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Nikel is a city locality and the administrative center of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. In the 1920 Treaty of Tartu, Soviet Russia ceded the vicinity of Petsamo to Finland. In the 1930 huge reserves of nickel had been observed on fells close by. The quantity become estimated to be five million heaps. In 1934, the Finnish Government presented the mining right to the British Mond Nickel Co, subsidiary of International Nickel Co, that based the Petsamon Nikkeli mining business enterprise. The company began building a railway, as well as other infrastructure, between the metropolis, then known as Kolosjoki, and Liinahamari harbor.

In the Winter War of 1939–1940, the Soviet Union occupied Petsamo. In the subsequent peace settlement simplest the Finnish a part of the Rybachy Peninsula become ceded to the Soviet Union, even though the Soviets had occupied all of Petsamo at some stage in the war. In summer 1940, the Finnish authorities took over the mines from the British employer. The first mining operations commenced within the identical year. During World War II, the ore turned into specifically offered to Germany. The hydro electricity plant in Janiskoski commenced operations in 1942, making it feasible to smelt the ore domestically.

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