{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Kuoloyarvi |ru_name=Куолоярви |other_name=Kuolajärvi |other_lang=Finnish |image_skyline= |image_caption= |map_label_position=right |coordinates={{coord|66|58|23|N|29|15|15|E|display=inline,title}} |federal_subject=Murmansk Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |adm_district_jur=Kandalakshsky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Alakurttinsky Territorial Okrug |adm_selsoviet_type=Territorial Okrug |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref= |inhabloc_cat=Rural locality |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |inhabloc_type=Inhabited locality |inhabloc_type_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> <!----MUNICIPAL STATUS----> |mun_district_jur=Kandalakshsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref539">Law #538-01-ZMO</ref> |rural_settlement_jur=Alakurtti Rural Settlement |rural_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref539" /> <!----STATISTICS----> |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=0 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= <!----HISTORY----> |established_date= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date= |current_cat_date_ref= <!----MISCELLANEA----> |postal_codes=184020 |postal_codes_ref=<ref name="PostCode">Russian Post. [http://info.russianpost.ru/database/PIndx08.zip Эталонный справочник индексов объектов почтовой связи] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112213723/http://info.russianpost.ru/database/PIndx08.zip |date=January 12, 2007 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> |dialing_codes=81533 |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Kuoloyarvi''' ({{langx|ru|Куолоярви}}, {{langx|fi|Kuolajärvi}}) is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia,<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|47 202 000 005}}</ref> located north of the Arctic Circle at an altitude of {{convert|191|m|sp=us}} above sea level. It had no recorded population as of the 2010 Census.<ref name="2010Census">{{cite web|url=http://murmanskstat.gks.ru/census/DocLib1/Тома%20официальной%20публикации%20итогов%20ВПН-2010.aspx |title=2010. Статистический сборник "Численность, размещение и возрастно-половой состав населения Мурманской области. Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения". Том 1. |trans-title=2010 Statistical Digest "Size, Distribution, and the Age and Gender Characteristics of the Population of Murmansk Oblast. Results of the All-Russian Population Census |volume=1 |accessdate=September 10, 2012 |author={{lang|ru|Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Территориальный орган федеральной службы государственной статистики по Мурманской области (Мурманскстат)}} (Federal State Statistics Service. Territorial Branch of the Federal Statistics Service in Murmansk Oblast (Murmanskstat)) |year=2012 |publisher=Federal State Statistics Service |language=Russian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222192055/http://murmanskstat.gks.ru/census/DocLib1/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%20%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%20%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8%20%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%92%D0%9F%D0%9D-2010.aspx |archivedate=December 22, 2012 }}</ref>
== History == Kuoloyarvi used to be part of Finland as a former town called Kuolajärvi then renamed as Salla after the Municipality of Salla when the name of the municipality of Kuolajärvi was changed into Salla in 1936. The name Kuolajärvi had been originally given to the parish and the municipality and the municipal centre after the big rural village of Kuolajärvi (now Kayraly, from {{langx|ru| Кайралы|Kayraly}}, from {{langx|fi|Kairala}}, that was a smaller part of the same settlement) that was located further east by a lake with the same name ({{Langx|ru|Куолаярви|Kuolayarvi}}, {{Langx|fi|Kuolajärvi}}) . During the Winter War, the Battle of Salla happened in this former town. It was captured by Soviet forces on December 9, 1939. To counterattack the Soviets, the Finnish Air Force bombed Salla three days later.
However, after the Winter War, Salla was annexed into the Soviet Union, then being renamed into Kuoloyarvi, which was similar to the old name. The people who previously lived in this town had been evacuated by the Finnish government.
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Category:Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast Category:Kandalakshsky District
{{MurmanskOblast-geo-stub}} Category:Populated places in Russia that lost city or town status