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    The Pomor trade (Norwegian: Pomorhandel, russehandel; Russian: Поморская торговля) was carried out between the Pomors of Northwest Russia and the people...
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    related to Pomors. Russian North Pomor dialects Boris Shergin Laughter and Grief by the White Sea, a film celebrating the Pomors' culture. Pomor trade Barentsburg...
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    Kiberg (section Pomor trade)
    last victim of the great witch trial of 1621. During the days of the Pomor trade, which was ended as a result of changes ushered in by the Russian revolution...
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    Pomor dialects (Russian: Помо́рские го́воры) are a group of Northern Russian dialects spoken by the Pomors of the former Arkhangelsk Governorate and northern...
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  • Russenorsk (category Pomors)
    It was used extensively in Northern Norway for about 150 years in the Pomor trade. Russenorsk is important as a test case for theories concerning pidgin...
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  • used for communication between Russians and Norwegian traders in the Pomor trade in Finnmark and the Kola Peninsula Surzhyk, a range of mixed (macaronic)...
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    witch trial and 1662 witch trials. Pomor trade was very important in the 18th century, and Vardø was often called the Pomor capital. Because of this, in 1789...
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    Russia—the people of Flakstad exchanged fish for timber during the period of Pomor trade at that time. This is why the steeple has a Russian Orthodox look. "Ramberg...
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    Russia begins to send ships with grain to Hammerfest, the so-called Pomor trade. 17 July 1789: Hammerfest receives "town status" as a kjøpstad. 1792:...
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    conducted raids on Hasvik and Hammerfest and disrupted the Pomor trade, the Norwegian trade with Russia. In June 1809 HMS Nyaden participated in one or...
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    the Danish–Norwegian monarchy made some attempts to curtail the Pomor trade, the trade was vital to the survival of many Northern Norwegian fishing communities...
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    successful raids on Hasvik and Hammerfest and disrupted the Pomor trade, the Norwegian trade with Russia. On 12 August 1807, even before the war had been...
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  • Willem Barentsz in 1596, although there is disputed evidence of use by Pomors or Norsemen. Whaling for bowhead whales started in 1611, dominated by English...
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    Kirkenes and Russia. Norway–Russia relations Norway–Soviet Union relations Pomor trade Kola Norwegians Finland–Russia border Vassdal, Trond O. (3 August 2012)...
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    (county) in the 19th century. For a time, there was a vibrant trade with Russia (Pomor trade), and many Norwegians settled on the Kola Peninsula (see Kola...
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    Murman Coast (category Pomors)
    by the local FSB department is required. Bjarmaland Kola Norwegians Pomor trade Russenorsk Ushkuyniks Viking expansion "Приказ ФСБ РФ от 2 июня 2006...
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    supply shortages in Norway which were compounded by the suspension of the Pomor trade with Russia. Since Sweden had been an ally of Britain in the war against...
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    historically, it was one of the main ports and trading places in Finnmark county, especially during the Pomor trade with Russia which existed until the 1917...
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    (county) in the 19th century. For a time, there was a vibrant trade with Russia (Pomor trade), and many Norwegians settled on the Kola Peninsula (see Kola...
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    Vadsøya. The settlement later moved to the mainland. Pomor trade led Vadsø to be a major trading centre in this part of Norway. Township privilege was...
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    a marked expansion. The fisheries grew in importance, and so did the Pomor trade with Russia's White Sea region. In 1850 the population reached 400, and...
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    portal Russia portal Norway–Soviet Union relations Norway–Russia border Pomor trade Wikimedia Commons has media related to Relations of Norway and Russia...
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    of Norway. The ‘’Pomor track’’ posits that a tâb-type game was introduced to the Sámi by Russian merchants through the Pomor trade (ca. 1740-1917). The...
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    Mangazeya (category Pomors)
    settlers of the White Sea coasts of Russia (pomors) founded a route along the Arctic coast to Arkhangelsk to trade with Norwegian, English and Dutch merchants...
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    all of Western Europe — it formed a thriving duty-free centre for the Pomor trade of Norwegian pollock for Russian rye grain and other goods brought by...
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    Lougen and Langeland in Müller's Finnmark squadron, re-establishing the pomor trade routes of the far north that had been interdicted by British naval activity...
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    the 12th century, when Russian Pomors discovered the peninsula's rich resources of game and fish. Soon after, the Pomors were followed by the tribute collectors...
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    remained Moscow's almost sole link to the sea-trade. Local inhabitants, called Pomors, were the first to explore trade routes to Northern Siberia as far as the...
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    Siberian River Routes (category Trade routes)
    Russo-Chinese trade shifted to Kyakhta near where the Selenge River crosses the current Russo-Mongol border. From at least the 12th century, Russian Pomors navigated...
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    regular trade with one or two "state" ships per year until the second half of the 14th century. The Kalmar Union was to prove disastrous for trade with Greenland;...
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