Luostari (inhabited locality)

For other places with the same name, see Luostari.

Luostari (Russian: Луостари, Finnish: Ylä-Luostari between 1920 and 1944) is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia,^[1] located near the Norway–Russia border. Population: 2,260 (2010 Census).^[2]

Luostari Луостари Luostari (Finnish)
Inhabited locality[1]
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Location of Luostari
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Coordinates: 69°25′15″N 31°02′48″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Murmansk Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Pechengsky District[1]
Territorial okrug	Korzunovsky Territorial Okrug
Elevation	62 m (203 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	2,260
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Pechengsky Municipal District[3]
• Rural settlement	Korzunovo Rural Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	184413
Dialing code(s)	+7 81544
OKTMO ID	47615406106

History

According to the Tartu Peace Treaty in 1920, Soviet Russia recognized Petsamo and Luostari as part of Finland. The locality was known as Ylä-Luostari ('Upper Monastery') to differ it from Ala-Luostari [fi] ("Lower Monastery", by the Pechenga Bay, nowadays part of Pechenga (urban-type settlement)) and it had 47 residents.^[6] There was also a youth hostel called Lohilinna, which was owned by Suomen Matkailijayhdistys (Finnish Tourist Association) since 1935. Lohilinna was destroyed during the Winter War. During Interim Peace Finnish National Air Carrier Aero operated the route Helsinki-Petsamo through the airfield of Ylä-Luostari, which had been completed just before Winter War in November 1939.^[7] In 1942, during the Continuation War (1941–1944), Finland gave the airfield for the use of German Luftwaffe. According the Moscow Armistice, Finland lost Petsamo in 1944. Soviets renamed the Finnish airfield to Luostari air base.