Luostari (russian: Луостари) is the name of several rural localities in

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and an airbase: * Luostari (inhabited locality), 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 La ...

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 six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division ...

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) o ...

. One of the most northerly monasteries in the world, the Trifonov Pechengsky monastery, is there. * Luostari (railway station), an inhabited locality classified as a railway station in Korzunovsky Territorial Okrug of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast * 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 Pech ...

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. T ...

was stationed here.

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