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The Northern Fleet's main base is Severomorsk. There are six more naval bases at Polyarnyy, Olenya Bay, Gadzhiyevo (Yagelnaya/Sayda), Vidyayevo (Ura Bay and Ara Bay), Bolshaya Lopatka (Litsa Guba), and Gremikha. Civilian Arktika nuclear-powered icebreakers are based at Murmansk.
Severomorsk-3 (also referred to as Malyavr or Murmansk Northeast) is an air base of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is located 28 kilometers (17 mi) east of Murmansk, next to Lake Malyavr in the west of the Kola Peninsula.
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The name of the city is derived from Murman, from an old name for Norwegians by Russians, likely a borrowing from Old Norse norðmaðr, which gave its name to the Murman Coast and the surrounding region including the Kola Peninsula.
Murmansk was the last city founded in the Russian Empire. In 1915, World War I needs led to the construction of the railroad from Petrozavodsk to an ice-free location on the Murman Coast in the Russian Arctic, to which Russia's allies shipped military supplies. The terminus became known as the Murman station and soon boasted a port, a naval base, a...
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the City of Murmansk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the City of Murmansk is incorporated as Murmansk Urban Okrug.
Climate
Murmansk experiences a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), with long and cold (though average by arcticstandards) winters and short, cool summers. In the city, freezing temperatures are routinely experienced from October to May. Average temperatures exceed 0 degrees Celsius only from May through October. The average low during the coldest part of the year in Murmansk is approximately −14 °C (7 °F). However, temperatures routinely plunge below −20 °C (−4 °F) during the winter. Murmansk's brief sum...
The population of the city, according to the 2010 Census, was 307,257, of these, 141,130 men (45.9%) and 166,127 women (54.1%), down from 468,039 recorded in the 1989 Census. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the city has been consistently losing population, as the extensive military facilities the city is built around have declined. Ethnic R...
In November 2010 direct mayoral elections were abolished; they were reinstituted in January 2014, with the most recent elections for mayor and city council taking place in September 2014.
Murmansk has two main museums: Murmansk Oblast Museum and Murmansk Oblast Art Museum; there are also several small museums. There are three professional theaters, libraries, and an aquarium in Murmansk.Murmansk is the venue of the decommissioned Lenin which is now a museum ship.Alyosha Monument, Murmansk or Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the...
There are three professional theaters in Murmansk. The oldest is the Murmansk Puppetry, which opened in 1933. The largest in the city was the Murmansk Regional Drama Theater, which opened in 1939. The Drama Theater of the Northern Fleet was opened in 1946. 1. Drama Theater of the Northern Fleet 2. Murmansk Regional Drama Theater 3. Murmansk Puppetr...
The city's association football teams are FC Sever Murmansk, which played in the Russian Second Division until 2014 when it folded due to financial difficulties, and FC Murmansk, a football team founded in 2022. 1. Stadium Stroitel 2. Bandy at Stroitel stadium 3. Trade Unions Central Stadium venue of FC Sever Murmansk 4. Murmansk Municipal Swimming...
To commemorate the 85th anniversary of the city's foundation, the snow-white Church of the Saviour on the Waters was modeled after the White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdaland built on the shore for the sailors of Murmansk. Fifteen religious associations have been registered in Murmansk.The largest is the Russian Orthodox Church, Murmansk is the c...
Mar 23, 2020 · Severomorsk-1 dates to World War II, when it was known simply as Severomorsk air base, protecting the Soviet Union’s northern flank and providing air protection for both navy facilities on the Kola Peninsula and Allied supply convoys destined for the port of Murmansk.1 During the Cold War, Severomorsk-1’s strategic importance increased, along wi...
Jan 13, 2021 · The fleet’s main naval base Severomorsk is located near Murmansk and it maintains at least six additional bases across the district. A decade of revitalizing Northern Fleet.
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Sep 16, 2018 · 中文. Русский. Satellite images reveal Russian navy’s massive rearmament on Kola Peninsula. By. Thomas Nilsen. September 16, 2018. About 50 brand new reinforced large weapons bunkers are under construction at Okolnaya Bay just north of Severomorsk. Read in Russian | Читать по-русски.
The Murmansk Nakhimov Naval School (Russian:Мурманское Нахимовское военно-морское училище) is one of five Nakhimov Naval Schools in Russia. The current head of the school is Vice Admiral Alexei Maksimchuk.
