytes)
1: ...ryi]] division of [[Myanmar]]. To the west of the Isthmus is the [[Andaman Sea]], to the east is the [[Gulf...
3: ...as a maximum altitude of 75m above sea level. The Isthmus is named after the city Kra Buri, in the [[Ranong...
5: The Isthmus of Kra marks the boundary between two parts of th...
8: ...round Asia significantly, a canal through the Kra Isthmus was suggested as early as [[1677]], when the Thai...
13: ...MassTransit/kracanal.shtml 2Bangkok about the Kra Isthmus canal]

List of Finnish, Saami, and Karelian language radio stations (539 bytes)

Karelia (disambiguation) (1105 bytes)
3: * [[Karelia]], the land of [[Karelians]], in its most general sense
10: ** [[Karelian Isthmus]] (most of which was ceded in 1940)
18: ** [[Karelian pasties]] - Karelian food
19: ** [[Karelian Hot Pot]] - Karelian food
21: *[[Karelian Bear Dog]]

Taipale (921 bytes)
3: ...on the shore of [[Lake Ladoga]] on the [[Karelian Isthmus]], approximately 100 kilometers east-south-east o...
5: ...til the end of that war, when all of the Karelian Isthmus was ceded to the Soviet Union and had to be evacu...

List of Finnish armies in WWII (331 bytes)
6: ...hmus]] - ''Kannaksen armeija'', on the [[Karelian Isthmus]]

Priozersk (1905 bytes)
1: ... the center for the [[Karelians]] of the Karelian Isthmus; and from time to time been the northwestern outp...
5: ...ela''' and '''Käkisalmi''' in [[Karelian language|Karelian]]/[[Finnish (language)|Finnish]], '''Keksholm/Kex...
7: ...r the Soviet Union after having been populated by Karelians for thousands of years.

Finnish Orthodox Church (2973 bytes)
1: ...ry]]. In [[Helsinki]], [[Viipuri]] and [[Karelian Isthmus]], Orthodoxy was associated with the country's ru...
3: ...[[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[Karelian language|Karelian]], [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[German lang...
6: ...The nunnery of Lintula at [[Kivennapa]] (Karelian Isthmus) was also evacuated, and re-established at Heinäv...
8: ...s day, Orthodoxy is practiced mostly by Russians, Karelians and the Sami (Koltta Tribe), although it has she...

River Vuoksi (1840 bytes)
1: ...) runs in the northernmost part of the [[Karelian Isthmus]], from Lake [[Saimaa]] in southeastern [[Finland...
5: ...now overgrown, was an alternative route for the [[Karelians]] to reach the [[Gulf of Finland]] when the [[Ne...
9: ...Since the [[Winter War]] ([[1940]]), the Karelian Isthmus belongs to Russia and only 13 kilometers of the r...

Mannerheim Line (2094 bytes)
1: ... a defensive fortification line on the [[Karelian Isthmus]] built by [[Finland]] against the [[Soviet Union...
6: ... first plans for a defensive line on the Karelian Isthmus were made after the [[Finnish Civil War]] by Carl...

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