On Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula. The manager has already left Murmansk, well, since the excavation ended there, but started somewhere else, so now you can't call him the Arctic explorer, but in fact he was for a month. During this time, he acquired impressions of Murmansk and a little of the Kola Peninsula. I don't know, in some way it reminded me of Crimea, it seemed a complete antipode, in all directions it is north-south, and completely different sizes, population density, different nature, but there is something in the mood. It is also a fortress outpost of Russia, and if Crimea with Sevastopol is exactly the border with the foreign human world, then the Kola Peninsula with Murmansk is the border with the foreign world of nature, with the North Pole. Like any border, it is also a gateway to this foreign world. If its southern brother Sevastopol has a rather sad history, created as a transit point on the way to the Straits and Hagia Sophia, it became a southern outpost. Murmansk remains the gateway to the Arctic region, a springboard for its development. By the way, the history of this bridge head is also excellent. Let's start with the fact that the Pomors have been there for a long time. The presence of the Russian state actually begins in 1565, with the establishment of the Kola fortress. where 500 archers immediately settled, i.e. a whole order. Which speaks volumes about the meaning of the fort. Not all border cities in the west and south of the country had such garrisons. This fort was built only at the beginning of the trade with England along the northern route. The new fortress meant an area of ​​control. The British, in principle, did not shy away from gaining a foothold and holding a trading post, but in this case the natives also knew about gunpowder, and knew how to use it. Only the real competitor on the territory was not the British, but the Swedes and the Finns. During a series of conflicts called in our historiography the Livonian War, and the troubles that followed, they turned to Cola three times. The third time, in 1611, they even broke into the citadel, but the archers and the inhabitants of the city managed to fight back.

On Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula. The manager has already left Murmansk, well, since the excavation ended there, but started somewhere else, so now you can't call him the Arctic explorer, but in fact he was for a month. During this time, he acquired impressions of Murmansk and a little of the Kola Peninsula. I don't know, in some way it reminded me of Crimea, it seemed a complete antipode, in all directions it is north-south, and completely different sizes, population density, different nature, but there is something in the mood. It is also a fortress outpost of Russia, and if Crimea with Sevastopol is exactly the border with the foreign human world, then the Kola Peninsula with Murmansk is the border with the foreign world of nature, with the North Pole. Like any border, it is also a gateway to this foreign world. If its southern brother Sevastopol has a rather sad history, created as a transit point on the way to the Straits and Hagia Sophia, it became a southern outpost. Murmansk remains the gateway to the Arctic region, a springboard for its development. By the way, the history of this bridge head is also excellent. Let's start with the fact that the Pomors have been there for a long time. The presence of the Russian state actually begins in 1565, with the establishment of the Kola fortress. where 500 archers immediately settled, i.e. a whole order. Which speaks volumes about the meaning of the fort. Not all border cities in the west and south of the country had such garrisons. This fort was built only at the beginning of the trade with England along the northern route. The new fortress meant an area of ​​control. The British, in principle, did not shy away from gaining a foothold and holding a trading post, but in this case the natives also knew about gunpowder, and knew how to use it. Only the real competitor on the territory was not the British, but the Swedes and the Finns. During a series of conflicts called in our historiography the Livonian War, and the troubles that followed, they turned to Cola three times. The third time, in 1611, they even broke into the citadel, but the archers and the inhabitants of the city managed to fight back.