Poyakonda (russian: Поя́конда) is the
rural locality
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(an inhabited locality) in
Kandalakshsky District
Kandalakshsky District (russian: Кандала́кшский райо́н) is an administrative district (a raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kandalakshsky Municipal Di ...
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 ...
,
Russia
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, located beyond the
Arctic Circle
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The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at w ...
at a height of above sea level.
On November 17, 1987, the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the collective head of state of the Russian SFSR and the permanent body of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR that was accountable to the Supreme Sovi ...
decreed to transfer the settlement of the railway station of Poyakonda from
Tedinsky Selsoviet of
Loukhsky District
Loukhsky District (russian: Ло́ухский райо́н; krl, Louhen piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.Constitution of the Republic of Karelia It is located in the north of th ...
of the
Karelian ASSR
The Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( rus, Каре́льская Автоно́мная Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, r=Karelskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respub ...
to Murmansk Oblast.
[''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', p. 58] By the Decision of the Murmansk Oblast Executive Committee of January 20, 1988, the settlement was merged with the inhabited locality of Poyakonda on the territory in jurisdiction of the town of
Kandalaksha
Kandalaksha (russian: Кандала́кша; fi, Kantalahti, also ''Kandalax'' or ''Candalax'' in the old maps; krl, Kannanlakši; sms, Käddluhtt) is a town in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the head of Kandal ...
.
The transfer marked the only time the external borders of Murmansk Oblast changed between 1947 and present.
As February 2018, the hamlet had 50 residents, most working at the
White Sea Biological Station
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bioscience research facility run by the
Moscow State University
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on the White Sea coast. In December 2017,
Russian Railways
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removed the railway station from their Murmansk-St. Petersburg service. Services were resumed when it was realised a 14 year old girl relied on the service to travel to school, which came to international attention.
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*Kandalaksha.su
Poyakonda
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Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast
Kandalakshsky District
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