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Impregnable Liinahamari
Glory of the Russian Arctic

Liinakhamari is one of the most amazing and inaccessible places in the Kola Arctic.

About the past and present of the village - in the material "Russian Planet". According to the most common version, “Liinahamari” translated from Finnish means “stone flower”. However, the Finns claim that there is no such word in their language. There is “Liina” - “scarf”. There is “hama” - skirt, dress, “hamara” - butt or dull.
Liinakhamari is located on the shore of the Pechenga Bay, in the Devkina Backwater. From the 11th century, when the border between Russia and Norway, according to the treaty of Yaroslav the Wise with the Norwegian king Olaf, was considered the Ljuenfjord Bay near Tromsø, and before the revolution, these places were Russian. At the beginning of the 18th century, by decree of Peter the Great, a customs guard was established in the Liinakhamari area. At the end of the 19th century, barns were built here, which were donated to the nearby Pechenga monastery by gold miner A.M. Sibiryakov. On maps of 1903, a colony is marked in the northern part of Devkina Zavod, and in the southern part - the camp of Koni, apparently named in honor of the local resident Vasyunka Konin, mentioned in diplomatic documents on relations between Muscovy and Sweden in 1556-1586.
After the revolution and the first Soviet-Finnish war of 1918-1920, on October 14, 1920, the Tartu Peace Treaty was signed, and Liinahamari became Finnish. Before the start of the “winter” war, the Finns built roads, a fish processing plant, and a hotel here, where, among others, Marshal Mannerheim, Finnish presidents Stolberg, Kallio and Ryti managed to stay. In 1939, the construction of the Liinahamara port, the only ocean port in Finland, was completed. From Liinahamari all year round there was free communication with the whole world, the route from here was shorter and cheaper than from the Baltic. A road to Rovaniemi was built specifically to connect with the port.

German officers in civilian clothes were already frequent guests of Liinakhamari. Among them was Colonel General Falkenhorst, later commander of the Army Norway, which invaded the Kola Peninsula on June 29, 1941. During the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 Soviet Union occupied the Pechenga region, but at the end of the war returned it to Finland. The Finnish flag was again raised over Liinahamari, and the Soviet consulate was located in the hotel building.

Subsequently, the USSR Consulate would move to another premises, and here, on June 22, 1941, one of the biggest failures of Soviet intelligence occurred. The writer and local historian writes about him in his book “Liinakhamari” Mikhail Oresheta: “As soon as he saw dense gray smoke pouring out of the chimney of the building occupied by the USSR Consulate, the commander of the Lapland intelligence department of the Suomi front-line intelligence, Captain Paatsalo, gave the command to storm the premises, thereby violating all conceivable and inconceivable international rights. At this time, embassy employees hastily burned secret documents. When the front door finally collapsed under the weight of the “hot Finnish guys,” a thick code book was burning in the firebox with a bright flame. The burglars managed to snatch it from the fire. For the enemies of the USSR, this was truly a golden find. The Finns and Germans immediately began to decipher the radiograms of the Red Army and the Northern Fleet, which gave them the opportunity to track the movement military units and units, receive information about the location and movement of forces and assets of the Northern Fleet. An inconspicuous burnt book claimed the lives of thousands of Soviet soldiers and officers.”

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During the war years, the Germans turned Liinakhamari into a real fortress. All this was built, as a rule, by the hands of prisoners of war - Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Czechs, French, Armenians, and British. There were several concentration camps around Liinahamari.

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The system of defensive structures was thought out by the best Wehrmacht engineers. The batteries at Cape Krestovy and torpedo tubes at Mount Valkelkivi-Tunturi were intended to control the entrance to the bay. The Cap Romanov stronghold on Cape Romanov made it possible to fire at targets far away on the approach to the bay.

The Germans did not manage to complete everything planned. For example, they did not finish building the foundations for future long-range guns that could reach the Sredny and Rybachy peninsulas.

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On October 12, 1944, a naval sabotage detachment under the command of Major I.P. Barchenko-Emelyanov and Lieutenant V.N. Leonov attacked two German batteries at Cape Krestovoy and managed to capture them after a short battle. During this operation, 23 people died. They are buried in a mass grave on the very high point Cape Krestovy. The capture of the batteries gave hope for a landing. On the night of October 13, the North Sea boatmen were able to overcome the “corridor of death” and land troops with marines directly to the berths of Liinakhamari. According to the unanimous opinion of historians, this was an operation exceptional in its audacity. By the morning of October 13, Linahamari was taken.

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- It’s clear, reconnaissance worked, we knew how many guns the Germans had, what caliber they were, how many forces they had, who was in command - all this was known. But Operation “Landing” in Liinakhamari is not mathematics, says the director of the regional center for civic and patriotic education, writer, local historian Mikhail Oresheta, “it is not some kind of addition and subtraction. This is not a recount of guns, etc., etc. This is somewhat different. This is spirit, this is unparalleled loyalty to the Motherland, this cannot be counted, no amount of arithmetic will ever calculate it.

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IN Soviet times Liinakhamari was the largest naval base. Water surveillance ships, missile boats, small missile ships, diesel submarines kept a combat watch here. There was a clinic and a hospital, and there were several libraries. The local school had a museum with unique documents. There was a boat station on the lake, and there were gazebos with benches on the shore.

After 1991, with the collapse of the USSR, Liinakhamari began to decline.

Text and photo: Galina Sergeeva
“Russian Planet”, Murmansk, October 20, 2014

The morning began with the song “Laptev Sea” blaring from the radio. Despite the cloudy weather outside, the mood immediately lifted, and we went to get ready. We quickly washed up, left our things, and went to check out our room. Nick and Yulia were already waiting for us in the hall. A couple of minutes later Vanya and Sasha also arrived. Everyone really wanted to have breakfast, and in search of a cafe we ​​went around the city. At an early hour all the cafes were closed, so we returned to the hotel. There is a small supermarket nearby, where we decided to while away the time until the cafe opened, and at the same time buy the missing products. After that, we walked to the cafe and had a normal breakfast of scrambled eggs with bacon and fresh coffee, after which we hopped into cars and headed to one of the main points of our trip, the town of Liinakhamari and its environs.

Kolsky 2013. Liinakhamari.

Before leaving, Gena scolded Gosha a little for his bad behavior, well, for the purpose of prevention.

And now we are already passing Pechenga and heading towards Liinakhamari. A border guard checkpoint appears on the horizon. Since we are entering the border zone, we present the passes we previously received in Murmansk. A short registration procedure and the barrier is opened for us.
Traffic here is almost zero. In splendid isolation we drive towards the town. The road is a little worse, but overall it’s not bad at all.
The first thing we saw as we approached the city was the bow of a torpedo boat sticking out of the rock. Don’t be surprised, these are not glitches, this is a memorial sign to the sailors of the OVR (military unit 10678).

We drive further, and now there is a sign “Liinakhamari”. The town makes a depressing impression. Empty houses are adjacent to still residential ones, but basically almost everything is abandoned. On the right side of the hill, Old Man Lenin is watching us with a keen eye. Apparently the paint used to be of high quality, and is still like new.

We pass the remains of a tank gate, the headquarters of the border guards and turn right onto a narrow path leading along the bay. Almost immediately we come across a gate and a checkpoint. Previously, there was a submarine base here, and now it is private property belonging to a fishing collective farm. By the way, there is a ship-hotel there where you can stay overnight. Divers often like to stop there. In addition to all this, of interest is the monument to submarine heroes, located on the territory of the port.

When we parked in the parking lot near the gate, a security guard came out to us. This is an elderly man who has lived here for a long time. We talked with him for a long time on various topics, he told us a lot of interesting things. It is for these moments of communication that we travel the world. Not a single Internet or media will tell you as many interesting things as he told us. Then he allowed us to go into the territory and take a walk, which we did.

The buildings on the territory are being restored, and they say that a hotel will be built there soon. After walking around and seeing what we wanted, we went back to the cars. From there, by the way, you can see the old fuel tanks located on the other side of the bay. They were used during the war to refuel ships.

On the left is another monument. The bird perched on the head fits very organically into the composition. A coast guard boat lurks on a nearby pier. We drove a little further and saw another ship being repaired. At low tide it stands on the shore and the sailor tidies it up and paints it.

We didn’t go any further; the territory of the Russian Salmon enterprise is located there. If you look at the bay, you can easily see salmon breeding nets in the water. By the way, Liinahamar salmon is considered one of the best.

Well, now we need to go back a little, to the headquarters of the border guards. Unfortunately, according to the story of the guard at the checkpoint, the museum that used to be in Liinakhamari burned down, and part of the surviving exhibition is now located on the territory of the headquarters.
Before entering the territory, we asked permission from the border guard, who stood at the open window on the second floor and thoughtfully smoked a cigarette. After that, we went in and looked at everything in detail. There's basically a lot here various types mines and a cannon, there is also a border sign.

We drove through an abandoned area of ​​the town to its outskirts, then the road lay on the hills, which is where we need to go.

Then we went to look at the rings of batteries unfinished by the Germans. There are four of them, all of them are in different stages of construction and all are flooded. There are many different theories about this, as well as about their purpose, but if you are interested, read about it on the Internet. On the way, we came across a small room in the rock, apparently it was used as a warehouse.

And here they are.

And here you can see the nets in which salmon are bred.

Meanwhile, we are again heading towards the sea. The road is narrow, it will not be easy to pass in case of oncoming traffic, there are a lot of stones.

And here is the same slide, known in narrow circles, which is called the “devil’s descent”. It looks like a rather steep rocky staircase. The slope is quite strong. The descent took some time, but under the strict guidance of my navigator Gena, everything went smoothly and without problems. Then the rest of the guys came down.

Everything is behind me, I know the shortcut :)

A beautiful bay opened before us, where we decided to make our camp. The tide slowly began to rise, but we managed to walk along the beach.

Having estimated our time a little, we decided to go to the German Peninsula today. There is no road there, there is only a small path somewhere, but we didn’t look for it and it’s not a fact that we would have found it. We just walked along the shore along the rocks. The walk to the island took two hours; you can't walk quickly on the rocks. The views are simply gorgeous, we spent a lot of time taking photographs. There are a lot of remains on the rocks around sea ​​urchins and small crabs, apparently the birds drop them and then eat them.

And now we reached the main target on the German Peninsula, a double-barreled German cannon. Below it there are 4 floors of various rooms. The building is very capital and makes a serious impression. Nearby lie the remains of sawed-off trunks and armor, the thickness is incredible.

From here you can clearly see the Rybachy Peninsula. By the way, strong thunderclouds were moving towards us from there, so we decided to quickly move back.
The seals are tired.

It took us a little less time to get back because we took a different route. Upon returning, the track on the navigator turned out to be the same as in the photo, the “run” was about 6 km along the rocks.

Well, now you can calmly begin setting up the camp and preparing food. At that moment, we noticed headlights on the mountain, where the beginning of the “stairs” began. A couple of minutes later the Range Rover arrived. It turned out to be men from St. Petersburg, they came to Liinakhamari to dive. But what was striking was that there were 7 or 8 of them in this Range Rover, I don’t know how they got in. They chatted with us a little, took 100 grams each on the back of the Range, swam and left. This is such a funny meeting. Well, we had dinner, sat around the fire having various conversations and retired to bed.

The morning was sunny and cool. I got up before everyone else and was already making coffee when the others started waking up. Then everything is as always, breakfast, packing and off we go. It was a little sad to leave this unusual and cozy place. The road up yesterday's hill was already easy and after some time we drove out to Liinakhamari and slowed down at the exit from the city to pump up the tires.

Gloomy autumn weather arrived in Moscow and immediately evoked a lot of nostalgic memories of long-distance travel. Unfortunately, there is no way to go on such a trip now due to the huge number of projects, so I decided to somehow correct this unfortunate situation and finally write about my past adventures in the far north.

For the first time I found myself on the German Peninsula, located near the village of Liinakhamari, in August 2012, one might say almost by accident. Then I spent about a week on it and explored the surrounding area a little. Exactly a year later I returned there with fog_bl4 to take a walking tour along the coast of the Barents Sea and take a closer look at the different interesting places in District.

The village of Liinakhamari is located far beyond the Arctic Circle - on the northern coast of the Kola Peninsula, on the shores of the Pechenga Bay. This is practically the northernmost continental point in the western part of Russia.

By the time we found ourselves in Murmansk, we had already spent a lot of time on the Kola Peninsula. Arriving in Murmansk by bus, we immediately rushed to the local border guards, received the necessary papers and boarded another bus to the city of Zapolyarny, which is located in the west of the peninsula, not far from the border with Norway. After several hours of travel, we left, a little before reaching Zapolyarny - at the turn to Pechenga. There we reached the stop and began to wait for our third bus of the day to Liinakhamari, where our walking route began.

It should be noted here that you can’t just get to Liinakhamari. The village is located in the border zone, where you need to get a pass in advance. It was for the sake of the pass that we went to the local border guard department in Murmansk. The process of obtaining a pass is not quick (although it may be last years something has changed) and you need to start it in 2-3 months. This is probably why Liinakhamari and the surrounding area are not particularly popular among tourists, unlike, for example, the nearby Sredny and Rybachy peninsulas, where it is now very popular to go, not to mention the popular Teriberka on the same Kola Peninsula. However, the places there are very beautiful, interesting and wild.

After waiting in Pechenga for the bus to Liinakhamari, which runs three times a day, we boarded it. The road went past military bases and beautiful rocks. We arrived at the checkpoint. A colorful border guard came in. And he walked around the cabin, not checking anything, but carefully peering into the faces of all the passengers - local residents, most of them elderly. We sat at the very end and clearly stood out, being young, wearing hiking clothes and carrying large backpacks. When the border guard approached us, we silently handed him passes in the form of an A4 piece of paper, he also silently looked at them, returned them and left the bus. And we moved on. It wasn't long to go. We left a few hundred meters before final stop bus - our road began there. There was also a lake there that I wanted to see. The year before, we drove it non-stop at sunset and it looked amazingly beautiful. But this time the weather was gloomy and the lake did not make much of an impression.

Immediately behind the lake you can see several five-story buildings - this is the village of Liinakhamari. During the war and post-war years, it played a very important role, but over time, like hundreds of other villages and cities in the far north, it fell into decay.

Abandoned five-story buildings, abandoned shops, peeling paint are a typical look in many northern towns.

Our bus turned around and prepared to go to Zapolyarny, because there was simply no road further, but we didn’t really walk around the village and almost immediately moved along the road towards the sea. Liinakhamari is located on the shores of the Pechenga Bay and up to open sea several kilometers from it. An old German road runs through the hills, along which you can reach the sea. I'll tell you about the road itself a little later.

Here is our six-day autonomous hiking and it began. It’s difficult to convey that wonderful, exciting feeling when you take your first steps, but there’s no other way to call it pleasant and joyful.

We walked just a little more than a kilometer, and began to meet the first sights. Directly from the road you can see an exploded rock and a darkening passage into the dungeon.

We come closer and see a very old metal partition, which once apparently had an armored door.

Inside there is a small rock excavation with traces of drill holes in the end wall.

Damp and cold. There are remains of wooden flooring on the floor.

We get out and head further along the road. Soon the road splits and a side branch goes up to the right. We head along it, make a loop and go out to the top of the very rock in which a small tunnel is made. Before us there is a view of a large depression in the rock filled with water. Try to find the person.

Walking around this small lake, you can sometimes see something round hiding under the water. We find the most successful angle and yes - huge concrete circles clearly appear under water. I must say that it all looks absolutely fantastic and unreal. But it's time for us to move on. We return to the main road and after a couple of hundred meters we turn onto the branch again. Here we see a similar structure, but in a less flooded state (in the background are fish farms in the Pechenga Bay).

You can find a lot of information about these circles on the Internet. Many sources claim that this is seats for German flying saucers.

And it is stated in all seriousness. During the war, the Germans actually occupied these places (but they never took Murmansk). But, of course, stories about flying saucers are complete nonsense. These circles were intended for the installation of powerful artillery pieces, which, being on these hills, could fire at vast areas around, including the Pechenga Bay, which was of great military importance.

An example of a gun from another battery. The features of the concrete circles are clearly visible.

Near each gun, service underground tunnels were dug and pillboxes were built.

But the work was not completed. The guns were never delivered. The Germans lost the war. And the concrete structures still stand in visually very good condition.

This circle also turns out to be hidden under a layer of water and sometimes almost invisible.

But the correct viewing angle and a polarizing filter save the situation and we can again see the ominous structure under water.

This site also offers a good view of the Pechenga Bay.

And also to Lake Käntejärvi, which we will pass by. The lake is also a source of clean fresh water for Liinahamari. In the distance we can see a road pass between the hills, through which we will also go, but today.

We return to the main road and go to the last, fourth, concrete circle.

It is located right next to the road and of all four, it is in the most completed state.

Not only the central part was built in it, but also the outer concrete ring, and a fairly large area around it was concreted.

The size of the structure is certainly impressive. The gloomy weather gives some special harshness to these places - a cool breeze, icy water, rough concrete, complete desertion and completely unusual nature around. And, most importantly, the feeling of a hike - you are setting out on a long journey and in the coming days you will be alone with these rocks, with the weather, with nature. Overall, it's breathtaking!

Meanwhile, the time was moving towards evening, light rain began and the weather prospects were not very clear, and we were already quite tired, since we got up that day at about five in the morning, and we had to travel about 350 kilometers on transfer roads. Therefore, it was decided to park right here, especially since there was a perfectly flat concrete area. Set up a tent:

I went lightly to get water to the nearest small lake, a little further and lower down the road. There was nowhere to rush and we could start enjoying the surrounding nature by getting off the road. A huge mushroom was immediately discovered among the thickets.

It’s a pity I’m not a particular fan of mushrooms, because we came across them all the following days in huge quantities everywhere. There, nearby on a pebble, surrounded by crowberry, there grew a couple more cute mushrooms:

Later, having gone on natural business a little to the side from the parking lot, I quite accidentally came across a concrete pillbox in the thickets.

You can find many similar pillboxes in those parts. All of them are of approximately standard design.

The inside of the pillbox is picturesquely overgrown with moss.

This is where the adventures of the first day of the hike ended for us, and after preparing food and having dinner, we went to bed. Northern Lights They didn’t even try to look - the sky was completely overcast. No less interesting places and adventures awaited us ahead!

Source of drawings - book "Hitler's Atlantic Wall", author: Alexander Borisovich Shirokorad

Locality in Pechenga district Murmansk region, a port in the Pechenga Bay. Since the 1800s it was part of the Russian Empire. The Grand Duchy of Finland, which separated in 1917, became the independent country of Finland. The first Soviet-Finnish war ended in 1920 with a peace treaty concluded in Tartu. According to this peace treaty between the RSFSR and Finland, the port of Liinakhamari became part of Finland along with the entire Petsamo region. Liinahamari was the only ocean port in Finland - it had access to the Barents Sea of ​​the Arctic Ocean. During the Soviet-Finnish War of 1941-1944 - the Great Patriotic War, the port of Liinakhamari was one of the most important naval bases Kriegsmarine on the coast of the Barents Sea. This base played a huge role in the fight against the Soviet Northern Fleet and the Allied Arctic convoys in the USSR, and was also at the forefront of the defense of German-occupied Norway from the advancing Soviet army. The port and harbor of Liinakhamari were turned into a powerful defensive area in the Petsamovuono fjord. On September 19, 1944, Finland and the USSR concluded the Moscow Truce, ending the Soviet-Finnish War. According to its terms, Liinakhamari, like the entire Petsamo region, became part of the Murmansk region of the RSFSR. On October 13, 1944, the Soviet naval landing captured the port and the village.

In the post-war years, the base of the 42nd submarine brigade, a division of small missile ships (SMRs), the 15th water area protection brigade (OVRA), consisting of patrol ships (SKR) of the 50th project, air surveillance ships ( KVN) and minesweepers of the Northern Fleet. One of the largest torpedo technical bases of the Northern Fleet was also located. The population living in the settlement, according to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, is 475 people. There is a port in Liinakhamari on the coast of the Pechenga Bay ( former base Northern Fleet of the Navy). Bus service with Murmansk and Nikel. Nearest railroad station- Pechenga (15 km).

Pechenga district located in the western part of the Murmansk region. This is the northernmost and westernmost section of the Murmansk region. Washed from the north Barents Sea, in the west the territory of the region adjoins the Norwegian border, established back in 1826. The Russian-Finnish border runs along the southern and southwestern parts of the region. All northern part The district is separated from the neighboring Kola district in the east by a river Titovka, and the northern border is Barencevo sea. The district includes: one city of district subordination ( Zapolyarny), 3 urban-type settlements (Nickel, Pechenga and Prirechny) and 16 rural settlements. Administrative center - urban settlement Nickel.

The area of ​​the district is 8700 square meters. km. The population of the district is 38,920 people.

In 1945, on the territory of Pechenga, a Pechenga district with a center in the village Nickel, which became part of the Murmansk region.

Story Pechengi, being part of the domestic Russian history, is inextricably linked with it. Pechenga has long and firmly entered into the history of the Kola North, being an outpost on its extreme northwestern borders. An eventful history of both local and international significance Pechengi recorded in many documents that have survived to this day, research materials, photographic materials, eyewitness accounts, and memories of participants in events over the years.

Near Pechengi lived the Sami.

In Russia Pechenga became known after in 1532-1533, with the blessing of the Novgorod Archbishop Macarius, the Monk Tryphon of Pechenga built Orthodox church and founded a monastery on the Pechenga River in the name of the Holy Trinity, to convert local residents to the Orthodox faith. Half a century later, in 1589, the Swedes destroyed the monastery. Then, by order of Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich, the monastery was moved across the Kola River “opposite the fort on the island.” And on the site of the destroyed monastery they built a church named after St. Tryphon, “the northern enlightener of the country, the miracle worker of Pechenga,” and over the grave of the saint - Church of the Presentation of the Lord. The monastery was closed in 1764 and restored in 1885 “to counter the propaganda of Catholics, Lutherans and schismatics and to spread Orthodoxy among the Lapps.”

In the Russian Empire Pechenga was first part of the Arkhangelsk province, and later - the Arkhangelsk region (province).

During the First World War, the nearby port of Liinakhamari was of great economic importance Principality of Finland and Russia due to the German threat in the Baltic Sea.

In the 60s of the 19th century, the development of the region began, but only with the construction of the Murmansk railway intensive settlement of the region became possible.

In 1920 the territory Pechengi ceded to Finland under a peace treaty with the Soviet state.

In the 20s of the last century in the territory Pechenga district Deposits of nickel ores were found, as a result of which the area became a strategically important place, whose wealth was sought to be used by several countries: Finland, the USA and Canada, Germany, the USSR.

According to the Treaty of Tartu signed in 1920, which ended the first Soviet-Finnish war (1918-1920), the area around Pechengi transferred to Finland. In 1921, nickel deposits were discovered in the area, which in 1934 were estimated at five million tons. In 1935, nickel mining began by French and Canadian companies.

In 1931 the construction of the road between Pechenga and the city of Sodankylä, started in 1916. This attracted people to the area Pechengi tourists, since here was the only Finnish port at that time on Barents Sea, which could be reached by car.

During the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, the USSR occupied the area Pechengi, however, at the end of the war he returned it back to Finland, with the exception of the western part of the Rybachy Peninsula.

Since 1941, Pechenga used by German troops and their Finnish allies to attack Murmansk. Here you can see numerous traces of the past war. About halfway from Murmansk to Zapolyarny, on the river bank Western Faces– several obelisks. This is the “Valley of Glory” - the place where the front stood motionless from 1941 to 1944, although there were fierce battles all the time, and losses on both sides were enormous. The Germans unsuccessfully tried to break through to Murmansk, the only ice-free port in the North. In the fall of 1944, Soviet troops managed to break through the front.

Now in the area most of The population lives in two cities: Nikel and Zapolyarny. The basis of economic life is formed by the Pechenganickel plant, which mines and enriches ore, from which nickel, copper and rare earth metals such as platinum are subsequently obtained.

Territories of urban settlements Zapolyarny, Nickel(excluding Prirechny), Pechenga, rural settlement of Korzunovo, are included in the border zone. Entry is carried out using individual or collective passes issued by the Border Directorate of the FSB of Russia for the Murmansk Region, with identification documents. Grounds for entry of tourists from among citizens Russian Federation can serve as tourist vouchers.

In the border zone, tourists are required to stay in the places specified in the sales agreement tourism product, follow the routes agreed upon with the Border Department of the FSB of Russia by the organization providing tourist services in the border zone.

The climate of the area as a whole is highly influenced by the warm North Atlantic Current (Gulf Stream), and is also characterized by strong variability. The Pechenga region has the longest polar night and polar day in the Murmansk region. average temperature in winter -17°, in summer +14°.

The landscape of the area consists of stone hills with sparse, low forest and numerous reservoirs.

Main rivers of the region Titovka And Pechenga. Village Pechenga located on the left bank of the river mouth Pechenga. The river flows from Lake Pieds-yaur and flows into Pechenga Bay Barents Sea. Main tributaries of the river: Anssemjoki(11 km), Sius-yoki(7 km), Luotti-yoki(10 km), Malaya Pechenga(28 km), Nama-yoki(41 km). In the upper reaches of the river Pechenga flows through several lake-like extensions and flowing lakes, having a length of up to 3 km and a width of up to 150-400 m. Most large lake - Kallo-yaur. Near Pechengi– ice-free port of Liinakhamari, Nemetskaya and Dolgaya Shchel bays. This place has been known since the beginning of the 16th century.

The following fish species are found in the rivers of the region: Atlantic salmon (salmon), lamprey, brown trout, brook trout, whitefish, pike, minnow, burbot, 3-spined stickleback, 9-spined stickleback, perch. River Pechenga- salmon pond.

The coastline offers stunning anchorages during the warmer months of the year, and hunting and geological lodges have been built. Rivers Pechenga And Titovka open for licensed salmon fishing (during the summer period June-August).

The north of Russia is washed Arctic Ocean- stretches for thousands of kilometers coastline and if you sail along it from east to west, then the last hundred westernmost kilometers are the coast Pechengi. This Kola Peninsula , warmed by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. If you land on a rocky coast covered with lichens and begin to move deep into the mainland to the south, then the lichens will be replaced by crooked birch forest interspersed with low pines, then the pines will become taller and taller, and in the end, displacing the lichen with crooked forest to the tops of the mountains, merge into an endless forest, interspersed with countless lakes. This is Lapland. Somewhere here, lost in the forests, lies southern border Pechenga district.

The main highway connecting the village Nickel with others settlements Russia - passes 10 km from the center of the village. For commuter service buses with routes are used Nickel- Murmansk and Nickel- Polar.

The village has a railway station, which is the starting and ending station of the Kola section of the Oktyabrskaya railway. Nickel. For suburban transport, a train is used Nickel- Murmansk,