Ingria

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Ingria or Ingermanland is a historical region of Finland, encompassing the area around the Neva River, the southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland, and the southwestern shore of Lake Ladoga. Its historical boundaries extended to the Narva River in the west and the Sestra River in the north, while its southern boundary was less clearly defined. The Votians and Izhorians, both Baltic Finnic peoples, are among the indigenous peoples of Ingria. Following the incorporation of Ingria into the Swedish Empire under the Treaty of Stolbovo in 1617, Lutheran Finnish-speaking settlers migrated to the region, principally from Savonia and the Karelian Isthmus. Their descendants became known as the Ingrian Finns. In 1919–1920, during the Russian Civil War, the short-lived Republic of North Ingria controlled a small area of northern Ingria near the Finnish border.The territory was returned to Soviet Russia following the Treaty of Tartu in 1920. During the Soviet period, the region underwent major demographic...

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