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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Pechenga canonical 8
Pechenga area 1
Печенга 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
formerNameUsedBy Finland ⓘ
geopoliticalRegion Arctic region ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Soviet–Finnish border changes ⓘ
World War II military operations ⓘ
historicalEvent ceded from Finland to Soviet Union after World War II ⓘ
historicallyBelongedTo Finland ⓘ
historicalName Petsamo ⓘ
linked to: Petsamo, Finland
languageVariant Finnish name "Petsamo" ⓘ
Russian name "Pechenga" ⓘ
locatedIn Murmansk Oblast ⓘ
Pechengsky District ⓘ
northwest Russia ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Russia
locatedNear Norway ⓘ
Norwegian border ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle ⓘ
locatedOn Barents Sea ⓘ
Kola Peninsula ⓘ
nearbySea Barents Sea ⓘ
partOf Pechenga area ⓘ
linked to: Pechenga

Russian Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region
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 ⓘ
Republic of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finland

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Pechenga → partOf → Pechenga area ⓘ
linked to: Pechenga
Pechenga Monastery → locatedIn → Pechenga ⓘ
Pechenga Monastery → nearbyTown → Pechenga ⓘ
Pechenga River → locatedNear → Pechenga ⓘ
Pechenga River → hasNameInRussian → Печенга ⓘ
linked to: Pechenga