Pechenga, also known by its Finnish name Petsamo, is a town and port located in northern Russia near the Norwegian border. The town and the nearby nickel mines were controlled by Finland from 1920 until 1944 when the region was seized by the Red Army and annexed to the Soviet Union. It remained part of Russia after the fall of the USSR as an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pechenga Urban Settlement of Pechengsky Municipal District.