The Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Karelian ASSR for short, sometimes referred to as Russian Karelia, East Karelia or simply Karelia, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union, with its capital in Petrozavodsk. It existed from 25 July 1923 to 31 March 1940 and again from 6 July 1956 to 13 November 1991. It was succeeded by the Republic of Karelia.
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Inception
- July 25, 1923, July 16, 1956
