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# 1 A mention in the annals of the Vesi's participation in prince Oleg's war journeys
# 6 the first Novgorod chronicle -about Karelians participating in the war journey of alexander Nevski against the Germans
2 According to the authors of the publication, out of 614 documents, found in Novgorod in 1951-1983, over 10 contain information on Karelia. A large portion of documents was found in the Nerev excavation on the Sophia (left coast) side of Novgorod. This particular document is the oldest mention of Karelians in written monuments. The basis of its dating was the site where it was found - it is related to the year 1066.
3 Year 1115 is the time when the events, described in the chronicle, ended.
4 Kirials are Karelians. Kvens are a Finnish tribe. Biarmons are the inhabitants of Biarmia - a legendary land in the east of northern Europe.
5 Izhora (Izhera, Ingerians) is a tribe, native to Karelians, it occupied the Neva river area.
6 Vodi are a Baltic-Finnish tribe, that lived south of the finnish Gulf.
7 Chudi - that is the way Russian chronicles sometimes called the Baltic-finnish tribes.
8 Germans - foreigners, strangers. In this case the chronicle is talking about the Swedes.
# 2 Novgorod treebark tablet #5902 - about lithuanians setting on a war journey against the karelians
# 3 From the geographical introduction to the Norwegian chronicles "the History of Norway" -about Karelians
# 4 The first Novgorod chronicles - about a war journey of Karelians against the Finnish Häme tribe
# 5 The first Novgorod chronicle - about the participation of Karelians in exiling the Novgorod prince Yaroslav
# 6-9 Joined fighting of karelians and Novgorod against the aggression of the Swedish and the German feudals (13-14th centuries)
# 7 The first Novgorod chronicle - about Novgorod troops protecting Karelian land from swedish attacks
# 8 The first Novgorod chronicle - about karelians throwing back a swedish attack
# 9 The first Novgorod chronicle - about the Pähkinäsaari/Noteburg peace treaty between Novgorod and Sweden
1 Here and further on the documents retain dates according to the system "from the creation of the world" (6390, 7122 etc.) Western Europe had switched to the present calendar system "Anno Domini" by the 10th century, Russia - in 1700 by the decree of Peter the Great on January 1st, 7208 from the creation of the world, therefore the difference between the two systems is 5508 years. To convert dates to modern calendar it is necessary to remember, that in Russia until the year 7000 from the creation of the world (1492 A.D.) the year began on March 1st, and then until 7208 - on September 1st. Therefore, when converting to modern dates events, that happened from September 1st till December 31st in the period from year 7200 to year 7208, one should subtract 5509 years, and from January 1st to August 31st - 5508 years. In cases when the month is unknown, usually a double date is written, for example: year 7184 - 5509(5508) = year 1675/76.
A fuller list of ancient documents, concerning Korela, on the PETERSBURG AREA website.