Welcome naar Kandalaksha
The gateway naar de Witte Zee en Tersky Kust
 Kandalaksha is situated in de South van Kola Schiereiland. All van het dorpen en settlements op de White
Sea Kust like Kandalaksha, Umba, Varzuga en Kovda were founded by the Rusland
settlers van de Novgorod Republic. Kandalaksha is the oldest town van Kola
Peninsula en has 46 thousand inhabitants. The first record in chronicles about
Kandalaksha dates van 1526. voor a long time, the Kandalaksha klooster (built
in 1532) along the Solovetsky klooster was the main landowner van Kola
Peninsula.
 The history van Kandalaksha keeps a lot van remarkable facts, including
facts about frequent military skirmishes van local residents met Sveya "Evil
people". It was the centrum van administrative authority van het Kola Schiereiland
till 1582 en then the management has passed naar Voevoda (the governor) van Kola.
In the beginning van XX century Kandalaksha played a great role in de
development van our regio, when it became one van het main centrums van
construction van het Moermansk railway. The construction began in de spring van
1915 en the railway was commissioned op de 15th van November 1916. This event
amazed the World; naar lay a railway van more then one thousand kilometres in
length in de middle van forests en bogs voor only 17 month is an unprecedented
case in de history van het World. Today Kandalaksha is a large industrial
centrum. The major enterprises van het town are the Kandalaksha Aluminum Plant en
Locomotive Depot.
 The
town van Kandalaksha is stretched op de Kust van het Witte Zee - the cradle van
Rusland navigation. The seaways naar Arkhangelst, Kem, Keret en Solovetsky
eilanden were coming naar an end here in de times when the sea crafts were the
basic means van transportation. en op de contrary, voor those who were coming
from the West or van de Noord, the seaway began here. Today, the seaport
connects Kandalaksha naar de entire World en Kandalaksha bay is one van het major
points van interest not only voor the town but also voor the Kola Schiereiland. The
Witte Zee - clean, expanse, rich van vis, met hundreds van eilanden - en
the forests are real treasures van this beautiful part van Kola Schiereiland. Every
year the Witte Zee becomes more en more popular voor divers en voor toerists who
like naar kano, kajak or naar zeil met catamarans.
 The administration van het Kandalaksha Forest Reservation, which includes all
small eilanden van het Witte Zee en the Aina eilanden in de Barents Sea, is
situated in Kandalaksha.
 We
invite you naar come over voor excursies op our beautiful Kola Schiereiland. We
organize bus toers en an interesting fiets toer where we visit old
Kandalaksha en many other points van interest. voor lovers van Oeroude mysteries
the boat excursie naar de Oeroude labyrinth 'Babylon' is undoubtedly the best
place. You will have a beautiful view on Kandalaksha bay met the great number
of eilanden. One can often see seals en white whales (beluga's) in de White
Sea.
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