Introducing Lovozero
The village of Lovozero, a 110km drive northeast of Monchegorsk, is the main Sami centre on the Kola Peninsula (and in Russia). About 900 of the 2000 Russian Sami live here, though some 300 of those are away much of the year following reindeer herds. Russian Sami were forcibly collectivised and brutally suppressed here under Stalin. Today Sami culture is reviving, in part thanks to contacts with the more numerous Sami in Scandinavia. Reindeer herders and reindeer can generally only be seen in Lovozero from December till March.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Karelia and Kola
by everbrite 23 March 2011
I would NOT recommend driving in Russia. If your goal is Lovozero, I would take the train to Murmansk and then arrange transport from…
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RE: help find Lovozero and Reindeers!
by iexela 10 February 2010
Lovozero - Revda weekdays 9:15, 14:05, 17:30, 20:45 weekend 9:25, 15:30, 20:45 Revda - Olenegorsk 8:30 and 17:00 daily But all these timi…
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RE: help find Lovozero and Reindeers!
by burtonbites 10 February 2010
Hi iexela. thanks for that!!! Do you happen to know the timings for the buses going from Lovozero to Revda? And Revda back to Olenegorsk?…
