Pechenga

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Pechenga is a region in Russia’s far northwest, near the Barents Sea and the Norwegian border, historically known as Petsamo when it belonged to Finland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pechenga canonical 1
Pechenga area 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality in Russia
urban-type settlement
administrativeCenterOf Pechengsky District
borderFunction external border of Schengen Area
borderRegionWith Finland
Norway
climate subarctic climate
country Russia
currentSovereignState Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
economicActivity fishing
mining
formerNameUsedBy Finland
geopoliticalRegion Arctic region
hasHistoricalSignificance Soviet–Finnish border changes
World War II battles
surface form: World War II military operations
historicalEvent ceded from Finland to Soviet Union after World War II
historicallyBelongedTo Finland
historicalName Petsamo, Finland
surface form: Petsamo
languageVariant Finnish name "Petsamo"
Russian name "Pechenga"
locatedIn Murmansk Oblast
Pechengsky District
Northwest Russia
surface form: northwest Russia
locatedNear Norway
Norwegian border
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
locatedOn Barents Sea
Kola Peninsula
nearbySea Barents Sea
partOf Pechenga self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pechenga area

Arctic region
surface form: Russian Arctic
regionType border region
religiousSiteNearby Pechenga Monastery
river Pechenga River
strategicImportance access to Barents Sea
timeZone Moscow Time
transportConnection road link to Murmansk
wasPartOf Grand Duchy of Finland
Finland
surface form: Republic of Finland

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pechenga partOf Pechenga self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pechenga area