Salmiyarvi
Salmiyarvi
Сальмиярви | |
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Lake Kuetsjarvi, seen from the east towards Norway. The strait between Kuetsjarvi and Svanevatn, with Salmiyarvi on the northern shore, is seen in the middle of the picture. | |
Interactive map of Salmiyarvi | |
Salmiyarvi Location of Salmiyarvi Salmiyarvi Salmiyarvi (Murmansk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 69°27′00″N 30°07′59″E / 69.45°N 30.1331°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Pechengsky District[1] |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Rural locality status since | May 2010 |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 71 |
• Estimate (2010) | 71 (0%) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [3]) |
| Postal code[4] | 184420 |
| Dialing code | +7 81554[5] |
| OKTMO ID | 47615151116 |
Salmiyarvi (Russian: Сальмиярви; Finnish: Salmijärvi; Skolt Sami: Čuäʹlmmjäuʹrr)[6] is a rural locality (a Posyolok) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, at a height of 70 m above sea level.
The original Russian name for the settlement was Chalmozero (Чалмозеро), under which name it was first mentioned in 1876 as a village populated by 29 Finnish families, with nine Sámi families living in its surroundings.[7] In 1918, the village was populated by about 160 Finns and 35 Sámi people.[8]
Chalmozero became the center of a selsoviet on 13 April 1920.[9] However, after the Treaty of Tartu was signed later that year, the village was ceded to Finland as part of the Petsamo territory, which remained part of Finland until 1944.[8]
Salmiyarvi became part of the Pechengsky District in 1945. The original settlement of Salmiyarvi was no longer mentioned after 1962, but its name was given to another settlement in the district, originally established in 1957 as 79 km shosseynoy dorogi Liinakhamari–Nikel–gosgranitsa (79 км шоссейной дороги Лиинахамари — Никель — госграница), in 1964.[10]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d OKATO, Part 2. Code 47 215 551
- ^ Статистический сборник Численность, размещение и возрастно-половой состав населения Мурманской области. Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения. Том 1. 2012 Archived 2012-12-22 at the Wayback Machine / Федеральная служба государственной статистики, Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Мурманской области. Мурманск, 2012 — 75 с.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Russian Post. Эталонный справочник индексов объектов почтовой связи (in Russian)
- ^ Народная энциклопедия городов и регионов России «Мой Город» (in Russian)
- ^ Valtonen, Taarna; Juutinen, Markus; Tanhua, Sonja; Semenoja, Darija (20 August 2025). Kolttasaamelaisten elinkeinot, erillislainsäädäntö ja suhteet Suomen valtion kanssa vuosina 1920–2024 : Kolme erillisselvitystä saamelaisten totuus- ja sovintokomissiolle (digital version) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Valtioneuvosto. p. 26. ISBN 978-952-383-352-4. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ "САЛМИЯРВИ". «Кольский Север». Энциклопедический лексикон (in Russian). Доброхот. 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ a b Kuitula, Mikko (2020). Muurmannin rannalle ja Venäjän Lappiin : Suomalaisten siirtolaisuus Kuolan niemimaalle ja kuolansuomalaiset 1858–1917 [Finnish immigration to the Kola Peninsula and the Kola Finns in 1858–1917] (Thesis) (in Finnish). University of Helsinki. p. 96. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast 1996, p. 68.
- ^ Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast 1996, p. 241.
Cited sources
- Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920-1993 гг.). Справочник [Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast] (in Russian). Murmansk: Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север". 1996. Retrieved 27 December 2025.