The Question of East Carelia

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Eastern Carelia is composed of the governments of Kemi, Archangel or the Provinces of Viena, Poventsa, Petroskoi, and the Olonets. It is bounded on the west by the eastern frontier of Finland, on the south by Lake Ladoga and the River Svir, on the east by Lake Onega and the White Sea, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. It is about 300,000 square kilometers inarea with a population of about 175,000 people. Of these 134,000 are Carelians of the Fenno-Ugrian stock; and the remaining 41,000, who speak Russian to a greater or less degree, are Vepses, Carelians, Finns, Laplanders, and Russians.