Karelian Isthmus

American  

noun

1. a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.

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Karelian Isthmus British  

noun

1. a strip of land, now in Russia, between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga: annexed by the former Soviet Union after the Russo-Finnish War (1939–40)

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Example Sentences

In 1941, as he watched belligerent Soviet armies massing across the Karelian isthmus, Mannerheim decided that the only way to save Finland from Stalin was to ally himself with Nazi Germany.

From The Guardian

From the north Finns and Germans pressed down the Karelian Isthmus to within 50 miles of the city.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although they lost Viipuri on the Karelian Isthmus to the Finns last week and were driven out of Tallinn in Estonia by the Germans, the Russians still held Leningrad and denied that the railroad to Moscow had been cut as Berlin claimed.

From Time Magazine Archive

He withdrew 15 divisions from the Karelian Isthmus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since General Grigory Stern took command in the Karelian Isthmus, the Russians have been digging in, bringing up artillery and ammunition, testing out the Finns' strength in occasional forays.

From Time Magazine Archive