On the Independence Day (instituted in memory of the Soviet Union falling apart in 1991), there is a mass run from Niva-2 to Kandalaksha on June 12.

The distances are 10km, 5km, and 3km.

Participants are registering in the “Palace of Sports” in Niva-2 between 10 and 11am, and then starting at 12 noon off the 15th kilometer of the Kandalaksha to Polarnye Zori road.