Welcome to Lovozero
Capital and administrative centre of Russian Lapland
 Lappish
people have been living on the Peninsula since ancient times. The Lappish
village (pogost) of Lovozero was founded in the sixteenth century. The majority
of Kola’s Lappish people still live in or near Lovozero. Two other northern
peoples, the Nentsy and the Komi, whose first families migrated to the Kola
Peninsula over a century ago, make a home here also. The primary occupation of
the Lozovero inhabitants is reindeer farming. The Lapps are also skilled
fishermen and hunters, and they know the tundra intimately. They possess a rich,
unusual folklore and many still wear the distinctive and colourful traditional
Lappish clothing.
The brother town of Lovozero village is Karasjok in Norway. Karasjok is capital
and administrative centre of Norwegian Lapland.
 More
information about the history of Russian Lapland you can find under the button Russian Lapland or click on the next underlined word:
Russian Lapland.
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