The treaty did not delineate the border but rather stipulated which part of the Sami people would pay tribute to Norway and which to Novgorod, creating a kind of buffer zone in between the countries.
Traktaten fastlagde ikke grænsen i egentlig forstand men fastlagde snarere hvilke samer, der skulle betale skat til Norge og hvilke til Novgorod, hvorved der dannedes en slags bufferzone imellem landene.