Russia
NW Russia
Murmansk Oblast

Borisoglebsky

Borisoglebsky is a rural locality in of , . The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, at a height of 95 meters above sea level on the Paatsjoki River.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 21 residents
  • Description: village near the border between Russia and Norway
  • Also known as: “Boris Gleb”, “Borisoglebskaya”, “Borisoglebsky, Murmansk Oblast”, “Koltakongäs”, and “Kolttakengyas”
  • Address: Печенгский муниципальный округ

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saints Boris and Gleb Church (Borisoglebsky).

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bjørnevatn and Hesseng.

Village
Photo: MeRyan, CC BY 2.0.
, Kuõbǯǯjäuʹrr, Guovžajávri, or Kruuvakylä is a village in in county, . The village lies about 8 kilometres south of the town of and about 3.8 kilometres west of the Norway-Russia border. is situated 6 km west of Borisoglebsky.

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is a village in in county, . The village lies about 5 kilometres south of the town of . The village of lies at the intersection of the European route E105 and European route E6 highways. is situated 7 km northwest of Borisoglebsky.

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is a town in the region of , far east near the border, more or less in the end of mainland Norway. This is the last port for Hurtigruten and the end of Norway's main road E6, 2,500 km from Oslo and 3,120 km from .

Borisoglebsky

Latitude
69.65087° or 69° 39′ 3″ north
Longitude
30.14442° or 30° 8′ 40″ east
Population
21
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
9GXGM42V+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 317642729
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
572523
Wiki­data ID
Q2426546
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Borisoglebsky” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բորիսոգլեբսկի”
  • Armenian: “Բորիսոգլեբսկիյ”
  • Chechen: “Борисоглебски”
  • Chinese: “鮑里索格列布斯基”
  • Dutch: “Borisoglebskiy”
  • Finnish: “Boris Gleb”
  • Finnish: “Kolttaköngäs”
  • French: “Borissoglebski (oblast de Mourmansk)”
  • French: “Borissoglebski”
  • Hebrew: “בוריסוגלבסקי (מחוז מורמנסק)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Boris Gleb”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Boris Gleb”
  • Norwegian: “Boris Gleb”
  • Norwegian: “Skoltfossen”
  • Russian: “Борисоглебск”
  • Russian: “Борисоглебский”
  • Skolt Sami: “Ǩeeuʹŋes”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوریسوقلبایسکای، مورمانسک اوبلاستی”
  • Swedish: “Boris Gleb”
  • Swedish: “Borisoglebsk (Petsamo)”
  • Swedish: “Borisoglebsk”
  • Swedish: “Kolttaköngäs”
  • Swedish: “Skolteforsen”
  • Ukrainian: “Борисоглібський (Печензький район)”
  • Ukrainian: “Борисоглібський”

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