Karelians
For information about Finnish Karelians, see Karelia (Finland). Karelians karjalaižet Flag of Karelians [1] [2] Total population c. 73,000 Regions with significant populations Russia 60,815 (2010) [3] Finland 10,000 (1994) [4] Ukraine 1,522 (2001) [5] Estonia 363 (2011) [6] Belarus 302 (2009) [7] Latvia 192 (2018) [8] Lithuania 39 (2011) [9] Languages Karelian, Russian, Finnish Religion Eastern Orthodox majority Lutheran minority Related ethnic groups Other Baltic Finns Karelians (Karelian: karjalaižet ) are a Baltic-Finnic ethnic group who are native to the Northern European historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia. In Russia, Karelians mostly live in the Republic of Karelia where there are the designated ethnic group and in other adjacent north-western parts of the country. There are also significant Karelian enclaves in the Tver and Novgorod oblasts, as