Prirechnyi

The upper Pechenga valley lies among the lakes and northern forests of western Kola. Its rivers descend toward an inlet of the Barents Sea, in a country long used by Skolt Sámi communities. In 1533 the monk Tryphon founded a monastery on the Pechenga, seeking to convert local people. In 1613 Denmark and Russia agreed that the Neiden, Pasvik and Pechenga siidas formed a shared taxation area, reflecting the overlapping claims on this northern borderland.