National and Ethnic - Nordic and Baltic Europe and Finno-Ugric

Slavic, East European, and Former USSR Resources

National and Ethnic Home Pages

Nordic and Baltic Europe. Kaliningrad Oblast and Finno-Ugric Areas of the Russian Federation

INDEX

Åland Islands	Karelia, Republic of; Russian Karelia	Mari El or Cheremis	Tornedal Finns
Baltic Countries in General	Khanty-Mansi	Mordovia Republic	Tver Karelia
Estonia	Komi	Nenets	Udmurt or Votyak
Eurasian, Arctic, and Polar Regions	Komi-Permyak	Nganasan	Ural-Altaic
Finland and the Winter War	Latvia	Olonets or Aunus Karelia or Livvi	Uralic and Finno-Ugric
Ingermanland, Ingria, or Inkeri	Lithuania	Prussia, Old Medieval	Vepsiä Karelia
Kaliningrad Oblast	Lithuania Minor	Sámi, Saami, Sápmi or Lapps	Votic Karelia
Kvens	Livonia, Livonian People	Setumaa or Setomaa	Yamalo-Nenets
Karelia, Finnish; Former Viipurin Lääni	Ludic Karelia	-	Åland Islands

AO* = Autonomous Okrug

Ural-Altaic Sites

Language Page - Altaic, Uralic, Dravidian, Sumerian, Hurrian.
Uralic Page. This page includes Altaic links.
Numbers in Asian Languages. Includes Uralic and Altaic languages sections.
Numerals of some Uralic languages.
Ugric Rumble - A tour de force of poetry chanting..
Monumenta Altaica. The Altaistics links - Altaic and Central Asiatic Studies.
Turanian Lands - Turanian Peoples. From HunMagyar.org.
Peter Chong's Ural Altaic Etymology Dictionary. Words referenced by Hungarian root words.

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Uralic and Finno-Ugric Sites

Uralic Sites

Finno-Ugric Sites

Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura / The Finno-Ugrian Society (Helsinki, Finland).
The Fenno-Ugria Foundation. (Tallinn, Estonia). Their Information Centre of the Finno-Ugric Peoples [SURI] Page. SURI's Chart of Families of Uralic Languages.
Finno-Ugrian Heritage in Russia - Suomalais-ugrilainen perintö Venäjällä.
Finno-Ugric People. The Finno-Ugric Nations.
Finno-Ugric Peoples’ Consultative Commitee.
Finno-Ugrian Links. By Johanna Laakso.
An Overview of the Uralic Languages and Peoples. By Daniel Kravin.
Kazuto Matsumura's Home Page.
Finno-Ugrian Languages and Number of Speakers.
Finno-Ugric Peoples As Ethnic Minorities. From The Estonia Page.
The Origin of Finnish and Related Languages. From Virtual Finland.
Finnic languages (Itämerensuomalaiset kielet). From University of Helsinki's Department of Finno-Ugrian Studies.
The Origin of Finnish and Related Languages (Finfo 13-98) - By Ulla-Maija Kulonen.
Karjala - Vepsä - Suomi - V iro Online Dictionary.
The Construction of a Full-Text Database on Balto-Finnic Languages and Russian Dialects in Northwest Russia.
Euroopan kielialueet noin 5000 eKr.
Map showing the widest known and current distribution of the Finn-Ugrian languages. From The Laaksonen Family.
Finno-Ugric Peoples of Russia Before 1917: Problems of Historiography. From Congressus Secundus Historiae Fenno-Ugricae. 15-18 X 1998 - Tallinn.
Suspicions of "Finno-Ugric conspiracy" in Russia 06.10.05 By Mika Parkkonen. From Appeal on Belhalf of the Mari People.
Russian security forces keep tight rein on Finno-Ugric congress in Mari Republic 31.08.05. By Kirsikka Moring.
Institute of Baltic Studies.

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Eurasian and Arctic and Polar Sites

BIS - Barents Information Service: The Barents Euro-Arctic Region.
Karelian Barents Centre. Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russian Federation.
The Northern Forum. Anchorage, Alaska.
Arctic Circle. University of Connecticut.
Welcome to the Polar Web. Their Native Peoples link. From The Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland.
The Svalbard Pages.
Spitsbergen / Svalbard Nett; The Arctic Pearl.
Norsk Polarinstitutt / The Norwegian Polar Institute - Tromsø, Norway.
Thule Institute Northern Research at the University of Oulu [Finland]. Their Northern Links.
Finnish Lapland. Lappi Province, Finland.
International Lapland. Rovaniemi, Finland.
Arctic and Siberian. Sites from Excite.
Barentsfoto. Includes photos from northern Norway and northern Russian Federation, including various Fiin-Ugric peoples. Main English page of Author and photographer Oyvind Ravna.

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Kvens of Northern Norway Sites

KvenInfo. By Solveig Hansen.
Kveeniland.
Ruijan Kaiku - Norjan suomalaisten ja kveenien lehti.
Storfjord kommune.
Kvensk database. From University Library of The University of Tromsø.
Tromssan ruijansuomalainen yhdistys - Tromsø norsk-finske foreining.

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Tornedal Finns of Sweden Sites

MEÄNKIELI (Tornedalian Finnish) in Sweden.
Tornionlaakson kielihistoriaa. From Welcome to Pajala.
Meänkieli. From www.övertorneå.se.
Four Minority Languages of Sweden (Tornedalian Finnish [Meänkieli], Romanes, Sami, Finnish).
Swedish policies on national minorities and integration. By Pär Axel Sahlberg, MP.
Tornedal Finnish (Meänkieli).
Swedish minorities (Sweden Finns, and "native peoples": Sami, Tornedalians, Gypsies [Roma], and Jews). From Project Runeberg.
Finnish in Sweden (Tornedalen). From Euromosaic.
Linguistic minorities in Sweden, FAQ. From soc.culture.nordic.
"Steps towards a minority policy in Sweden". Report by the Minority Language Commission SOU 1997:192. Official English summary.

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Sámi / Saami / Sápmi of Samiland or "Lapland" of Fenno-Scandinavia Sites

General Sámi / Saami / Sápmi / Lapp Sites from All Countries

Sámi / Saami / Sápmi / Lapp Sites from Norway

Sámi allaskuvla / Samisk høgskole / Saami University college - Kautokeino, Norway.
Nordisk samisk institut i Kautokeino. (in Norwegian and Sami).
We are Norwegian Sami Association.
Sámi NissonForum / Forum of Sami Women. Their Links page.
Virtual Samiland.

Sámi / Saami / Sápmi / Lapp Sites from Finland

National Minorities of Finland, The Sámi. From Virtual Finland.
Sámi Radio. Their Sami Links. From YLE [Finnish Broadcasting Company].
Sámi Studies (Saamentutkimus). From Department of Finno-Ugrian Studies at the University of Helsinki.
The Saami (Lapps) [of Finland]. From Virtual Finland.
Travelling in the Land of Sami. A Finnish Sami page.
Sää'mjie'llem - Skolt Sámi Life. [Multimedia show]. [Skot Sámi fprmerly lived in the Petsamo region which was part of Finland from 1918 to 1944].
The Skolt Sámi in Finland.
[Inari] Sámi Museum. From SIIDA. [SIIDA is the home of the Sámi Museum and the Northern Lapland Nature Centre.].
Markus ja Minna virtuaalisesti. Their Kolttasaamelaiset page. [Kolttasaamelaiset live primarily in Finland, but also in Norway, and Russia].

Sámi / Saami / Sápmi / Lapp Sites from Sweden

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Republic of Finland or Finnish Sites

Government of the Republic of Finland

The President of the Republic of Finland.
Government [of Finland]. Valtioneuvosto.
Council of State. And another site.
Parliament of Finland. And Suomen Eduskunta.
Ministry of Labour - Finland.
State Provincial Offices of Finland. From the Ministry of the Interior. In Finnish: Lääninhallitukset.
Maamme. From Virtual Finland. The Finnish National Anthem. More Finnish patriotic music here.
Some of the Flags of Finland.
The Finnish Defense Forces.
The Police of Finland.
The Finnish Road Administration. And European Road E18 in Finland. And Road Weather Cams.
VR - Finnish State Railways.
Finnish Maritime Administration.

Political Sites for the Republic of Finland

Governments on the WWW: Finland.
Political Resources on the Web - Finland. From Political Resources on the Web.
[Field Guide to Finnish Politics]. With links to the major Finnish parties.
Kokoomus. [A conservative party].

General Finnish Sites

Virtual Finland.
Finland on the Internet.
YLE - Radio Finland.
Finland On Your World Radio Dial - From Yleisradio.
Finland. From Turanian Lands - Turanian Peoples. And a "Map showing the Russian-occupied Baltic Finnic lands".
Finnish Heritage. From Liisa Berg's Kutri's Korner.
Suomalaisuuden Liitto.
Suomen Sukututkimusseura. [Finnish Genealogical Society].
Finnish Meteorological Institute.
Metsähallitus.
English-Finnish-English Online Dictionary.
Suomenmaan kartta. Toimittanut I. Uschakoff, Weilin & Göös 1898. From Suomen historian dokumentteja.

Selected Finnish Cities, Towns, Municipalities, and Regions Sites [Former Finnish Towns, etc., are here and here]

Cities, Towns, and Municipalities

Surf Finland - Explore Finnish Municipalities & Cities.
Cities, Towns, Regions & Provinces Category - From Finland Links aka FinnLinks.
Suomen kunnat. From Makupalat.
Keski-Suomen kunnat yhteystietoineen.
Helsinki. [In Finnish] - City of Helsinki. [In English].
Virtual Helsinki. From Arenanet.
Helsinki South Harbour and surroundings by webcam.
Tampere. And The City of Tampere.
Tampere Seura. Their Tampere-seuran Linkit, including Tamereen kaupunginosia..
Melkoinen kaupunki nääs! By Jari Korkki and Jari Niemelä. [On Tampere of yore].
Turku.
Oulun kaupunki / City of Oulu.
Lahti.
The City of Mikkeli.
City of Jyväskylä. In Finnish.
Kouvola.
Lappeenranta.
Imatra.
Key East. The key east organisation consists of the cities in Imatra and Svetogorsk, the regional development company and other major companies in the region.
Border Crossing at Svetogorsk, Russia/[Imatra] Finland.
Nuijamaan rajavartioasema. From Kaakkois-Suomen rajavartiosto. In turn from Rajavartiolaitos. Or, The Border Guard.
Imatran Seudun Kehitysyhtiö Oy. Imatra Regional Development Company.
Welcome to the Virtual Nature Trail in Landscapes of Imatra.
Heinävesi.
Joensuun kaupunki. [City of Joensuu]. From Joensuu - yliopistokaupunki.
Tohmajärven kunta > rajaosaaminen > RAJAOSAAMINEN. [Border crossing between Tohmajärvi, Finland and Värtsilä, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation].
Värtsilä [Border Crossing].
Lieksan kaupunki.
Tervetuloa Kajaaniin! / Welcome to Kajaani!.
Vuokkiniemi-Seuran Nettisivut. [In Vienan Karjala just to the East of the Kainuu region of Finland].
Wandering Camera. By Peter Sobolev. Digital photos from Russia, Finland, North Korea, etc. The Finland page.

Regions

Etelä-Karjalan liitto. Regional Council of South Karelia. Lappeenranta, Finland.
eKarjala maakuntaportaali.
Keski-Karjalan Seutukunta.
Pohjois-Karjalan Maakuntaliitto.
Pohjois-Karjalan maakuntaliitto.
Vaara Karjala. From the Valtimon Kunta Page.
Lapin Liitto.
Lappi - www.lapland.fi.
Finland and Sweden plan 'Eurocity'. [A plan to reunite Tornio, Finland and Haparanda, Sweden]. Tornio, Finland. Haparanda, Sweden.
Karelia south / Map.
Karelia north / Map.
Map of Southeastern Finland. From A View of Finland - Galleries. By Gary Martens.
Pohti - WWW Site Collection of Northern Finland. Their Links to North-West Russia: Russian Karelia, Kola Peninsula and Arkangel Area.
Northeast Finland - At the Top of Finland.
Nature tourism services in Kainuu and Lieksa, FINLAND. From Elimyssalolta Vienansalolle luontomatkailu- ja luonnonsuojeluhanke.

Finnish Cultural Related Sites [Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library Links are Here]

Information about Finnish Language and Culture in Internet.
University of Helsinki.
Welcome to the University of Tampere.
Turun Yliopisto - University of Turku.
Åbo Akademi University.
Jyväskylän yliopisto - University of Jyväskylä.
Joensuun yliopisto [University of Joensuu]. And Joensuu - Yliopisto kaupunki.
Tampere University of Technology.
University of Oulu.
The National Museum of Finland.
Finnish Museum of Natural History.
The National Board of Antiquities Finland.
Art Museums [in Finland].
Helsingin yliopiston museoita ja kokoelmia.
The Gallen-Kallela Museum.
Kalela - Wilderness Home and Studio of Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Ruovesi, Finland.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela.The Renaissance Man of Finnish Art.
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland.
Alvar Aalto Säätiö / Alvar Aalto Foundation - Museum - Archives - Academy. Jyväskylä, Finland.
The Lenin Museum. Tampere, Finland.
Central Museum of Labour in Finland. Tampere, Finland.
Alvar Hugo Henrik Aalto. From Vitruvio.ch.
Alvar Aalto - An Appreciation.
Sibelius.
Sibelius-Akatemia - Sibelius Academy.
Ainola - The home of Aino and Jean Sibelius.
Kalevala Pictures by Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
The Tampere Theatre.
www.culture.kuopio.fi. [Museums, theaters, and other cultural centers and activities in Kuopio, Finland].
Karelian Institute. Of the University of Joensuu. Joensuu, Finland.
Finnish Alliance. And the Finnish page Suomalaisuuden liitto.

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The Finnish Sauna Society. The Sauna Appreciation Society's Sauna Page.
Finnish Sauna Page. Your guide to real Finnish Sauna Culture.
The Finnish Sauna.
The Sauna as a National Symbol.
Finnish Art & Culture on the Web.
Finn Film Entertainment.
Finnish Hollywood - Finnish artists in contemporary Hollywood and in international cinema and TV.
Finnish Culture: National Romanticism.
Jean Sibelius.
Jean Sibelius. By Ritva Raesmaa.
History of Finnish Art Music.
Let the musicians play... Soita pelimanni, soita... Finnish, Karelian, and Other Music.
Muusikkojen Liitto - www.musicfinland.com.
Suomalaisia kuoroja - Finnish Choirs.
Kuorosuomi.
Sibelius Academy - Music Resources.
Suomen murteet - Finnish Dialects.
Suomen Äänitearkisto ry, Finnish Institute of Recorded Sound.
Public Libraries.fi.
Folklore and the Development of National Identity in Finland. By Tina Karina Ramnarine.
Hannu Hautala — luontokuvaajan persoona.

Finnish History Related Sites

General Finnish History

The World Wide Web Virtual Library - Finnish History Index. From WWW VL History Central Catalogue, European University Institute, Italy.
Suomen historia. From Hämeenlinnan kaupunginkirjaston Makupalat.
Origin of the Finnish People in the Light of Science and Mythology.
Bjarm and Perm in the 9th - 15th Centuries. Translated from Suomen Suvun Tiet, (Finnish People's Tracks) by Eero Kuussaari, 1935.
Suomen rajamuutokset kautta aikojen. [Changes in the Borders of Finland Through the Years].
A Selection of Events and Documents on the History of Finland. Their Viipuri/Vyborg - Pictures and Viipuri Links. From Pauli Kruhse's Homepage.
A Web History of Finland. By Pasi Kuoppamäki.
Suomi 80 - Itsenäistymisen vuodet 1917-1918.
Pohjan Pojat - Northern Boys -- Finnish volunteers in Estonia 1919.
MANNERHEIM Carl Gustaf Emil - 1867 - 1951.
Suomen itsenäisyyden ajan sodat kuvina - Pictures From Wars During Finland´s Independence.
Northern Lights and Summer Nights - Finnish History and Culture.
Finnish History by Coins. From The WWW Homepage of Mikko Kiviharju.
Finland, the "Russian question" and socialism. By Hannu Reime. From Tapani Lausti's Home Page.
Suomen itsenäisyyden ajan sodat kuvina - Pictures from Wars during Finland´s independence.
Folklore and the Development of National Identity in Finland. By Tina Karina Ramnarine.
Pictures From Wars During Finland's Independence.
Malmin, Tapanilan, Pukinmäen, Puistolan, Jakomäen, Pihlajanmäki-Pihlajiston, Savelan, Suutarila-Siltamäen, Tapaninkylän ja Tapulikaupungin kansalaishistoria.

The Winter War 1939-1940

Finland in World War II. By Matti Yrjölä.
The Finnish Army in the Second World War.
The Finnish Winter War. By Robert K. Maddock. From Kutri's Korner. By Irja Liisa Berg.
Winter War: 60 Years Ago in Karjala. By Sergei Stafejev [Russian Perspective].
The Winter War - 1939 - 1940 - - Telegrams from Each Day of the Winter War. From The Finnish Defense Forces.
"The Battles of the Winter War" 30 November 1939 - 13 March 1940. By Sami H. E. Korhonen.
Antti's War photo Gallery - First-Hand Continuation War History. Laatokalla jatkosodan aikana otettuja kuvia
Uralic Family Home Page. By Osmo Joronen. See Section 3: Finland and Its Neighbors in WW II.
Suomi toisessa maailmansodassa / Finland in the World War II. Created by pupils of a secondary school in Jyväskylä, Finland.
Finnish Navy in World War II History Photo Gallery. By Jari Aromaa.
File of fallen soldiers during the Second World War in Finland (1939-1945). From The Finnish Defence Forces.
Karjalaan jääneiden sankarivainajien muistomerkit.

Finland-Swedes Sites [Finlandssvensk; Finlands Svensk]

Svenska Finlands Folkting / The Swedish Assembly of Finland.
Swedish in Finland. From Virtual Finland.
The Finland Swedes or the Swedish Speakers of Finland. From Virtual Finland.
Åbo Akademi University.
www.hurrar.net. Svenskfinlands nätbibliotek.
imse vimse - Finlandssvenska webbresurser.
X-sajting. Ungdomlig finlandssvensk portal.
The Swedish Finn Historical Society.
Finlands svenska sång- och musikförbund.

See also The Åland Islands - Autonomous Province of the Republic of Finland for additional Finland-Swedes sites.

Miscellaneous Finnish Sites

Kalervo Koskimies. His Historiaa / History.
Suomalaisuuden Liitto. - Suomalaisuuden puolesta jo vuodesta 1906.
Radikaalivasemmisto. [Radical Left of Anarchist Persuasion].
Map of Finland -1882. From FEEFHS - Federation of East European Family History Societies - Map Room Index.
Road weather cameras in Southern Finland. Includes Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, and Imatra border crossings with Russia.
Road weather cameras in Eastern Finland. Includes Niirala-Värtsilä border crossing with Russia.
The Protection of Minorities - Priorities for the future - what can a country like Finland do?
The Old Russians [of Finland]. From Virtual Finland.
How to pronounce Finnish names. And another site.
Academic Subjects : World Languages : Finnish. From WannaLearn.com.

Selected Personal Home Pages

Ulkosuomalaiset - Finns Abroad -- International Finnish Sites [Kvens of northern Norway sites are here. And Tornedal Finns of Sweden sites are here. And Leningrad oblast - Karelian Isthmus sites are here] [See also Ingermanland - Inkeri sites and Karelian and Republic of Karelia sites elsewhere on this page]

Metsäsuomalaiset [central Sweden] [Forest-Finns of northern Värmland who emigrated from the Savo area of Finland in the 16th and 17th centuries]

Forest Finns in Sweden - Migration, Colonization and Assimilation. From Interaction Across the Gulf of Bothnia.Their Project Descriptions page.
Migration, Frontiers and Boundaries during the Early Modern Period – Land Use, Landrights and the Forest-Finns. By Gabriel Bladh.
Swedish minorities - 7.3.8 History of the Sweden-Finns.
Of the Forest-Destroying Finns. By C. Ward. Published in The Dutch-Swedes on the Delaware. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1931, p. 102-106.
Mångenin suomalaistalolliset (Yhteenveto). Hällefors, Sweden.
Finnsam.
Välkommen till föreningen Stöde Finnskogsbyar.
Välkommen till Torsby Finnkulturcentrum. Their English language page.
Finnbygder, finnskogar och svedjefinnar.
Finnskogslandet Mottiland.
Finnskogsmuséet. Skräddrabo, Sweden.
Finnskogsteatern. Loses utanför Bollnäs har en stor vridläktare under tak och ger föreställningar om svedjefinnarnas liv.
Project Joris-Pelle.
400-års-jubiléum på finnskogen.

Ulkosuomalaiset - Finns Abroad [Elsewhere]

Finns in the New Sweden Colony. By Reino Kero.
Hendrickson House: The Oldest Stone House in America?
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti - The Insitute of Migration.
Finns Abroad (Expatriate Finns). From The Institute of Migration Links.
FinnFest USA 2002 (Minneapolis, August 7-11, 2002).
Ulkosuomalaisparlamentti - The Finnish Expatriate Parliament.
SUOMI-SEURA - kotisi maailmalla!
Finnish-American Resource Site. By Barry Liimakka.
FINLAND & Finnish-American Web Resources And Information By Kara Cook Giles.
The Down Under On-Line News. Finnish-Australian Page.
Getting into Line with the European Regime - Programmes of Transborder Cooperation on the Finnish-Russian Border.

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Finnish Karelia or Karelian Sites
( Sites Related to Former Viipurin Lääni from a Historic and Nostalgic Perspective.) Sites from Present Kymen (Etelä Karjala) & Pohjois Karjalan Läänit/Maakunnat in Current Finland are Included in Republic of Finland Sites Above. See Other Notes at End of This Section.

General Sites for Former Finnish Karelia

ProKarelia. In support of return of ceded Karelia, Salla, and Petsamo territories back to Finland. In Finnish.
Karelian Database. Its Links Site. The Karelia Issue from the Finnish perspective.
Karelia - Finland's Hot Potato.
Many Karelias. By Pekka Nevalainen.
Welcome To Osmo Joronen's Uralic Family Home Page. And Antti Joronen's War Photo Gallery First-Hand Continuation War History. And a Map of ceded Karelia.
Map Showing the Imatra, Finland - Svetogorsk (Enso), Russia Border Regions.
[Map of South Karelia - Etelä-Karjala].
Karjalan Liitto ry/The Finnish Karelian League.
Tie Karjalaan's Karelia Links.
Minun Karjalani.
Welcome to the Karelian Expatriot Page.
Karjala on Mielentila.
Uusia matkoja Karjalaan - New Trips to Karelia.
Geographical Definitions of Karelia.
Luovutettu Karjala Web Ring - Ceded Karelia Web Ring.
Finland: Soviet Annexation Of Karelia Still A Taboo Subject. By Charles Carlson.
Map of Ceded Karelia (Luovutettu Karjala).
KARJALAN KARTAT - Matka sinne, mitä ei enää ole. [Clickable maps from both sides of the current Finnish-Russian border].
Karjalan-kannas - Karelskii peresheek - 1938. Map. From St.Petersburg Environs. The complete version - Okrestnosti Peterburga. Several other maps of former Finnish Karelia, including the Karelian isthmus, are at this site.

Cities, Towns, and Communes of Former Finnish Karelia Now in the Republic of Karelia or Leningrad Oblast

Viipuri [Additional Links Here]

Viipuri/Vyborg - Pictures and Viipuri Links. From Pauli Kruhse's Homepage.
Viipuri 2000. Page related to a Joint Finnish-Russian Project to restore historic Viipuri/Vyborg.
Viipurin Suomalainen Kirjallisuusseura.
What might a Finnish Vyborg look like? By Paavo Tukkimäki.
The South Karelian culture of today is still influenced by nostalgia for the town of Viipuri. From South Karelia tiedottaa. [eKarjala maakuntaportaali].
The Viipuri Centre. The Finnish centre for information, culture and civic activities in Viipuri (Vyborg). From Viipuri-keskus ry.
Wiipuri-Yhdistys ry.
Wiipuri-Liitto ry.
vanhaviipuri.com.
Viipurin kaupungin kartta. Map of Viipuri.

Karelian Isthmus & Gulf of Finland

A Map Showing Kuokkala in Relation to the 1812-1940 Finnish-Russian Border. And a Broader View. [Map is from KARJALAN KARTAT - Matka sinne, mitä ei enää ole].
Terijoki. Another Former Finnish Karelian Isthmus Town. Now Zelenogorsk, Russia.
Terijoki - Zelenogorsk. Their Terijoki - The Forgotten History. A map of the area.
Kivennapaseura. / Kivennapa - Pitäjä Karjalan Kannaksella. - Kivennapa is a [Former Finnish] Karelian Isthmus Parish. Map of Kivennapa.
Koivisto (Finland) - Primorsk (Russia). By Timo Hämäläinen.
Sakkola - Tervetuloa Sakkola-säätiön kotisivuille.
Kanneljärven Opisto. "Kanneljärvi Institute was founded at Karelia isthmus in 1894. At its present location in Lohja the institute has been in action since 1953".
Ladoga.Priozersk - Leningraskaia Oblast. [Former Käkisalmi, Finland]. From Russian Cities on the Web.
Priozersk Museum of Local History and Culture. [Former Käkisalmi, Finland].
The Saimaa Canal. From the Finnish Maritime Administration.
Lavansaaren kuvia.
Background: Suursaari Was Once a Finnish Paradise Island.

Ladoga & Border Karelia

Hiitola Parish. Their Links Page.
Kurkijoki.
Lahdenpohja - Welcome to the site of our town!
Andrew Heninen's Main Home Page.
- Sortavala. By Andrew Heninen.
- Värtsilä, Russia. Its Link to Värtsilä, Finland. By Andrew Heninen.
- Suistamo. By Andrew Heninen.
Suojärven Pitäjäseura ry.
Suistamo. Suistamo Seura ry.
Salmi.
Impilahti-Seura ry.
IMPILAHTI vuonna 2000. By Tiina Juurela.

History Related Sites for Finnish Karelia

Mauri Rastas, Suomi page on Genealogy, Kurkijoki, and Karjalan (Esi)Historia. And Karjalan Historia. And a brief History of Karelia in English.
Map of Finnish Karelia Before the 2nd World War and Russia's East Karelia, as well as Inkerimaa/Ingria. From www.luovutettukarjala.org.
Map Showing Karelian Refugees' Parishes of Relocation / Karjalaisen maatalousväestön sijoittuminen. From www.luovutettukarjala.org.
Karelian Database Parish Records of the Ceded Karelia 1700-1949. From Karelian Database Foundation.
Luovutettu Karjala [Ceded Karelia]. Tervetuloa tutustumaan luovutettuun Karjalaan. A Map from the History section.
Viipuri 2000 - A Page on a Joint Finnish-Russian Project to restore historic Viipuri/Vyborg.
Karjalaan jääneiden sankarivainajien muistomerkit.

For other Web Pages on Former Finnish Karelia see Pages Below:

Republic of Karelia of the Russian Federation
and also
Russia / The Russian Federation - Leningrad Oblast including the (Former Finnish) Karelian Isthmus.

Here are located web pages for cities, towns, and parishes of former Viipurin lääni created by former residents of these parishes now living in Finland and by current residents of Russia interested in former Finnish Karelia.

See here for links to the re-opened Valaam Monastery and Konevitsa Nunnery in Lake Ladoga, now located on the territory of the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Republic.

See also in the Genocides and Ethnic Cleansings page the section on Karelians and Finns from Former Finnish Karelia.

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The Åland Islands - Autonomous Province of the Republic of Finland or Åland Islands Sites

Government of Åland

Ålands Lagsamling 2000. Text of the Åland Autonomy Act. In Swedish.
Act on the Autonomy of Åland. In English. From Parliament of Åland - Ålands lagting.
Ålands lagting. Det Självstyrda Ålands Parlament. The Lagting appoints the Landskapsstyrelse, the "government" of Åland.
Ålands Landskapsstyrelse.
Welcome to the Åland Post. [Posten på Åland].

Political Sites for Åland

Governments on the WWW: Åland.
[Political Resources on the Web] - Åland Islands (Dependency of Finland). From Political Resources on the Web.
The Autonomous Regime of Åland. From Virtual Finland.
Nordic Debate on Åland. From soc.culture.nordic.
Insular Autonomy: A Framework for Conflict Resolution? A Comparative Study of Corsica and the Åland Islands.

General Sites for the Åland Islands

Åland - Fredens öar - The Åland Islands - The Islands of Peace.
Åland Islands.
The Åland Islands. From Marc Pichard's Home Page.
An Åland Islands Page. Includes various Åland flags from Tim Osterholm's Genealogy.
Åland Islands (Dependency of Finland). From Political Resources on the Web Europe.
Official Internet Guide of Åland. From www.GoAland.net.
Ålandstrafikens hemsida. Ferry and other travel information.
Virtual Alandica - Mariehamns Stadstbibliotek Links.
Facts about the Åland Islands.
Map showing location of the Åland Islands. [From the perspective of Finland].
Maping showing location of the Åland Islands. [From the perspective of Sweden].
Map showing location of the Åland Islands. [From the perspective of Scandinavia].
Map of Southwestern Finland including the Åland Islands.

Cities and Towns of the Åland Islands

Mariehamns stad - City of Mariehamn.
Welcome to Eckerö - Eckerö - On the Sunny Side of Åland.
Välkommen till Jomala kommun.
Ålands Kommunförbund.

Cultural Related Sites for the Åland Islands

History Related Sites for the Åland Islands

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Ingermanland or Inkeri or Ingria or Ingrian Sites
(Former Province in the Kingdom of Sweden-Finland; Now Part of St. Petersburg, Russia and Leningrad Oblast, Russian Federation)

Political Sites for Ingermanland/Inkeri/Ingria

Inkeri. From UNPO - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation.
Another UNPO page.
Inkerin Liitto - Perustiedot - Inkerinsuomalaisten yhdistys.
"Inkerin Liitto". Inkerin-suomalaisten etujärjestö.
Inkerin symbolit. And another site with symbols of Inkeri/Ingermanland.

General Sites for Ingermanland

www.inkeri.com.
Info about Ingrian Finns.
Inkeri. From Wikipedia - Vapaa tietosanakirja.
Virtuaali - Inkeri. Pages about the various parishes of Ingria. In Finnish and Russian..
Ingrian Finns. From Turanian Lands - Turanian Peoples. And a "Map showing the Russian-occupied Baltic Finnic lands".
Ingrians or Izhorians. From The Endangered Uralic Peoples Short Reference Guide. By Lembit Vaba and Jüri Viikberg.
Ingria/Inkeri. From GeoNative. By Luistxo Fernandez & Marije Manterola.
Free Saint-Petersburg - Independent Ingermanland.
Inkerinmaan suomalaiset Venäjän Karjalassa.
Karjalan Inkeri-liitto.
Western Ingria - Where Languages and Dialects Meet. By Ilkka Savijärvi.
Ingria; Welcome to the World of Ingria!. Note Map of parts of Ingria (in Finnish) Near Bottom of this Page.
Inkerin Uutiset - Sosedi.
Ingermanlandiia.
Inkeri Land - Map. Another site.
Inkerin kartta - Map of Ingermanland. Showing the historical Finland - Ingria border.
Inkerin kartta - Map of Ingermanland.

Cultural Related Sites for Ingermanland

Suomen Inkeri-liitto ry.
Inkeri keskus.
Karjalan suomalaisten Inkeri-liitto. [Formerly Ingermanlandski soiuz finnov Karelii].
Sveriges ingermanländska riksförbund.
Society of Ingrian Finns of Tallinn [Estonia].
Toksovan Inkerin Liitto 15 vuotta - 1990-2005.
Turun seudun inkerinsuomalaiset paluumuuttajat ry. Inkeri-Finn association in Turku, Finland.
Inkeri, Inkerini - Inkeriä ja inkeriläisiä käsittelevää kirjallisuutta Tampereen kaupunginkirjastossa.
Eesti Ingerisoomlaste Liit.

Sites for Localities Within Ingermanland

Venjoki.
Ingermanland"s finns" organisations in the Venjoki (Pushkin). [Pushkin also formerly known as Tsarskoe Tselo].
Inkerin kirkon evankelis-luterilainen seurakunta - Toksova.

History Related Sites for Ingermanland

Inkerin historiaa.
Inkeriläisten kansannousu. From Wikipedia - Vapaa tietosanakirja.
Inkerikot. From Wikipedia - Vapaa tietosanakirja.
Inkeriläiset. From Wikipedia - Vapaa tietosanakirja.

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Republic of Karelia of the Russian Federation or (General) Russian Karelia / Karelian sites (Including Former Finnish Karelia [Viipurin Lääni] Ceded to the Former USSR by War in 1940, 1944)

Government of the Republic of Karelia of the Russian Federation Sites

Republic of Karelia - From the Official Government Server.
National Library of the Republic of Karelia.
Anthem of the Republic of Karelia.

Political Sites for the Republic of Karelia

The State Committee of the Republic of Karelia on National Politics.

General Republic of Karelia Sites

Karelia. Their Gallery of Karelian Photographs. [From a CD Product].
Ikkun Karjalah. Window to Karelia; materials about Karelia and in Karelian. Window to Karelia.
Karelia. From Turanian Lands - Turanian Peoples. And a "Map showing the Russian-occupied Baltic Finnic lands".
Karjalane lehüt - Karelian page. By Esa Anttikoski - University of Joensuu.
WWW-Server "Karelia" Petrozavodsk University.
Web Servers of Karelia.
KARELIA - The Mystery of Thousand Lakes.
Karelia -- Karjala. From GeoNative. By Luistxo Fernandez. His Uralic nations.
Biodiversity in Karelia.
Map of the Karelian Republic. From www.luovutettukarjala.org.
Map of Karelia Republic.
Atlas Respubliki Kareliia.
Karelia Republic — Petrozavodsk. [Map].

Cities, Towns, and Regions of the Republic of Karelia

Kalevalsky National District.
Fakta om rajonerna.
Petrozavodsk - Stolitsa Karelii.
Petrozavodsk [and] Republic of Karelia. From Mother Russia Citylink.
Kostomuksha.
Uhtua.
Uhtua. From Minun Karjalani.
Jyskyjärvi - Vienan Karjalan rakastetuin kylä.
Heninen.net. By Andrew Heninen.
- Sortavala. By Andrew Heninen.
- Värtsilä, Russia. Its Link to Värtsilä, Finland.
- Suistamo.
- Pitkäranta.
- Jaakkima - Lahdenpohja.
IMPILAHTI vuonna 2000. By Tiina Juurela.
Pitkjaranta segodnia
Hiitola Parish. Their Links Page.
Lahdenpohja - Welcome to the site of our town!
Kurkijoki.
Belomorsk Region. Another Belomorsk Page with Links.
Hello, Medvezhegorsk!
Solovki Archipelago / Solovetsk Islands.
Repola-Society / Repolan-Seura ry.
Paanajärvi.
Ladoga.

Cultural Related Sites for the Republic of Karelia

Petrozavodsk State University. Petrozavodsk, Karelia, RF.
Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences.
Kulttuurisivuja Karjalasta. From Petroskoi Yliopisto [Petrozavodsk State University]. Their page on Karelian Literature.
Come on, art! Cultural Routes of Karelia.
Santtu Karhu - Ensimmäinen karjalankielinen rocklevy. And another site.
Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat.
Karjalan Sanomat. Newspaper founded in 1920 in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. In Finnish. Archive of articles from 2004 to date.

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Karelian Institute. Of the University of Joensuu. Joensuu, Finland.

Vienan Karjala (White Sea Karelia)

Viena Karelian Folk Villages.
Vienan Karjalan Ystävät ry.
Nature tourism services in Kainuu and Lieksa, FINLAND. From Elimyssalolta Vienansalolle luontomatkailu- ja luonnonsuojeluhanke.

Vuokkiniemi-Seuran Nettisivut.

The Solovetsky islands and monastery are located just outside the boundary of Karelia in the White Sea (in Arkhangelsk oblast)

Solovki.ru. Vse o Solvetskikh ostrovakh. The English language page - SOLOVKI.RU // Everything about Solovki Islands.
Solovetskie Ostrova na Kartakh. [Maps of the Solovetsky Islands area].
Solovki Archipelago.

Aunus Karelia (Olonets Karelia; Äänisen Karjala) [Other Olonets Karelian links here]

Remainder of Republic of Karelia

The Official Site of Valaam Monastery [Valamo Monastery 1917-1944].
Valaam Monastery.
Wandering Camera. By Peter Sobolev. Digital photos from Russia, Finland, North Korea, etc. His Album 198: Valaam. The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour. The shores. And his Album 199: Valaam. Nikolsky Skete. The backyards and the nature.
Konevitsa Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God. Currently outside the Republic of Karelia and part of Priozersk raion, Leningrad oblast, Russian Federation.
Wandering Camera. By Peter Sobolev. Digital photos from Russia, Finland, North Korea, etc. His Album 290. Konevets island: Arrival. And Album 291. Konevets island: Monastery. And Album 292. Konevets island: Monastery suburbs and Uspenskaya chapel. Album 293: Konevets island: Kazansky and Konevsky cells, chapel on the Horse-rock, shores.

Other links to Valamo Monastery in New Valamo, Finland.
Other links to Valaam Monastery on Lake Ladoga.
Other links to Lintula Monastery near New Valamo, Finland.
Other links to Konevitsa Monastery on Lake Ladoga.

History Related Sites for the Republic of Karelia

Bjarm and Perm in the 9th - 15th Centuries. Translated from Suomen Suvun Tiet, (Finnish People's Tracks) by Eero Kuussaari, 1935.
History of Karelia.
The History of Paanajärvi.

Ethnic Groups of the Republic of Karelia

The Languages of Russia - Karelia. From The Languages of Russia. Includes map of Karelia.
Karjalan Tasavallan suomalaiset. By Tamara Starshova.

Other Republic of Karelia Sites

Vanishing Old-Growth Forests in Finland and Russia: Paanajärvi.

For other Web Pages on Former Finnish Karelia see the section above under Finnish Karelia or Karelian sites (Former Viipurin Lääni & Present Kymen & Pohjois Karjalan Läänit/Maakunnat) in this Nordic and Baltic page, and also in the separate Russia/The Russian Federation - Leningrad Oblast including the (Former Finnish) Karelian Isthmus sites page.

See also in the Genocides and Ethnic Cleansings page the section on Karelians and Finns from Former Finnish Karelia.

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Olonets or Aunus Karelia or Äänisen Karjala or Livvi sites

Livvi or Olonetsian, Olonets, Livvikovian, or Aunus people and language. From Ethnologue; Languages of the World's Finland page. Their Russia, Europe section page on the Livvi. The Livvi in a language chart.
Olonetsian or Livvi. By Miquel Aguado. His Europe language map - Ethnologue.
The Olonetsian language. From Unesco Red Book on Endangered Languages: Europe.
“Korelian Refugees" in Seventeenth Century Olonets Karelia. By Irina Tcherniakova.
LIVVI ( Olonets, Aunus, Livvikovian, Olonetsian ). Text of the Lord's Prayer in Livvi.

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Vepsiä or Vepsiän Karelian sites

Vepsskaia natsionalnaia volost. The administration of the Veps Autonomous National District in Karelia.
Vepsian Society/Vepsän Seura/Vepsän Sebr. Location Map of Vepsiä. Vepsian Society's Vepsian Links.
Sankt-Peterburgskoe vepsskoe obshchestvo/ St. Petersburg Vepsian Society.
Veps ä l ä iset ja Veps ä n Kieli. By Nina Zaitseva.
Raamatun käännöksiä vepsän kielelle ja uutta termistoa. By Nina Zaitseva.
The Vepsa - history, culture and ethnic features. By M.Ju.Dankov.
Vepsian Links. From Minority languages of Russia on the Net.
Vepses. From Turanian Lands - Turanian Peoples. (Their source is The Endangered Uralic Peoples - Short Reference Guide - See next link below). And a "Map showing the Russian-occupied Baltic Finnic lands".
Vepses. From The Endangered Uralic Peoples - Short Reference Guide. By Lembit Vaba and Jüri Viikberg.
Vepsians. From Unesco Red Book Report on Endangered Languages:Europe. By Tapani Salminen.
Vepse. By Luistxo Fernandez.
Veps National Museum. Sheltozero, Karelian Republic.
The Founder of the Museum Ryurik Lonin.
1935 map shows the areas where the Eastern Karelian and Vepsä people live(d).

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Ludic Karelian or Ludic sites

Ludic Society / Lyydiläinen seura / Lüüdilaine Siebr.
Ludian Resources. By Ferenc Válóczy. And a Lyydiän text.
The Ludians. By Tapani Salminen. From the Unesco Red Book Report on Endangered Languages:Europe.

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Votic or Vote or Vadja or Votic sites

The Votes or Votic People [Their self-designations are vadjalain ~ vaddalain, vadjakko; also known as Vadja or Maavätchi]. From The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.
"Western Ingria - Where Languages and Dialects Meet". Map of Votic villages. By Ilkka Savijärvi.
The Votes. From The Endangered Uralic Peoples Short Reference Guide. By Lembit Vaba and Jüri Viikberg.
Virtual Votia. By Ferenc Valoczy.
Votic Language. From Minority languages of Russia on the Net.
Death and Afterwards. By Madis Arukask. (Votic views on death).
Vadja Aken. By Ergo-Hart Västrik & Madis Arukask.
Vadja akna sisujuht.
Vadjalased - kes, kus ja kas nad on?
Vadjateemalisi linke / Votic links. Includes an on-line dictionary.

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Baltic Countries in General

Baltic Countries.

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Republic of Estonia or Estonian sites

Government of the Republic of Estonia

Political Sites for the Republic of Estonia

Governments on the WWW: Estonia.
An Overview of Estonian Law and Web Resources. By Kart Miil.

General Sites for Estonia

Life in Estonia. From SunSITE Estonia.
Estonia. From Turanian Lands - Turanian Peoples. And a "Map showing the Russian-occupied Baltic Finnic lands".
Estonian Institute.
Estonica - Encyclopedia about Estonia.
Clickable Map of Estonia.

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Estonia

Tallinn. [City of Tallinn - Administration].
Welcome to Tartu.
Pärnu - The Official Website of Pärnu.
Pärnu in Your Pocket.
Saaremaa - Island of Baltic Sea.

Cultural Related Sites for Estonia

Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Noteworthy Estonians.
University of Tartu / Tartu Ülikool.
Baltic Institute of Folklore.
Eesti Rahva Muuseum / Estonian National Museum.
Viljandi Pärimusmuusika Festival - Viljandi Folk Music Festival.
Estonian Art. With many Estonian arts links. From Estonian Institute.
Laulupeod rahvusliku identiteedi kandjana. By Kristin Kuutma.
Two Centuries of Choral Singing and Wind-Band Music.
Russian Culture in Estonia.

History Related Sites for Estonia

WWW-VL: History: Estonia. From WWW VL History Central Catalogue, European University Institute, Italy.
The Forgotten War. By Michael Tarm. Book about the "Forest Brothers".
Forest Brothers of Estonia.
MS Estonia 1994-09-28 - S-G. Berglund's Paqe on the MS Estonia Ferry Disaster.
CITERAT: Litteratur om M/S Estonia.

Ethnic Groups of Estonia

The Azerbaijan community of Estonia.

Other Estonian Sites

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Setumaa / Setomaa of the Republic of Estonia and Pskov Oblast of the Russian Federation or Setu or Seto sites

Setukaisten Ystävät.
Setomaa Sihtasutus / Setomaa Foundation.
Setomaa Kuukiri - Monthly.
Võro-Seto Language. From Võro Instituut. Their Lingiq [links].
Clickable map of Estonia - Klõpsutatav Eesti kaart showing Võru, Vastseliina, and Petseri of the Setu region.
Viron Setumaan ortodoksisia tsasounia ja kirkkoja. By Tapani Pitkänen.
"Red and White: The Setus, Colour and Culture". From Eesti Rahva Muuseum.

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Republic of Latvia or Latvian sites

Government of the Republic of Latvia

Political Sites for the Republic of Latvia

General Sites for Latvia

Welcome to Latvia. From Latnet.
All Latvia Links.
Latvian Links page. With choral fragment of national anthem. By Karlis Zikmanis.
The Latvian Institute. Their National Symbols.
Latvian Chamber of Commerce.
Virtual Livonia.
Latvia Links. From LatBit.com.

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Latvia

Riga Guide - Visitors Illustrated Guide.
Riika.net.
VirtualRiga.com.
Daugavpils and Latgale.
Jurmala.
Jurmala. www.jurmala.lv/
Latgale.

Cultural Related Sites for Latvia

History Related Sites for Latvia

Ethnic Groups of Latvia

National Minorities of Latvia. From The Latvia Institute.
Baltic-Russian Relations in the New Geopolitical Framework. From The Project on Ethnic Relations.
Rodina - Sait Russkoi Latvii.
Latvia's Armenian Diaspora Totals 5,000. From ChurchArmenia.

Other Latvian Sites

Sveiks!! Peters Vecrumba's Latvia page.
Latvians Online.

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Livonia or Livonian sites
Livonian Peoples not the Place Livonia

Virtual Livonia. By Uldis Balodis.
Livonians. From Turanian Lands - Turanian Peoples. (Their source is The Endangered Uralic Peoples - Short Reference Guide). And a "Map showing the Russian-occupied Baltic Finnic lands".
Where is Livonia?
The Livonian Language.
Liivisõprade Ühing - Liiviläisten ystävät ry - Lîbieðu draugu biedrîba.
Liivin kielestä. By Johanna Laakso.
Livlizt - Livonian Pages. By Valt Ernstreit. His Livonians. And their Livonian links - Liivi linke.
The Livonians. From The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.

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Republic of Lithuania or Lithuanian sites

Government of the Republic of Lithuania Sites

Political Sites for the Republic of Lithuania

Governments on the WWW: Lithuania.

General Lithuanian Sites

Lithuania - Lithuanian Central Internet Gates.
Lithuania - International Information Portal.
Lithuanian Home Page.
CIESIN's Lithuania Site.
Information about Lithuania. From Litnet.
Lithuania ON Line.
Map of Lithuania.

Cities, Towns, and Regions of Lithuania

Vilnius.
Vilnius. From the Vilnius Culture Links Page.
Klaipeda Town Municipality.
Samogitia. From the Samogitian Cultural Association.
Kursiu Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park.
Curonian Spit. From Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia.

Cultural Related Sites for Lithuania

History Related Sites for Lithuania [See also Lithuania Minor historic sites here].

Genral History Sites for Lithuania

WWW-VL History: Lithuania. From WWW VL History Central Catalogue, European University Institute, Italy.

History Sites Related to the Period of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [Officially: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia and Samogitia] as well as the United Commonwealth with Poland

Statut of the Grand Duche of Lithuania.
On Ethnicity of Magnates in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1434-1582). By Nortautas Statkus.
The "brain drain" from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the second half of the 17th century. By Andrej Kotljarchuk. Author believes Lithuania and Belarus lost their nobility and burghers because they adopted Polish identity.
Formation and Durability of Ethnic Identity - The Case of the Poles in Lithuania. By Nortautas Statkus.
Litvania.
On Ethnicity of Magnates in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1434-1582). By Nortautas Statkus.
Medieval Lithuania.
Belarus and the "Belarusian Irredenta" in Lithuania. By Stephen R. Burant.

History Sites from the Period of the Russian Empire, Independence Era, the Soviet Period, and Second Independent State

Ethnic Groups of Lithuania

The Lithuanian Tatars. From The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.
Karaims and Tatars - 600 Years in Lithuania. By Tapani Harviainen.
Lithuanian Tatars. From Lithuania(Lietuva).
Spoken Karaim : the Karaim community [of Trakai (Polish Troki), Lithuania.
Belarus and the "Belarusian Irredenta" in Lithuania. By Stephen R. Burant.
Curonian Spit. From Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia. ["Find" Courlandians].

Miscellaneous Lithuanian Sites

St. George's Roman Catholic Lithuanian Parish, Cleveland, Ohio.
Ramunas - Personal Pages. [Ramunas Blavasciunas]. Interesting Photos page.

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Old (Medieval) Prussia or Prussian sites, Including Old Prussian and Sudovian (Yotvingian, Jatvingian) Language. Also, Lithuania Minor Historic sites

Old Medieval Prussia Sites

Prussa Page - a Fourth Baltic Republic? From The Baltic Rite.
The Land of Prûsa.
Virdainas. Site related to Sûdavâ and the Sudovian language.
Prussian Reconstructions.
Prusas Grima. Prussian anthem.
Belarus - Yatviahi People.
Locating the Castle of St. George in Karšova (1259-1260).
Land an der Memel. Schaktarp. Dietmar Albrecht. Wege nach Sarmatien. Zehn Tage Preußenland.

Lithuania Minor Historic Sites

The Area of Lithuania Minor and Tvanksta.
Lithuania Minor. From The Baltic Times, # 244.
Lithuania Minor.
Lithuania Minor. From Lietuvos liaudies kultûros centras.
The Clothing of Lithuania Minor (Klaipëda region).
The History Museum of Lithuania Minor.
The Mythical World of the Old Lithuanians of Lithuania Minor.
Names of Settlements in Lithuania Minor.
Three Maps of Lithuania Minor:

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Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation and former Königsberg sites [Former East Prussia Sites are Here].

Government of Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation and Government of Kaliningrad City

Administratsiia Kaliningradskoi oblasti. [In English].
Upravlenie Vnutrennikh Del Kaliningradskoi oblast.
Kaliningrad. Official site of Kaliningrad City Hall. And the Russian pages.
Kaliningrad City Council / Gorodskoi Sovet deputatov g[oroda] Kaliningrada.

Political Sites for Kaliningrad Oblast

Baltiiskaia respublikanskaia partiia.

General Sites for Kaliningrad Oblast

Other Cities and Towns of Kaliningrad Oblast

Cultural Related Sites for Kaliningrad Oblast

What Ever Happened to Those Bridges? [The Bridges of Königsberg].

History Related Sites for Kaliningrad Oblast - Russian Perspective

Historical Background of the [Kaliningrad] Region.
Königsberg - Kaliningrad. Note their Kaliningrad (Königsberg) Photo pages.

History Related Sites for Königsberg and Kaliningrad - German Perspective

Other Kaliningrad Sites

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Tver Karelian sites

Tverinkarjalaisten ystävät ry / The Friends of Tver Karelians. From Tapani Pitkänen's WwwTieto page.
Tverskie Karely [Tver Karelians].
Neuvostoliiton kansallisuus- ja kielipolitiikka Tverin Karjalassa 1930-luvulla / The Soviet national and linguistic policy in the Tver Karelia during the 1930's.
Folklor Tverskikh karel.

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Nenets Autonomous District of Arkhangelsk Oblast of the Russian Federation or Nenets sites

Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Nenetskiy avtonomnyi okrug) [of Arkhangelsk Oblast]. From NUPI [Norwegian Institute of International Affairs - Centre for Russian Studies].
Nenets. From The Barents Library School Ib. The Nenets Autonomous Area (including Nenets Autonomous District of the Arkhangelsk Region and the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District of the Tyumen Region).
Naryan-Mar [and] Nenets Autonomous Okrug. From Mother Russia Citylink.
The Tundra Nenets. By Tapani Salminen. His Forest Nenets.
The Languages of Russia - Nenets Autonomous Okrug. From The Languages of Russia.
The Nenets or Yurak Samoyeds. From The Endangered Uralic Peoples Short Reference Guide. By Lembit Vaba and Jüri Viikberg.
Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug (Area). From DvinaLand web.
Language Family Trees - Uralic, Samoyedic. From Ethnologue.com.

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Republic of Komi of the Russian Federation or Komi sites

Government of the Republic of Komi of the Russian Federation

Komi Republic Ministry for Economics.
Komiteks. Official Government Server of the Komi Republic.

Political Sites for the Republic of Komi ...

Komi. From UNPO - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation.
Another UNPO page.

General Sites for the Republic of Komi ...

Sites for the information about Komi Republic. By Andrei Tentioukov.
Komi links. From Information Centre of the Finno-Ugric Peoples' [SURI].
KOMIS (Zyrians). From Turanian Lands - Turanian Peoples. And a map of West Siberia and the Northern Urals.
Komi speech examples. From Multimedia Web Site - The Languages of Russia.
Komi Page and Links. From Minority languages of Russia on the Net. By Esa Anttikoski.
Komi. From NUPI [Norwegian Institute of International Affairs - Centre for Russian Studies].

Cities and Towns of the Republic of Komi ...

SyktyvkarInfo. Syktyvkar, the Capital of the Komi Republic.
Syktyvkar [and] Republic of Komi. From Mother Russia Citylink.

Cultural Sites for the Republic of Komi ...

The National Park Yugud-Va Ural, Komi Republic, Russia.
Breath of Komi. From Eesti Rahva Muuseum's Exhibit.

History Sites for the Republic of Komi ...

Ethnic Groups of the Republic of Komi ...

Komi or Zyryans

Russians

Armenians [Over 2,000 Armenians reside in the Republic of Komi per the Census of Ppopulation of 2000]

Armenian Monument Again Destroyed in Russia. An Armenian memorial khachkar (cross-stone) was destroyed in Syktyvkar, the capital of the Republic of Komi. Reported in the Bulletin "Armenians today" [29.12.2005].

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