Pomors, a general name of Russian people who live on the bank of White Sea, Russia
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In the 17th century, it prospered as a starting point for naval expeditions of the Pomors to Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya.
The study of the Pomor dialects was undertaken by I. S. Merkuryev (1924-2001), a professor of philology and author of several books including Живая речь кольских поморов ("The Living Speech of the Kola Peninsula Pomors").