Republic of Karelia
| Republic of Karelia Республика Карелия (Russian) Karjalan tasavalta (Finnish) Karjalan tazavaldu (Olonets Karelian) Karjalan tasavalta (Karelian Proper) Karjalan tazovaldkund (Vepsian) | |||
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Anthem: Anthem of the Republic of Karelia | |||
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Coordinates: 63°49′N 33°00′E / 63.817°N 33.000°E | |||
| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Northwestern[1] | ||
| Economic region | Northern[2] | ||
| Established | November 13, 1991, as part of the Russian Federation[3] | ||
| Capital | Petrozavodsk | ||
| Government (as of August 2010) | |||
| • Head[4] | Artur Parfenchikov[5] | ||
| • Legislature | Legislative Assembly[6] | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[7] | |||
| • Total | 172,400 km2 (66,600 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 20th | ||
| Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+04:00) | ||
| Official languages | Russian[8] | ||
| Official website | |||
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The Republic of Karelia, or Karelia,[9] is a republic of Russia in Northern Europe. The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and with area of 172,400 square kilometres (66,600 square miles), bordering Finland. The Republic of Karelia has around 650 thousand residents.[10] Its capital is Petrozavodsk. It used to be a part of the USSR and used to be with finland
References
- ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
- ↑ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ↑ "Карельский государственный архив новейшей истории. Путеводитель". Приложение "Административно-территориальное устройство Республики Карелия". 2003.
- ↑ Constitution, Article 46.
- ↑ Official website of the Republic of Karelia. Artur Olegovich Parfenchikov
- ↑ Constitution, Article 32
- ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
- ↑ Karelia
- ↑ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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