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As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Pechengsky Municipal District. [6] It is located in the northwest of the oblast , on the coast of the Barents Sea (by the Rybachy Peninsula , which is a part of the district) and borders Finland in the south and southwest and Norway in the west, northwest, and north.
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Description: municipal district in Murmansk Oblast. Location: Murmansk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 69.1938° or 69° 11' 38" north. Longitude. 30.3775° or 30° 22' 39" east.
Pechengsky District (Russian: Пе́ченгский райо́н; Finnish: Petsamo; Norwegian: Peisen; Northern Sami: Beahcán; Skolt Sami: Peäccam) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Pechengsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast, on the coast of the Barents Sea (by the ...
The settlement was founded by Russians as the Pechenga Monastery in 1533 at the influx of the Pechenga River into the Barents Sea, 135 km west of modern Murmansk. St. Tryphon of Pechenga, a monk from Novgorod is considered to be the founder of Pechenga Monastery. In 1533, the area became part of Russia. Inspired by the model of the Solovki ...
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Pechengsky District is an administrative district, one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Pechengsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast, on the coast of the Barents Sea and borders Finland in the south and southwest and Norway in the west, northwest, and north.
