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The Republic of Karelia is located in the north-western part of Russian Federation, between the basins of Barents and Baltic seas. The total territory of Karelia is 172 400 sq.km. with a population of 800 000 people. The capital of the Republic is the city of Petrozavodsk situated on the shore of Onego lake (280 000 inhabitants). In the northeast, the Republic is washed by the White Sea with a shore line of 630 km.; in the west Karelia borders on Finland (border line length approx. 700 km.); in the north, on Arkhangelsk Region; in the south, on Vologda and Leningrad Regions of the Russian Federation. The most part of the republic's territory (148 000 sq.km. or 85%) is comprised of state forest stock. There are 27 000 rivers and over 60 000 lakes in Karelia. Lake Ladoga and Lake Onego are the largest lakes in Europe. Lakes and swamps contain about 2 000 cubic kilometres of high-quality fresh water. 50 useful minerals are found in Karelia, located in more than 400 deposits and orebearing layers. Karelia has also been identified as having diamond deposits. Virgin woods, clean lakes and rivers, historical and cultural monuments attract hundreds of thousand of travellers to Karelia today and the flow of tourists will increase. The Republic has a rather well developed network of transport infrastructure. Water communications connect Karelia with the Barents, Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas (through the system of rivers, lakes and canals). Read more about Karelia here...
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