Borisoglebsky (; ; ) is a rural locality (a '' Posyolok'') in

Pechengsky District Pechengsky District (; ; ; ; ) 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 Pechengsky Municipal District.Law #539-01-ZMO It is located in the north ...

Murmansk Oblast Murmansk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of . Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, and it is bor ...

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. The village is located beyond the

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, at a height of 95 meters above sea level on the Paatsjoki River. There is a border crossing to

Storskog Storskog () is a border crossing station on the Norwegian side of the Norway–Russia border, along the European route E105 highway. The crossing is located in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county on the Norway side of the border. The R ...

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, the only border crossing between the two countries.

1968 border provocation

In June 1968, Boris Gleb was the venue for the largest Soviet display of aggression against

since the Second World War. Early in the morning on 7 June 1968, 60-70 T-54 tanks rolled towards the Norwegian border. The garrison stationed at southern Varanger was placed at the highest alert. The soldiers were given live ammunition and prepared for an armed conflict. According to the instructions they were given, any violation of the border should be fired upon. The Soviet army stopped 30 meters away, aiming their tanks at Norwegian military installations. The confrontation lasted until 10 June, when Soviet forces retired from the border area.

Boris Gleb hydroelectric station

Built between 1960 and 1964, the Boris Gleb (Borisoglebskaya) hydroelectric station () on the Paatsjoki River is a hydroelectric station built under a water derivation system. The power station is owned and operated by

TGC-1 TGC-1 (also referred as TGK-1; full name: Territorial generating company number 1; , ''Territorial’naya generiruyushchaya kompaniya No 1''; traded as ) is a regional power company operating in Northwestern Federal District, North-West Russia. Th ...

power company.

References

Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast Norway–Russia border crossings Pechengsky District {{MurmanskOblast-geo-stub