The Jäniskoski-Niskakoski area is a 176-square-kilometre area in Russian Lapland, east of Lake Inari, along the Paatsjoki River. The Jäniskoski-Niskakoski territory is currently incorporated into the
Jäniskoski hydroelectric plant in 2009
Finnish patrol in Jäniskoski during the Winter War in 1940.
Jäniskoski power plant in 1944. The concrete building on the right is the bomb shelter for the generator hall.
The power plant after being blown up in 1944 during the Lapland War.
Pechengsky District
Videos
Pechengsky District is an administrative district, one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Pechengsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwe
Jäniskoski-Niskakoski territory
…Lapland, east of Lake Inari, along the Paatsjoki River. The Jäniskoski-Niskakoski territory is currently incorporated into the Nikel township of the Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast. Finland sold the area to the Soviet Union on 18 April 1947 because of Soviet interest in developing the Jäniskoski hydroelectric plant…
Landscape in Pechengsky District, August 2013