<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Russia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Oblast </Th> <Td> Murmansk Oblast </Td> </Tr> <P> The Kola Peninsula (Russian: Ко́льский полуо́стров, Kolsky poluostrov; from Kildin Sami: Куэлнэгк нёаррк, Kuelnegk njoarrk; Northern Sami: Guoládatnjárga; Finnish: Kuolan niemimaa; Norwegian: Kolahalvøya) is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia . Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely inside the Arctic Circle and is bordered by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast . The city of Murmansk is the most populous human settlement on the peninsula, with a population of over 300,000 as of the 2010 Census . </P> <P> While the north of the peninsula was already settled in the 7th--5th millennium BCE, the rest of its territory remained uninhabited until the 3rd millennium BCE, when various peoples started to arrive from the south . However, by the 1st millennium CE only the Sami people remained . This changed in the 12th century, when Russian Pomors discovered the peninsula's game and fish riches . Soon after, the Pomors were followed by the tribute collectors from the Novgorod Republic, and the peninsula gradually became a part of the Novgorodian lands . No permanent settlements, however, were established by the Novgorodians until the 15th century . </P>

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