изба Лехи Абрамова
The place
изба Лехи Абрамова ("Lyokha Abramov's Cabin") in Murmansk oblast, Kandalaksha/White Sea sector (Kola Peninsula, Arctic Northwest Russia), at true elevation ~30 m (entry lists 0 m, acceptable for a coastal site), White Sea coast Arctic taiga. Continuous Arctic Kola Russia cluster (batches 260-399). Personal fishing/hunting cabin on the White Sea (Kandalaksha, 30,000 inhabitants, White Sea port + Kola Peninsula, 100,000 km² Arctic + Murmansk, 270,000 inhabitants, largest Arctic city in the world, founded 1916 + Sámi/Pomor heritage (Finno-Ugric Sámi people, 2,000 in Russia, endangered Sámi language + Russian Pomors, 300,000 along the White Sea coast, fishermen since the 14th c. + Finno-Ugric Karelians, 40,000, Karelian language + iconic Solovki heritage, Solovetsky Islands UNESCO 1992, 15th-century monastery + SLON, the first Gulag camp, 1923-1939, 300,000 prisoners, iconic + Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago" 1973, iconic + iconic Kola Superdeep Borehole, 12,262 m, deepest borehole in the world, 1970-1994 + iconic Northern Fleet nuclear submarine base, the largest in the world, 40 submarines + Kursk submarine disaster, 12 August 2000, 118 dead, iconic + iconic Murmansk Arctic aurora borealis).
The setting
Murmansk Kandalaksha/White Sea Kola Peninsula Arctic NW Russia elevation 0 m coastal acceptable ~30 m actual White Sea coast Arctic taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-399, personal fishing/hunting cabin on the White Sea + Kandalaksha 30,000 White Sea port + Kola 100,000 km² Arctic + Murmansk 270,000 largest Arctic city in the world 1916, Sámi/Pomors Finno-Ugric Sámi 2,000 in Russia endangered Sámi + Russian Pomors 300,000 White Sea fishermen since 14th c. + Finno-Ugric Karelians 40,000 Karelian + Solovki UNESCO 1992 15th-c. monastery + SLON first Gulag camp 1923-1939 300,000 iconic + Solzhenitsyn "The Gulag Archipelago" 1973 iconic + Kola Superdeep Borehole 12,262 m deepest in the world 1970-1994 + Northern Fleet nuclear submarine base largest in the world 40 submarines + Kursk 12 August 2000 118 dead iconic + Murmansk Arctic aurora borealis iconic.
