Umba, Russia
Encyclopedia
Umba is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement
) in Tersky District
of Murmansk Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Kola Peninsula
at the point where the Umba River
flows into the Kandalaksha Gulf
. Population:
First mentioned in 1466, Umba, along with Varzuga
, is the first documented permanent Russian settlement on Kola Peninsula. From the second half of the 15th century it served as the seat of Umbskaya Volost
.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) in Tersky District
Tersky District, Murmansk Oblast
Tersky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the five in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern part of the Kola Peninsula and borders the White Sea in the south. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality of Umba...
of Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the northwestern part of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk.-Geography:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Kola Peninsula
Kola Peninsula
The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely to the north of the Arctic Circle and is washed by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast...
at the point where the Umba River
Umba River (Russia)
Umba is a 123 km long river on the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.-Geography:The river's source is Lake Umbozero, 100 km northeast of Kandalaksha, located between the mountains of the Khibiny Massif and the Lovozero Tundras on the Kola Peninsula. From there it flows south,...
flows into the Kandalaksha Gulf
Kandalaksha Gulf
The Kandalaksha Gulf is located in the Republic of Karelia, and Murmansk Oblast in northwestern Russia. Forming the north-western corner of the White Sea, it is one of four large bays and gulfs of this sea, the others being the Onega Bay , the Dvina Bay , and the Mezen Bay .The Kola Peninsula...
. Population:
First mentioned in 1466, Umba, along with Varzuga
Varzuga (rural locality)
-External links:*Official website of the Government of Murmansk Oblast. , map and information * *...
, is the first documented permanent Russian settlement on Kola Peninsula. From the second half of the 15th century it served as the seat of Umbskaya Volost
Umbskaya Volost
Umbskaya Volost was an administrative division of the Novgorod Republic and later of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR. Its seat was in Umba....
.