| Borisoglebskiy (English) Борисоглебский (Russian) |
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Location of Murmansk Oblast in Russia |
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Borisoglebskiy
Location of Borisoglebskiy in Murmansk Oblast
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Pechengsky District[1] |
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| Time zone | MSD (UTC+04:00)[2] |
| Postal code(s) | 184420[3] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81554[4] |
Borisoglebskiy or Boris Gleb (Russian: Борисоглебский) is a rural locality (a Posyolok) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic circle, at a height of 95 m above sea level on the Paatsjoki River.
There is a border crossing to Storskog in Norway, the only border crossing between the two countries.
Built between 1960 and 1964, the Boris Gleb (Borisoglebskaya) hydroelectric station (Russian: Борисоглебская ГЭС (ГЭС-8)) on the Paatsjoki River is a hydroelectric station built under a water derivation system. The power station is owned and operated by TGC-1 power company.