Pages: 335-351 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp235335351 

In the article, based on archaeological materials, written sources, toponymy, ethnography and anthropology, the ethno¬cultural zones of medieval Karelia are distinguished. The process of formation of three large areas is characterized: North-Western Ladoga region, the territory of the chronicles’ Korela; South-Eastern Ladoga and Southern Karelia, the lands of the ancient Veps, and the basin of Lake Onega, inhabited by hunters, fishermen and trappers of different ethnic origin.

Keywords: ethnic genesis, archeology of Karelia, history of the Middle Ages, Karelians, Veps, Russians in Karelia

Information about author:

Svetlana Kochkurkina (Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences. Pushkinskaya St., 11, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-8991-7701