FORMATION OF MEDIEVAL kARELIA
Sakkola, Karelian Isthmus
SPREAD OF KARELIANS
Heartlands around Lake Ladoga and Kareliand Isthmus
Karelian people and culture did have larger spreading from Arctic Ocean to lake
Ilmen, from shores of lake Saimaa in present day Finland to Beloye Ozero in Russia.
Karelians' settlements were also predominant on the shores of White Sea, along
northern Dvina and in the northern part of Gulf of Bothnia.
Povest vremennykh let (also called Nestor's Chronicle) speaks of the White Sea Karelians
as zavolodskye chudy, "Chuds in Hinterland"
ALDEIGJUBORGLAATOKANLINNA
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First town in Karelian lands ·
Importance declined after rise of Novgorod
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Major trading centre, existed already 753 in 10th Century, subjugated to Novgorod
CE after period of Swedish Earldom in 11th
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