Pulozero (russian: Пулозеро) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') in Pushnovsky Territorial Okrug of

Kolsky District Kolsky District (russian: Ко́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kolsky Municipal District.Law #577-01-ZMO ...

of Murmansk Oblast,

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, located on the

Kola Peninsula sjd, Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк , image_name= Kola peninsula.png , image_caption= Kola Peninsula as a part of Murmansk Oblast , image_size= 300px , image_alt= , map_image= Murmansk in Russia.svg , map_caption = Location of Murmansk Oblas ...

beyond the Arctic Circle at a height of above sea level. Population: 7 ( 2010 Census).

History

Pulozero, then a ''

pogost ''Pogost'' (russian: погост, from Old East Slavic: погостъ) is a historical term with several meanings in the Russian language. It has also been borrowed into Latgalian (''pogosts''), Finnish (''pogosta'') and Latvian (''pagasts'' ...

'', served as the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Pulozersky Selsoviet, which was established within Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost of

Alexandrovsky Uyezd Alexandrovsky Uyezd (russian: Александровский уезд) was an administrative division (an uyezd) of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire and later of the Russian SFSR. The origins of Alexandrovsky Uyezd trace back to Kols ...

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. ...

by the Resolution of Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost Executive Committee on August 26, 1921 (which came into effect in the first half of 1922) on the territory split off from Yekostrovsky Selsoviet.''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', p. 69

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* * {{Authority control __NOTOC__ Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast