The River Kymi marks the historic western border of Karelian territory as it served as the boundary between the Häme Finns and the Karelians during the Middle Ages.

On the other side of Lake Ladoga, the River Svir is usually thought of as the traditional southern border of Karelian territory while Lake Onega and the White Sea mark the Eastern border.

The border between Karelia and Ingria, the land of the closely related Ingrian people, had originally been the Neva River itself but later on it was moved northward into Karelian isthmus to follow the Sestra River ( Russian: Сестра), today in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, but in 1812–1940 the Russo-Finnish border. The highest point of Karelia, the 576 metres (1,890 ft) high Nuorunen, is located in the Russian side of the Maanselka hill region. The Karelian Isthmus is located between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga. It contains the two largest lakes in Europe, Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. Karelia stretches from the White Sea coast to the Gulf of Finland. They are also known as Russian Karelia and Finnish Karelia, respectively. Geography East Karelia and West Karelia with 19–1947 borders. Within present-day Finland, Karjala refers to the regions of South and North Karelia, although parts of historical Karelia also lie within the region of Kymenlaakso (east of the River Kymi), Northern Savonia ( Kaavi, Rautavaara and Säyneinen), and Southern Savonia ( Mäntyharju). The Republic of Karelia is a Russian federal subject, including East Karelia, with a chiefly Russian Orthodox population. The eastern part of this chiefly Lutheran area was ceded to Russia after the Winter War of 1939–40.

Finnish Karelia is a historical province of Finland and is now divided between Finland and Russia, often called just Karjala in Finnish. Various subdivisions may be called Karelia.

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