Luostari (russian: Луостари) is the name of several
rural localities in
Russia
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and an airbase:
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Luostari (inhabited locality)
Luostari (russian: Луостари, fi, Ylä-Luostari between 1920–1944) is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located near the Norway–Russia border. Population: 2,260 ( 2010 Census) ...
, an inhabited locality along between
Nikel
Nikel (russian: Ни́кель, lit. ''nickel''; fi, Nikkeli; Norwegian: ''Nikkel'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake ...
and
Pechenga in Korzunovsky Territorial Okrug of
Pechengsky District
Pechengsky District (russian: Пе́ченгский райо́н; fi, Petsamo; no, Peisen; se, Beahcán; sms, Peäccam) is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Murmansk Oblast, six in Murmansk Oblast, Russ ...
of
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...
. One of the most northerly monasteries in the world, the Trifonov Pechengsky monastery, is there.
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Luostari (railway station), an inhabited locality classified as a railway station in Korzunovsky Territorial Okrug of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast
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Luostari/Pechenga, an airbase west of the
Pechenga River
The Pechenga (russian: Пече́нга, fi, Petsamonjoki) is a river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia (Kola Peninsula). It is the namesake for the Pechenga settlement, Pechenga Monastery and the Pechenga District. The river discharges into the Pechen ...
and near at Korzunovo in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast near the
Norwegian border. It is south south-west of the Trifonov Pechengsky monastery.
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. Tr ...
was stationed here.
See also
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{{SIA, populated places in Russia