Definition of Karelian isthmus

1. Noun. The isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga that connects Finland and Russia.

Generic synonyms: Isthmus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Karelian Isthmus

Karakul
Karamanov
Karambelkar
Karamojong
Karangetang
Karat
Karbala
Karbala'
Kardashian
Kardex
Karditsa
Karel Capek
Kareli
Karelia
Karelian
Karelian Isthmus
Karelian pasties
Karelian pasty
Karelianism
Karelians
Karelis
Karelo-Finnish SSR
Karen
Karen Blixen
Karenic
Kari
Karimnagar
Karin
Karina
Karkin

Literary usage of Karelian isthmus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Breaking with Communism: The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D. Wolfe by Bertram David Wolfe, Robert Hessen (1990)
"... had not been sated by absorbing half of Poland; annexing Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia; or forcing Finland to cede the karelian isthmus to Russia. ..."

2. Flexibility in Natural Gas Supply and Demandby Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe, Ralf Dickel, International Energy Agency by Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe, Ralf Dickel, International Energy Agency (2002)
"... of supply On the technical side, security of supply was improved with the completion of a second natural gas transmission line in the karelian isthmus. ..."

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