 During the Arctic Campaign of World War II (called, in Russia, the Great Patriotic War), the part of the river in the area around Kandalaksha defined the front line from September 17, 1941 until September 1944.On both banks of the river there are numerous ruins of military installations, fortifications, trenches, and fences left over from this war.On the left bank of the river near the highway bridge is a monument in the form of a black obelisk.