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Encyclopedia > Lovozero (village)

Lovozero (Russian: Ловозеро; Finnish: Luujärvi; Northern Sami: Lujávri and Kildin Sámi: Луяввьр) is a village (selo) in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. First settled in 1574, Lovozero is on the Virma River, which is not far from Lake Lovozero and 164 km south-east of Murmansk. The administrative center of Lovozersky District, the village is the second largest settlement in the district after Revda, with a population of 3,141 (2002 Census), down from 3,638 recorded in the 1989 Census. The closest railway station is in Revda, 20 km west of the village. Northern Saami (also, Sámi or Sami, formerly Lapp) can be divided into a three major dialect groups: Torne, Finnmark and Sea Sami. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Types of settlements in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Murmansk Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Russian: ) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ...


The main business in the village is the agricultural and reindeer husbandry cooperative Tundra. Fishing, hunting, and picking cloudberries are also important in the village. A military helicopter base is located two kilometers southeast of the village. Binomial name Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) Reindeer map The reindeer, known as caribou when wild in North America, is an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ... In a draw in a mountainous region, a shepherd guides a flock of about 20 sheep amidst scrub and olive trees. ... For cooperative as used in biochemistry, see cooperative binding. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering animals not classifiable as insects which breathe in water or pass their lives in water. ... Hunter and Huntress redirect here. ... Binomial name Rubus chamaemorus L. The Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) is a slow-growing species of Rubus, producing edible fruit. ...


Several Sámi festivals are held in Lovozero, which is why the village is often called "the Lapp capital of Russia." The acronym LAMP (or L.A.M.P.) refers to a set of free software programs commonly used together to run dynamic Web sites or servers: Linux, the operating system; Apache, the Web server; MySQL, the database management system (or database server); Perl, PHP, Python, and/or Primate (mod mono...



 

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