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	Welcome to Kola Nuclear Power Plant site!
		On February 25 - 27 the Kola NPP sportsmen confirmed their status of the best wrestlers of the Kola peninsular at the regional army close fights championship that took place in the town of Kola in Murmansk region.
		Today the Kola NPP sportsmen, the participants of the Summer Concern Rosenergoatom Olympiad IV that was held in the town of Udomlja, Tver region, are coming back home.
		The Kola NPP sportsmen returned from the 3d Winter Championship of the Nuclear Industry "Atomiada 2005" that took place in the town of Zarechny at Beloyarskaya NPP.
	www.kolanpp.ru /english (5170 words)

	Colonial History of Marine Fishing and Property Rights in Ghana
		The principal commodities traded along these routes were salt, cloth, and fish from the coast (Daaku 1971:169); gold dust, kola, ivory, and slaves from the forest; and salt and Turkish and North African manufactures from the north (Boahen 1967:162, Stride and Ifeka 1971:203).
		It can be assumed that fish were not valuable trade items compared to gold and kola nuts which were the principal commodities of the Akan, and the mainstays of the north-south trade.
		During the height of the trans-Saharan trade (ninth through sixteenth centuries), Mande-speaking and Dyula traders would move from town to town with trains "of asses carrying merchandise...
	globetrotter.berkeley.edu /macarthur/marine/papers/walker-1b.html (795 words)

	ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSK) - Online Information article about ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSK)
		chief towns of which are—Alexandrovsk or Kola (pop.
		Gold is found in the districts of Kola, See also:
		salt in those of Kem and Pinega, and See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /APO_ARN/ARCHANGEL_ARCHANGELSK_.html (567 words)

	russia02.doc
		CC-4 Continental Drilling (V. Kazansky) An integrated deep geodynamic model of the Pechenga ore district was previously developed on the basis of correlation of the Kola superdeep borehole section and surface geology (Kazansky et al., 1994).
		The data from the electromagnetic experiment within the same project are treated by the United Institute of Earth Physics (Troitsk town), the St.Petersburg University, and the RAS division (Apatity town).
		The results of the tomographic experiment (the “SVEKALAPKA” project) are being analyzed cooperatively by the Institute of Earth Physics RAS, the Kola Division RAS, and the “Sevmorgeo” and “Nevskgeologiya” under the Ministry of Natural Resources.
	www.sclilp.org /reports/2002/russia02.doc (567 words)

	KOLA NPP
		Main industrial towns near Kola NPP are Apatity, Monchegorsk, Kandalaksha, Kirovsk and Kovdor.
		Kola NPP, 184151, town of Polyarnye Zori, Murmansk Region, Russian Federation
		Kola NPP is located in the north-east part of Russia, in Murmansk Region.
	www.ibrae.ac.ru /INSP/KOLA/KOLA_NPP.html (1587 words)

	Inca (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Inca, Spain is a town on the island of Majorca in the Mediterranean Sea.
		Inca Kola is popular carbonated soft drink in Peru.
		Sapa Inca (or "Inka") was the title of the main ruler of Tawantin Suyu, or Inca Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inca_(disambiguation) (134 words)

	The Washington Times - Nigeria
		In virtually every Nigerian town, kola nuts are hawked in the streets and large quantities are nearly always market mainstays countrywide.
		Such is the symbolic power of the kola nut in Nigerian society that even those with little traditional or tribal ties to the small white or dark-pink bitter-tasting nuts heartily partake in the near-ritualistic consumption of this “food of good omen” during ceremonies and other formal gatherings.
		Kola is eaten by every branch of Nigeria’s culturally diverse population while virtually all Nigerians, to some extent, appreciate the fruit’s peace-making role.
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /africa/99/nigeria/64.html (1229 words)

	Northwest Historical Association (NWHA) - WW2 Reenacting Society
		Here, Norwegian soldiers, trained in the UK, were sent into action near the small town of Rjukan, where Norsk Hydro produced heavy water, a liquid chemical which the Germans needed for the development of an atomic bomb.
		In November 1944, Norwegian intelligence was heavily responsible for the sinking of the 41,700 tonne battleship Tirpitz in a fjord not far from Tromsø.
		The civilian and military resistance in Norway was met with an escalation of the Nazi machinery of oppression.
	www.nwha.org /news_1Q2004/news_page10.html (1229 words)

	Arctic: Kola Peninsula: geography, history and resources, The
		The city of Kola, at that time the northernmost city in Russia, was built to the east of the confluence of the Kola and Tuloma rivers; the first mention of the town was made in 1565 (Armstrong, 1965).
		The city of Kola facilitated the settlement of the western and eastern shores of the Murman coast (the northern coast of the Kola Peninsula).
		Despite the difficult political situation (the unification of the Muscovy state took place at this time), the city of Kola flourished in the 16th century and was an important port for European trade.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3712/is_199403/ai_n8725620/pg_2 (1229 words)

	Kola Peninsula
		Near Murmansk is the ancient town of Kola, founded by Slavs from Novgorod in 1264.
		The discovery of a northern sea passage in the 16th century brought trade to the Kola Peninsula, formerly only occupied by fur trappers and reindeer herders.
		Peninsula in the far northwestern Russian Federation, between the Barents Sea and the White Sea.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0017183.html (224 words)

	UD - Norge og Russland engelsk
		This Norwegian community flourished, though it maintained close ties with Norway, particularly with the coastal town of Vardø.
		But the Norwegians were becoming increasingly convinced that the Swedes were using the “Russian threat” as a scare tactic to keep Norway within the union, and that it probably had little foundation in fact.
		the growth of Norwegian fishing, whaling and sealing activity in Russian waters and the gradual spread of Norwegian “colonists” along the Russian Murman coast – was similarly perceived as a “Norwegian threat”.
	odin.dep.no /ud/english/doc/handbooks/032001-990667/ram002-bn.html (224 words)

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		Using her two remaining shafts, the cruiser began to slowly make her way back to Kola, escorted by HMS Forester and two Russian destroyers, with HMS Foresight secured astern to act as a drogue and keep her on a steady course.
		On the 1st October she transferred to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the Humber, escorting convoys to Scandinavia until March 1940, when she went for refit until 28th October, after which she rejoined the 18th Cruiser Squadron with the Home Fleet.
		Having failed in their attack on the convoy, the German force decided to try for the crippled cruiser, and attempted to close within torpedo range of her under cover of smoke and snowstorms.
	whiteensignmodels.com /brochure/1_700_edinburgh1.htm (1328 words)

	[IRFCA] India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri
		From about 1949 a new Siliguri Junction station, north of Siliguri Town, became the main station in the area, with three metre-gauge lines (south-west to Kishanganj and Barsoi; north-east to Assam; south to Siliguri Town and Haldibari) and two narrow-gauge lines (north to Darjeeling; south to Siliguri Town).
		The narrow-gauge steam shed was moved from Siliguri Town to Siliguri Jn and the narrow-gauge Siliguri Jn - Siliguri Town section became freight-only.
		When broad-gauge arrives at Siliguri Jn, it would be possible to concentrate interchange for Darjeeling there, and abandon the New Jalpaiguri - Siliguri Town - Siliguri Jn narrow-gauge section, though there are no known plans to shorten the DHR in this way.
	www.irfca.org /docs/rinbad-siliguri.html (1017 words)

	India: junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri
		The narrow-gauge steam shed was moved from Siliguri Town to Siliguri Jn and the narrow-gauge Siliguri Jn - Siliguri Town section became freight-only.
		In 1915 two new narrow-gauge lines were added to the DHR from Siliguri, to the north-east up the river Teesta valley towards Kalimpong and Sikkim (Siliguri - Gielle Kola) and to the south-west (Siliguri - Kishanganj).
		From about 1949 a new Siliguri Junction station, north of Siliguri Town, became the main station in the area, with three metre-gauge lines (south-west to Kishanganj and Barsoi; north-east to Assam; south to Siliguri Town and Haldibari) and two narrow-gauge lines (north to Darjeeling; south to Siliguri Town).
	www.rinbad.free-online.co.uk /in_silig.htm (1017 words)

	Timeline
		As a result of this war, the "Winter War", the Finnish border town of Salla was lost to the Red Army.
		The division makes a stop in "the Gibraltar of Sweden", the fortress-town of Boden, on its way to Karelia.
		However, the German army and Waffen-SS move from Norwegian Kirkenes into Finnish Petsamo on this day (start 0300 hours) and arctic units of the Luftwaffe bomb several military and industrial targets on the Kola Peninsula.
	www.arcticwar.com /timeline.htm (1017 words)

	Forsvarsnett: Environmental monitoring and radiation protection
		The Polyarninsky Shipyard is situated in Polyarny, a town of ca 30 000 inhabitants, north of Murmansk in the Kola Bay.
		New equipment for radiation safety have been transferred, purchased and installed at the Polyarninsky Shipyard, which is situated in Polyarny, a town of ca 30 000 inhabitants north of Murmansk in the Kola Bay.
		The aim of the project AMEC 1.5, "Cooperation in radiation and environmental safety", is to enhance the safety of personnel, population and the environment when handling and storing spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste from decommissioned submarines in North-west Russia.
	www.mil.no /felles/ffi/amec/start/projects/enirad (1303 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of cities in Russia
		Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Му́рманск) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 20 miles from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from...
		Transfiguration cathedral in the kremlin Uglich (Russian: &;, pronounced ooglitch) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River.
		Pereslavl-Zalessky (Пересла́вль-Зале́сский) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-cities-in-Russia (2253 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of cities in Russia
		Cities in Russia : A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status.
		Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk (Му́рманск) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 20 miles from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russias...
		Transfiguration cathedral in the kremlin Uglich (Russian: У́глич, pronounced ooglitch) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-cities-in-Russia (2253 words)

	Pechenga -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Dating from the 16th century, the town was in northern Finland between 1919 and 1940 and was the terminus of the Arctic Highway from the Gulf of Bothnia.
		Nickel also is mined at Pechenga and Kola (Kola Peninsula) and at several Ural sites.
		The richest ferroalloy deposits occur in Russia—in the emerged shield rocks of the Kola Peninsula (titanium and molybdenum) and the Urals—and in Ukraine.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=60377 (2253 words)

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		Secondly, there are the regular rituals at the orisa's shrine, and the cycle of these is based on the four-day Yoruba week.[2] Thirdly, there are the annual festivals, much more elaborate affairs involving a large proportion of the population of the town as well as cult members from elsewhere.
		The number of orisa worshipped by the Yoruba is very large, though they range in importance from those worshipped by only a single descent group in a single town to those whose cult is found throughout the area.
		The major orisa in a Yoruba town have their shrines and priests with their distinctive dress and insignia.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /YorubaT/yt6.html (2253 words)

	CyrusNews.com - Cyrus News Agency English
		The regime's news agency ILNA reports that pursuant to a peaceful series of protests by villagers and farmers from the 3 villages of "Salahudin Kola", "Tajeddin Kola" and "Pay Kola" (counties to the province of Nowshahr) were shot.
		Disciplinary forces shoot villagers and farmers from the town of Nowshahr
		The disciplinary forces, ignoring the requests of the branch marshals shot into the crowd that was protesting a refusal to reverse a ruling for their rights to the 70 acres of local land which is currently controlled by the "Foundation of the Disadvantaged".
	www.cyrusnews.com /news/en?ni=127&mi=1 (2253 words)

	Opolovnik gb 97 full
		The town of Mangazea, standing in the lower reaches of the Taz river, was called in the past a "goldboiling Sovereign's patrimony", a "second Bagdad".
		If the town of Obdorsk, founded in the lower reaches of the Ob river in 1595, was an advanced post for developing the West Siberian Arctic region, the town of Yakutsk built on a bank of the Lena river in the mid seventeenth century was its East Siberian gates.
		The Polar territories of European Russia, situated mainly on the Kola Peninsula and in the lower reaches of the Pechora river, were first developed by the Christian missionaries who built churches and fortified monasteries.
	www2.arnes.si /~supbjuva/97/opol97cel.htm (1160 words)

	Rosenergoatom
		Kola NPP employees live in the plant’s town-satellite of Polarnye Zori which located on the banks of the Niva River 220 kilometers of the city of Murmansk.
		In 1997 in the framework of the TACIS (Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States) program the training center was equipped with multifunctional simulator of the Kola-1 and 2 power units; in 1999 a full-scope simulator of the Kola-3 and 4 power-generating units’ main control room was shipped to the plant.
	eng.rosatom.ru /?razdel=185 (399 words)

	var4.html
		Bati is a small town you meet as you travel from Dessie high in the central plateau to the lowlands of Afar on your way to the Red Sea port city of Asseb.
		And the land of Wello and town of Bati slip to the doldrums of a quiet evening and week....only to awaken next Monday when it will be one more market day.
		Bati is a unique place where Dega Ethiopia meets Kola Ethiopia.
	www.ethiopians.com /var4.html (575 words)

	Murmansk -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Dating from the 16th century, the town was in northern Finland between 1919 and 1940 and was the terminus of the Arctic Highway from the Gulf of Bothnia.
		formerly (until 1917) Romanov-na-murmane, seaport and centre of Murmansk oblast (administrative region), northwestern Russia, lying 125 mi (200 km) north of the Arctic Circle, and on the eastern shore of Kola Bay, 30 mi from the ice-free Barents Sea.
		The town, founded in 1915 as a supply port in World War I, was a base for the British, French, and American expeditionary forces against the Bolsheviks in 1918.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9054353?tocId=9054353 (605 words)

	!!!SPASIBA!!!
		Murmansk is a major industrial city, founded in 1916 just a few kilometers from the city of Kola founded in the 1500s.
		We visited the Murmansk Institute of Humanities and Murmansk State Pedagological University (where they study to be teachers just like Annie's doing!) and had a chance to go out on the town with students from both.
		Cindy was a joy to bring along on the Arctic Studies Program's one week excursion to the Kola Peninsula / Murmansk Region (or, Murmansk Oblast) of Russia.
	www.unc.edu /~cblee/cindy3.html (482 words)

	Role of Polyarny Museum (Murmansk area) in studying the history of researches and development of Kola North, VII International Congress
		This town has been the headquarters for the military and scientific expeditions to the Northern Seas.
		2) " The town of Polyarny in the history of the underwater forces of Russia".
		In 1899, Murmansk Biological station of the Imperial St. Petersburg Scientific Society was transferred from the the Solovetskie Islands to Aleksandrovsk, the researchers of the station continued the studies of the Barents Sea flora and fauna.
	www.vitiaz.ru /congress/en/thesis/171.html (711 words)

	Severomorsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The town status was granted in 1951; it was renamed Severomorsk at the same time.
		Severomorsk (Russian: Северомо́рск) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located about 25 km north of Murmansk.
		Severomorsk has the largest dry dock in the Kola Peninsula.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Severomorsk (121 words)

	Rutland Water Bed & Breakfast
		The Lodge is approximately 5 minutes from Oakham the ancient county town of Rutland, and 10 minutes from beautiful Stamford.
		Rob has travelled widely and has fished for Salmon in Scotland and Ireland for many years, more recently he has fished the Kola peninsular in Russia.
		Visit the towns of Oakham and Uppingham, and the picturesque unspoilt villages of Hambleton, Wing, Exton, Braunston etc. and Stamford, a lovely old market town, is only a few miles away.
	www.thelodgebarnsdale.co.uk (796 words)

	Kirkenes harbour
		Kirkenes Harbour is strategically located with a short distance to the Barents Sea and to the Russian harbours on Kola and near the White Sea.
		Besides Oslo, Kirkenes is the only town in the country that has localized the Russian Consulate-General within the municipal boundaries.
		Kirkenes has also become a sought-after commercial town with a wide variety of goods and services.
	www.kirkenesgateway.no /english/services-harbour.html (910 words)

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