Talk:Kola Peninsula

Map
Could someone annotate the map? It's not notated on the map. Tempshill 18:53, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

A modern map would be nice, too. ;-) Dricherby 19:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Darker parts of past
While we don't want to unduly dwell on bad things in the past, I do think the article needs a bit more about the militarization of the peninsula—tunnels for strategic nuclear submarines, as many as 40 military airfields,..) and the GULAG camp at Vorkuta where the coal mines were worked by prisoners, political and other. Here is an article about a monument to the victims, whose descendants in Murmansk number about 2,000. Original Novosti story here. (Note the use of the phrase "special settlers.") P ЄTЄRS J V ЄСRUМВА  ►TALK 22:37, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think the information about the gulag camp in Vorkuta would be appropriate in this article :), but overall you are right. The article, however, is far from complete, and the information about the Soviet and modern periods is especially lacking. Thanks for the two links&mdash;it's not much, but I'll try to incorporate them into text when working on the appropriate sections. Or, if you would like to lend a hand, please by all means start those sections yourself. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); January 20, 2011; 13:44 (UTC)

Comments
I was asked to comment on this article in preparation for a GAN. I have not read the article in detail, so there may be several prose and grammar issues which I do not cover; I will instead try to conclude on the content:

Hope this is useful. Arsenikk (talk)  17:36, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * There are a few paragraphs which could be merged as they are rather short. Single-sentence paragraphs should be avoided all-together.
 * Content-wise, the geography and history sections look good.
 * Probably not directly a GA criteria, but I would have liked to see more images, particularly of the urban areas.
 * As I understand (and please correct me if I am wrong), but both Murmansk and other larger settlements fall are part of the Kola Peninsula. I would have liked a somewhat clearer definition if they are or not, and if they are included, these urban areas need to be covered in the article. Don't worry if you feel you're overlapping with the Murmansk Oblast article.
 * There should be some mention on transport, either under economics or in its own section.
 * The political and administrative coverage is sufficient—this is an article on a natural, not a politically defined, geographical area.
 * I find the economics part a bit short, partially because I'm expecting more on the urban areas.
 * Thanks much for the thorough review; it's very helpful indeed! I'll definitely be addressing all of these points before the GAN nomination. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 7, 2011; 17:44 (UTC)

Norman
I do not want to correct this without discussing with the original authors: I find the link to the article on Normans misleading. It is correct that the Russian name "Murman coast" derives from "Norman" and the names for Murmansk and Normandy are etymologically related. However, "Norman" refers to Norwegians (cf. also similar other ethnonyms, which were traditionally used in the area: "Filman", "Lapman") here, whereas the Norse people, who already in the 10th and 11th centuries gave their name to Normandy came from Danmark. --Michael.riessler (talk) 13:20, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, Michael! I don't recall why exactly I linked Normans, but you are right, it is not quite appropriate in this context and there are better linking targets. Feel free to make a correction. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 15, 2016 ; 13:41 (UTC)
 * Done. --Michael.riessler (talk) 09:40, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

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