Umba, Russia Explained
En Name: | Umba |
Ru Name: | Умба |
Coordinates: | 66.6894°N 34.3469°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Umba (Murmansk oblast) proposal.png |
Federal Subject: | Murmansk Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Tersky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Tersky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Umba Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 5532 |
Pop 2010Census Ref: | [1] |
Postal Codes Ref: | [2] |
Dialing Codes: | 81559 |
Date: | September 2012 |
Umba (Russian: Умба) 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:
History
First mentioned in 1466, Umba, along with Varzuga, is the first documented permanent Russian settlement on the Kola Peninsula.[3] From the second half of the 15th century it served as the seat of Umbskaya Volost.
Politics and society
Umba has been characterized by several sources as a quiet district managed by traditional Communists.
Transportation &Foreigner travel
There is a bus from to Umba from Kandalaksha, going twice a day. The airport from Umba serves parts of the south edge of the Peninsula inaccessible by auto. Priority in buying tickets is given to locals, and reserving them was not possible at least as of September 2013; this mode of transportation cannot be considered reliable. A helicopter can be hired for around $3000 per hour (based in September 2013 information).
Some of the coastline near Umba is off limits to foreigners. Local police should be consulted for details. Visitors may stay in Umba itself or travel along the road that goes along the sea from Kandalaksha to Varzuga.
Culture, events, tourist information, travel services
(taken from www.kandalaksha.su)
- Tourist Information Center, ul. Dzherzhinskogo 40, (881559) 51744.
- Folklore Festival three times a year
- Pomor Rawing Regatta, yearly
- Pomor Kuzulya (bread figurine) Festival at Kuzreka
- Sports Fishing Contest “Fish Face”
- Library of Pomor History and Culture, ul. Dzerzhinskogo 40, tel. 8 (81559) 51373.
- Museum of History, Culture, and Industry of Tersky Pomors, ul. Dzherzhinskogo 78, tel. 8 (81559) 51532, open Tue. to Sat. 9am to 5pm, closed Sunday and Monday.
- Kanozero Rock Carvings Museum, ul. Dzerzhinskogo 40, tel. 8 81559 50657, 8 911 312 9557, open Mon. to Thur. 8am to 5pm, closed for lunch noon to 1pm, Friday 8am to 12noon, closed Saturday and Sunday.
- “Tonya Tetrina” fishing station. A history and ethnography complex. 27 km east from Umba (towards Varzuga). Tel. 8 911 343 5140.
- Umba Students Science Society.
- Amethyst Shore. Souvenirs, workshops. Ul. Gornaya 60, tel. 8 921 151 3991, 8 921 667 5920.
- Stuffed Fish Studio 8 921 152 1996
- Department of Preservation and Development of Pomor Traditions and Trades, ul. Belomorskaya 1a, tel. 8 815 59 52385. Open Tue. to Sat. 10am to 6pm (closed for lunch 2pm to 3pm), closed Sun. and Mon.
- Suvoy Tour Agency, the village of Kuzreka, tel. 8 81559 51135, 8 911 319 8973
See also
Sources
- Book: Архивный отдел Администрации Мурманской области. Государственный Архив Мурманской области.. Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920–1993 гг.). Справочник. Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север". 1995. Мурманск.
External links
Notes and References
- Статистический сборник Численность, размещение и возрастно-половой состав населения Мурманской области. Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения. Том 1. 2012 / Федеральная служба государственной статистики, Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Мурманской области. Мурманск, 2012 — 75 с.
- Web site: http://info.russianpost.ru/servlet/department?action=show_info&depID=17063. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200637/http://info.russianpost.ru/servlet/department?action=show_info&depID=17063. dead. 3 March 2016. ru:ИНФОРМАЦИЯ ОБ ОБЪЕКТЕ ПОЧТОВОЙ СВЯЗИ. Russian Post. 16 March 2010. ru.
- Administrative-Territorial Divisions of Murmansk Oblast, p. 18