The Kola Peninsula: Geography, History and Resources

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Luzin, Gennady P., Pretes, Michael, Vasiliev, Vladimir V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Agriculture; Design and construction; Economic conditions; Economic policy; Environmental impacts; Fishing; Forestry; Geography; History; Human migration; Hydroelectric power; Labour supply; Military policy; Mining; Mining policy; Natural resources; Population; Railroads; Saami; Tidal power; Trade and barter; World War II; Kol'skiy Poluostrov; Russian Federation; Arctic; Barents Sea; Kola Peninsula; Murmansk; Rendu; Arctique*; kola peninsula; Mer de Barents; Nord-ouest de la Russie; Northwest Russia; saami
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64322

The Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia is one of the most important economic regions in the circumpolar North. The region contains valuable natural resources, including a wide variety of mineral and fish resources, and is proximate to the large gas fields of the Barents Sea. A large population, indu...