Pechengskaya Volost (russian: Пéченгская вóлость) was an administrative division (a
volost
Volost ( rus, во́лость, p=ˈvoləsʲtʲ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
In earlier East Slavic history, ''volost'' was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ...
) of
Kemsky and later
Kolsky Uyezd
Kolsky Uyezd (russian: Ко́льский уе́зд) was an administrative division (an uyezd) of the Tsardom of Russia and later of the Russian Empire.
History 16th–17th centuries
Russian expansion to the Kola Peninsula can be traced to th ...
of
Arkhangelsk Governorate
Arkhangelsk Governorate (russian: link=no, Архангельская губерния, ''Arkhangelskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. ...
of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
, which existed in 1866–1868, and then in 1871–1921.
[Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, pp. 23–27]
It was established in 1866 when
Pechengskoye Rural Community of Kemsky Uyezd was transformed into a volost.
In 1868, together with
Ekostrovskaya and
Voronyinskaya Volost Voronyinskaya Volost (russian: Воро́ньинская во́лость) was an administrative division (a volost) of Kemsky Uyezd of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1866–1868.Administrative-Territorial Division ...
s it was merged into a newly created
Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost
Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost (russian: Ко́льско-Лопа́рская во́лость) was at various times an administrative division (a volost) of Kemsky, Kolsky, and Alexandrovsky Uyezds of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (a ...
.
In 1871, however, the volost was restored under the name of Murmansko-Kolonistskaya ().
When Kolsky Uyezd was restored on , 1883, Murmansko-Kolonistskaya Volost was one of the six volosts transferred to it.
By 1920 (the exact date is unknown), the volost was renamed Pechengskaya, as the volost government was ''de facto'' seated in
Pechenga.
[''A Guide to the State Archives'', p. 192]
In the beginning of 1921, as a result of the
Treaty of Tartu signed between Russia and
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
on October 14, 1920, the western portion of Pechengskaya Volost (including the
Rybachy and
Sredny Peninsula
Sredny Peninsula (russian: Сре́дний полуо́стров, lit. ''middle peninsula'') is a peninsula at north part of continental European Russia. The peninsula is connected with the continent by a thin isthmus and with Rybachy Peninsula ...
s) was ceded to Finland.
On April 7, 1921, an assembly of representatives of various Soviet organizations transformed the remaining part of Pechengskaya Volost into new
Novozerskaya Volost
Novozerskaya Volost (russian: Новозерская волость) was an administrative division (a volost) of Alexandrovsky (Murmansky) Uyezd of Arkhangelsk Governorate and then of Murmansk Governorate of the Russian SFSR.''Administrative-Ter ...
.
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Volosts of the Russian Empire
States and territories established in 1866
1868 disestablishments
States and territories established in 1871
States and territories disestablished in 1921
1866 establishments in the Russian Empire