White Karelia
White Karelia (Template:Langx; North Karelian and Template:Langx or simply Viena;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Langx) is a historical region in Northern Europe, comprising the northernmost part of Karelia, and of the Republic of Karelia in Russia. It is bordered by the White Sea to the east, Murmansk Oblast to the north, Finland (Kainuu and North Ostrobothnia) to the west, and the Muyezersky and Segezhsky Districts of the Republic of Karelia to the south.<ref name="apu">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="yle">Template:Cite news</ref>
The surface area of White Karelia is approximately Template:Convert, and it has a population of about 100,000.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The area is largely undeveloped in terms of population centers and infrastructure, and much of it remains wilderness.<ref name="apu" />
Finnish author Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884) collected most of the poems and materials for the epic poem Kalevala from the Template:Ill, which collected Finno-Karelian folklore.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The East Karelian Republic of 1919-1920 formed in the area of White Karelia during the Russian Civil War.