{{Short description|Area in Murmansk Oblast, Russia}} {{coord|display=title|68|56|13|N|36|49|02|E|type:landmark_region:RU}} [[File:Fantastic landscape - panoramio.jpg|thumb|300px|The Murman Coast on the Rybachy Peninsula]]
The '''Murman Coast''' ({{langx|ru|Мурманский берег}}; {{langx|no|Murmankysten}}) is a coastal area in Murmansk Oblast in northwest Russia. It is located on the southern side of the Barents Sea, between the Norway–Russia border and Cape Svyatoy Nos. The major rivers flowing to the sea at the coast are the Tuloma and the Voronya.
==History== The coast was originally home to coastal Sámi, and by the 13th century, it was populated by Pomors. The old Russian term ''Murman'' is believed to be a corruption of the word Norman, referring to the Norsemen. In Old Norse, this region was referred to as ''Bjarmaland''.
From the 13th century, the Novgorodians spread their influence into parts of the Kola Peninsula, leading to a clash in interests with Norway over the right to tax the Sámi; Finnmark and the Murman Coast formed part of a largely undefined frontier region. The two sides signed border treaties in 1251 and 1326; however, hostilities between the Russians and Norwegians along the border continued until the mid-15th century at least, with Moscow inheriting Novgorod's claim to the region.<ref>{{cite book |title=From Northeast Passage to Northern Sea Route: A History of the Waterway North of Eurasia |date=12 September 2022 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-52184-1 |page=17 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/From_Northeast_Passage_to_Northern_Sea_R/BNKLEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
==Geography== The Murman Coast is administratively shared between Pechengsky, Kolsky and Lovozersky Districts of Murmansk Oblast, and Zaozyorsk, Vidyayevo, Aleksandrovsk, Murmansk, Severomorsk, Ostrovnoy.
The cities of Zaozyorsk, Gadzhiyevo, Polyarny, Snezhnogorsk, Murmansk, Kola, Severomorsk, Ostrovnoy are all located on the Murman Coast.
The Murman Coast, excluding Murmansk, is a Russian border security zone, intended to protect the borders of the Russian Federation from unwanted activity. In order to visit the zone, a permit issued by the local FSB department is required.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Приказ ФСБ РФ от 2 июня 2006 года N 240 "О пределах пограничной зоны на территории Мурманской области"|journal=Rossiyskaya Gazeta|volume=2006|url=http://www.mccme.ru/putevod/Border/border.html#51|language=Russian}}</ref>
==See also== * Bjarmaland * Kola Norwegians * Pomor trade * Russenorsk * Ushkuyniks * Viking expansion
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Murman Coast}} * {{cite book|title=Мурманский берег|url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article079121.html|publisher=Great Soviet Encyclopedia}}
Category:Coasts of Russia Category:Landforms of Murmansk Oblast Category:Barents Sea Category:History of Murmansk Oblast Category:History of the Arctic Category:Pomors Category:Sámi history Category:Kingdom of Norway (872–1397) Category:Medieval history of Norway Category:Medieval history of Russia Category:Norway–Russia relations Category:Sámi in Russia