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Murmansk

Murmansk (Russian: Мурманск; Northern Sami: Murmánska; Kildin Sami: Мурман ланнҍ) is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far northwest part of Russia. It sits on both slopes and banks of a modest ria or fjord, Kola Bay, an estuarine inlet of the Barents Sea. Its bulk is on the east bank of the inlet. It is in the north of the rounded Kola Peninsula which covers most of the oblast. The city is 108 kilometres (67 mi) from the border with Norway and 182 kilometres (113 mi) from the border with Finland.

Murmansk
Мурманск
Other transcription(s)
 • Kildin SamiМурман ланнҍ
 • Northern SamiMurmánska
View of Murmansk celebrating the 65th anniversary of liberation of the Soviet Transarctic
Location of Murmansk
Murmansk
Location of Murmansk
Murmansk
Murmansk (European Russia)
Murmansk
Murmansk (Europe)
Coordinates: 68°58′14″N 33°04′30″E / 68.97056°N 33.07500°E / 68.97056; 33.07500Coordinates: 68°58′14″N 33°04′30″E / 68.97056°N 33.07500°E / 68.97056; 33.07500
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast[1]
Official foundation
date (see text)
October 4, 1916[2]
City status sinceJuly 19, 1916[2]
Government
 • BodyCouncil of Deputies
 • Head/MayorDmitry Filippov (Head)
Evgeniy Nikora (Mayor)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
295,374
 • Rank61st in 2010
 • Subordinated toCity of Murmansk[1]
 • Capital ofMurmansk Oblast[1], City of Murmansk[1]
 • Urban okrugMurmansk Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofMurmansk Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]
183000–183099
Dialing code(s)+7 8152
OKTMO ID47701000001
City DayOctober 4[7]
Websitewww.citymurmansk.ru
Central part of Murmansk

Benefiting from the North Atlantic Current, Murmansk resembles cities of its size across western Russia, with highway and railway access to the rest of Europe, and the northernmost trolleybus system on Earth. It lies over 2° north of the Arctic Circle. Its connectivity contrasts to the isolation of Arctic ports like the Siberian Dikson on the shores of the Kara Sea, and Iqaluit, in the Canadian Arctic. Despite long, snowy winters, Murmansk's climate is moderated by the generally ice-free waters around it.

Although there was a building boom in the early twentieth century's arms races, Murmansk's population has been in decline since the Cold War, from 468,039 (1989 Census);[10] 336,137 (2002 Census);[11] 307,257 (2010 Census);[12] to 270,384 (2021 Census).[13] It remains the largest city north of the Arctic Circle, with over 100,000 more inhabitants than Norilsk, Russia, and is a major port of the Arctic Ocean.[14]

Etymology

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.[15]

History

 
Aerial view of Murmansk, 1936
 
War destruction in Murmansk (1942)

Murmansk was the last city founded in the Russian Empire.[16] In 1915, World War I needs led to the construction of the railroad from Petrozavodsk to an ice-free[clarification needed] location on the Murman Coast in the Russian Arctic, to which Russia's allies shipped military supplies.[2] The terminus became known as the Murman station and soon boasted a port, a naval base, and an adjacent settlement with a population that quickly grew in size and soon surpassed the nearby towns of Alexandrovsk and Kola.[2][17]

On June 29 [O.S. July 12], 1916, Russian Transport Minister Alexander Trepov petitioned to grant urban status to the railway settlement.[2] On July 6 [O.S. July 19], 1916, the petition was approved and the town was named Romanov-on-Murman (Рома́нов-на-Му́рмане, Romanov-na-Murmane), after the Imperial Russian dynasty of Romanovs.[2] On September 21 [O.S. October 4], 1916, the official ceremony was performed,[2] and the date is now considered the official date of the city's foundation. After the February Revolution of 1917, on April 3 [O.S. April 16], 1917, the town was given its present name.[18]

 
HMS Glory, flagship of the British North Russia Squadron in Murmansk in the First World War

In the winter of 1917 the British North Russia Squadron under Rear Admiral Thomas Kemp was established at Murmansk.[19]

From 1918 to 1920, during the Russian Civil War, the town was occupied by the Western powers, who had been allied in World War I, and also controlled by the White Army forces.[20]

On February 13, 1926, local self-government was organized in Murmansk for the first time, during a plenary session of the Murmansk City Soviet, which elected a Presidium.[18] Before this, the city was governed by the authorities of Alexandrovsky Uyezd and later of Murmansk Governorate.[18] On August 1, 1927, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) issued two resolutions: "On the Establishment of Leningrad Oblast" and "On the Borders and Composition of the Okrugs of Leningrad Oblast", which transformed Murmansk Governorate into Murmansk Okrug within Leningrad Oblast and made Murmansk the administrative center of Murmansk Okrug.[18]

In 1934, the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee developed a redistricting proposal, which included a plan to enlarge the city by merging the surrounding territories in the north, south, and west into Murmansk.[18] While this plan was not confirmed by the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee, in 1935–1937 several rural localities of Kolsky and Polyarny Districts were merged into Murmansk anyway.[18]

According to the Presidium of the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee resolution of February 26, 1935, the administrative center of Polyarny District was moved from Polyarnoye to Sayda-Guba.[21] However, the provisions of the resolution were not fully implemented, and due to military construction in Polyarnoye, the administrative center was instead moved to Murmansk in the beginning of 1935.[21] In addition to being the administrative center of Murmansk Okrug, Murmansk continued to serve as the administrative center of Polyarny District until September 11, 1938.[18] On February 10, 1938, when the VTsIK adopted a Resolution changing the administrative-territorial structure of Murmansk Okrug, the city of Murmansk became a separate administrative division of the okrug, equal in status to that of the districts.[18] This status was retained when Murmansk Okrug was transformed into Murmansk Oblast on May 28, 1938.[18] The Germans were promised the use of the port, they called Norwegenhafen for transportation of goods and raw materials from 1922 to 1941.

During World War II, Murmansk was a link to the Western world for the Soviet Union with large quantities of goods important to the respective military efforts traded with the Allies: primarily seeing military equipment, manufactured goods and raw materials brought into the Soviet Union. The supplies were brought to the city in the Arctic convoys.[22]

German forces in Finnish territory launched an offensive against the city in 1941 as part of Operation Silver Fox. Murmansk suffered extensive destruction, the magnitude of which was rivaled only by the destruction of Leningrad and Stalingrad.[23][24] However, fierce Soviet resistance and harsh local weather conditions with the bad terrain prevented the Germans from capturing the city and cutting off the vital Karelian railway line and the ice-free harbor.

The Luftwaffe bombed the city 792 times during World War II.[25]

For the rest of the war, Murmansk served as a transit point for weapons and other supplies entering the Soviet Union from other Allied nations. This resistance was commemorated at the 40th anniversary of the victory over the Germans in the formal designation of Murmansk as a Hero City on May 6, 1985.[26] During the Cold War Murmansk was a center of Soviet submarine and icebreaker activity. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the nearby city and naval base of Severomorsk remains the headquarters of the Russian Northern Fleet.

In 1974, a massive 35.5-meter (116 ft) tall statue Alyosha, depicting a Soviet World War II soldier, was installed on a 7-meter (23 ft) high foundation.[27] The Hotel Arctic opened in 1984 becoming the tallest building above the Arctic Circle.

On January 1, 2015, the territory of Murmansk was expanded when the urban-type settlement of Roslyakovo, previously under the jurisdiction of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk, was abolished and its territory merged into Murmansk.[28]

Administrative and municipal status

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.[1] As a municipal division, the City of Murmansk is incorporated as Murmansk Urban Okrug.[4]

City divisions

 
Lenin Avenue

As of 2012, the city is divided into three administrative okrugs:[29]

City districts were established in Murmansk for the first time by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR of April 20, 1939; at the time, three city districts (Kirovsky, Leninsky, and Mikoyanovsky) were created.[18] They were abolished on June 2, 1948.[18] The same city districts were created for the second time on June 23, 1951.[18]

Mikoyanovsky City District was renamed Oktyabrsky on October 30, 1957, but on September 30, 1958, all three city districts were again abolished.[18] On June 10, 1967, two city districts were created (Leninsky and Oktyabrsky); Pervomaysky City District was split from Oktyabrsky on February 21, 1975.[18] In the Charter of the Hero City of Murmansk, adopted on December 17, 1995, the districts started to be referred to as administrative okrugs.

Demographics

 
Children in Murmansk

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%),[30][31] down from 468,039 recorded in the 1989 Census. Ethnic Russians make up the majority of the population, but Ukrainian and Belarusian minorities also live in the city.

Ethnic composition (2010):[32]

Politics

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.[33]

Museums and monuments

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 Great Patriotic War monument is also located in Murmansk. The main square of Murmansk is Five Corners, Murmansk.

Culture

There are three professional theaters in Murmansk. The oldest is the Murmansk Puppetry, opened in 1933. The largest in the city was the Murmansk Regional Drama Theater, opened in 1939 . the Drama Theater of the Northern Fleet was opened in 1946.[34]

Sports

The city's association football team, FC Sever Murmansk, played in the Russian Second Division until 2014 when it folded due to financial difficulties.

Bandy club Murman[35] has played in the Russian Bandy Super League, last in 2011–2012. Between 2012 and 2018 they were playing in the second tier Russian Bandy Supreme League, but will from the 2018–19 season be a Super League team again.[36] Their home arena, Stadium Stroitel, has an audience capacity of 5,000.[37]

The city is one of only three places with representation in the female league, through the team Arktika.[38] Proximity to pole and its side effects, Polar Night, has brought sport festivals such as North Festival Polar Olympiad [ru] and Sun Festival [ru]. The former has been awarded every years since the inaugural tournament in 1934.[39] Norway, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic countries take part in the North Festival Polar Olympiad.[40]

Religion

To commemorate the 85th anniversary of the city's foundation, the snow-white church of the Savior-on-the-Waters was modeled after the White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal and built on the shore for the sailors of Murmansk.[41]

15 religious associations have been registered in Murmansk.[42] The largest is the Russian Orthodox Church, Murmansk is the center of its Murmansk and Monchegorsk diocese, as well as the Murmansk Metropolis. The city has about a dozen Orthodox churches, the department of the head of the diocese and the metropolis of Metropolitan Simon is located in St. Nicholas Cathedral.[43][44]

Economy

Media

Murmansk's evening newspaper is Vecherniy Murmansk, published since 1991.

Transportation

The port of Murmansk remains ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic Current and is an important fishing and shipping destination. It is home port to Atomflot, the world's only fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers.[45]

The Port of Murmansk is the headquarters of Sevmorput (Northern Sea Route) and the administration of Russian Arctic maritime transport. In 2018, the Russian government transferred the main responsibility for the Northern Sea Route to Rosatom which through its ROSATOMFLOT subsidiary manages the Russian nuclear powered icebreaker fleet based in Murmansk.[46][47]

Murmansk is linked by the Kirov Railway to St. Petersburg and is linked to the rest of Russia by the M18 Kola Motorway. Murmansk Airport provides air links to Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as an international connection to Tromsø, Norway.

Buses and trolleybuses provide local transport.

Arctic Bridge

Murmansk is set to be the Russian terminus of the Arctic Bridge, a sea route linking it to the Canadian port of Churchill, Manitoba. Even though the passage has not been fully tested for commercial shipping yet, Russian interest in this project (along with the Northwest Passage) is substantial, as the bridge will serve as a major trade route between North America, Europe and Asia.[48]

Education

Murmansk is home to Murmansk State Technical University, the Murmansk Arctic State University (formerly Murmansk State Pedagogical University), the Murmansk Institute of Humanities and the Murmansk College of Arts[49] (the only Art School of the Kola Peninsula, formerly the 'Murmansk Music School'). The city has 86 primary schools and 56 secondary schools, two boarding schools, and three reform schools. There is also a branch of the Naval Academy in Murmansk, where cadets study, who in the future should become officers of the Russian Navy.

Twin towns – sister cities

Murmansk is twinned with:[50]

Former Twin towns – sister cities

Notable people

Geography

 
View of Murmansk

Climate

Murmansk features a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), with long and cold 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, Russia
Climate chart (explanation)
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−7
−13
 
 
22
 
 
−7
−13
 
 
24
 
 
−2
−9
 
 
25
 
 
3
−4
 
 
37
 
 
8
1
 
 
55
 
 
14
6
 
 
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17
9
 
 
62
 
 
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4
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39
 
 
−3
−7
 
 
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−5
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: Météo Climat[55]
Imperial conversion
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1.2
 
 
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37
25
 
 
1.5
 
 
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56
42
 
 
2.8
 
 
63
49
 
 
2.4
 
 
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46
 
 
2
 
 
50
40
 
 
2.1
 
 
38
31
 
 
1.5
 
 
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19
 
 
1.4
 
 
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12
Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches

Murmansk's brief summer is mild, with average highs in July exceeding +17 °C (63 °F). The city is slightly wetter during the summer than the winter and receives an annual average of just under 500 mm (20 in) of precipitation.

The "midnight sun" is above the horizon from 22 May to 23 July (63 days), and the period with continuous darkness lasts a bit shorter, polar night from 2 December to 10 January (40 days).

Extreme temperatures range from −39.4 °C (−38.9 °F) on January 6, 1985 and January 27, 1999 up to 32.9 °C (91.2 °F) on July 9, 1972; the record cold daily maximum is −36.1 °C (−33.0 °F), set on January 6, 1985, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is 21.3 °C (70.3 °F) last set on July 9, 1972.[56]

Murmansk has been affected by global warming in recent decades, similar to other Arctic locations. For example, December 2007 had an average high of 0.8 °C (33.4 °F), while a 2.3 °C (36.1 °F) average high was measured for March 2007.[57][58] Summer has also been affected, with a 19.1 °C (66.4 °F) average high for June 2013, and a 24.3 °C (75.7 °F) average high during July 2018.[59][60]

Climate data for Murmansk (1991–2020, extremes 1918–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 7.0
(44.6)
6.6
(43.9)
9.0
(48.2)
17.6
(63.7)
29.4
(84.9)
30.8
(87.4)
32.9
(91.2)
30.2
(86.4)
24.2
(75.6)
15.0
(59.0)
9.6
(49.3)
7.2
(45.0)
32.9
(91.2)
Average high °C (°F) −6.5
(20.3)
−6.4
(20.5)
−1.9
(28.6)
2.9
(37.2)
8.4
(47.1)
13.8
(56.8)
17.7
(63.9)
15.3
(59.5)
10.7
(51.3)
3.6
(38.5)
−1.8
(28.8)
−4.1
(24.6)
4.3
(39.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −9.6
(14.7)
−9.3
(15.3)
−5.1
(22.8)
−0.3
(31.5)
4.6
(40.3)
9.4
(48.9)
13.2
(55.8)
11.5
(52.7)
7.6
(45.7)
1.6
(34.9)
−4.0
(24.8)
−6.8
(19.8)
1.1
(34.0)
Average low °C (°F) −12.7
(9.1)
−12.3
(9.9)
−8.2
(17.2)
−3.3
(26.1)
1.5
(34.7)
5.9
(42.6)
9.6
(49.3)
8.3
(46.9)
5.1
(41.2)
−0.3
(31.5)
−6.2
(20.8)
−9.6
(14.7)
−1.8
(28.8)
Record low °C (°F) −39.4
(−38.9)
−38.6
(−37.5)
−32.6
(−26.7)
−24.0
(−11.2)
−10.3
(13.5)
−2.8
(27.0)
1.7
(35.1)
−2.0
(28.4)
−10.1
(13.8)
−21.2
(−6.2)
−32.2
(−26.0)
−34.9
(−30.8)
−39.4
(−38.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 34
(1.3)
24
(0.9)
29
(1.1)
29
(1.1)
37
(1.5)
56
(2.2)
66
(2.6)
71
(2.8)
54
(2.1)
56
(2.2)
36
(1.4)
37
(1.5)
529
(20.8)
Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) 26
(10)
28
(11)
30
(12)
19
(7.5)
2
(0.8)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
3
(1.2)
11
(4.3)
19
(7.5)
30
(12)
Average rainy days 2 2 3 9 18 22 22 22 24 17 5 3 149
Average snowy days 27 26 24 19 14 4 0.03 0.1 2 16 24 27 183
Average relative humidity (%) 84 83 79 73 72 70 75 79 80 83 86 85 79
Mean monthly sunshine hours 3 33 122 182 192 228 236 154 89 47 7 0 1,293
Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net[61]
Source 2: NOAA (sun, 1961–1990)[62]
Sea temperature data for Murmansk
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average sea temperature °C (°F) 3.4
(38.12)
2.5
(36.5)
1.9
(35.42)
2.2
(35.96)
3.9
(35.96)
7.1
(44.78)
10.5
(50.9)
10.9
(51.62)
9
(48.2)
7
(44.6)
5.3
(41.54)
4.6
(40.28)
5.69
(42.245)
Source:[63]

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  • (in Russian)
  • Interactive map of Murmansk May 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
  • Murmansk's gorgeous garages — a photo journal by BBC news journalist Jorn Madslien
  • Views of Murmansk group on Flickr
  • Video overview of Murmansk in English, 4½ minutes, 2009
  • Murmansk State Technical University
  • British North Russian Expeditionary Force 1918–1919 (based at Murmansk)
  • "Big-dollar deals tempt Arctic firms" BBC article on the energy industry's effect on Murmansk

murmansk, other, uses, disambiguation, russian, Мурманск, northern, sami, murmánska, kildin, sami, Мурман, ланнҍ, port, city, administrative, center, oblast, northwest, part, russia, sits, both, slopes, banks, modest, fjord, kola, estuarine, inlet, barents, bu. For other uses see Murmansk disambiguation Murmansk Russian Murmansk Northern Sami Murmanska Kildin Sami Murman lannҍ is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far northwest part of Russia It sits on both slopes and banks of a modest ria or fjord Kola Bay an estuarine inlet of the Barents Sea Its bulk is on the east bank of the inlet It is in the north of the rounded Kola Peninsula which covers most of the oblast The city is 108 kilometres 67 mi from the border with Norway and 182 kilometres 113 mi from the border with Finland Murmansk MurmanskCity 1 Other transcription s Kildin SamiMurman lannҍ Northern SamiMurmanskaView of Murmansk celebrating the 65th anniversary of liberation of the Soviet TransarcticCoat of armsLocation of MurmanskMurmanskLocation of MurmanskShow map of Murmansk OblastMurmanskMurmansk European Russia Show map of European RussiaMurmanskMurmansk Europe Show map of EuropeCoordinates 68 58 14 N 33 04 30 E 68 97056 N 33 07500 E 68 97056 33 07500 Coordinates 68 58 14 N 33 04 30 E 68 97056 N 33 07500 E 68 97056 33 07500CountryRussiaFederal subjectMurmansk Oblast 1 Official foundationdate see text October 4 1916 2 City status sinceJuly 19 1916 2 Government BodyCouncil of Deputies Head MayorDmitry Filippov Head Evgeniy Nikora Mayor Elevation50 m 160 ft Population Estimate 2018 3 295 374 Rank61st in 2010Administrative status Subordinated toCity of Murmansk 1 Capital ofMurmansk Oblast 1 City of Murmansk 1 Municipal status Urban okrugMurmansk Urban Okrug 4 Capital ofMurmansk Urban Okrug 4 Time zoneUTC 3 MSK 5 Postal code s 6 183000 183099Dialing code s 7 8152OKTMO ID47701000001City DayOctober 4 7 Websitewww wbr citymurmansk wbr ruCentral part of Murmansk Benefiting from the North Atlantic Current Murmansk resembles cities of its size across western Russia with highway and railway access to the rest of Europe and the northernmost trolleybus system on Earth It lies over 2 north of the Arctic Circle Its connectivity contrasts to the isolation of Arctic ports like the Siberian Dikson on the shores of the Kara Sea and Iqaluit in the Canadian Arctic Despite long snowy winters Murmansk s climate is moderated by the generally ice free waters around it Although there was a building boom in the early twentieth century s arms races Murmansk s population has been in decline since the Cold War from 468 039 1989 Census 10 336 137 2002 Census 11 307 257 2010 Census 12 to 270 384 2021 Census 13 It remains the largest city north of the Arctic Circle with over 100 000 more inhabitants than Norilsk Russia and is a major port of the Arctic Ocean 14 Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Administrative and municipal status 3 1 City divisions 4 Demographics 5 Politics 6 Museums and monuments 7 Culture 8 Sports 9 Religion 10 Economy 10 1 Media 10 2 Transportation 10 2 1 Arctic Bridge 11 Education 12 Twin towns sister cities 13 Former Twin towns sister cities 14 Notable people 15 Geography 15 1 Climate 16 References 16 1 Notes 16 2 Sources 17 External linksEtymology EditThe name of the city is derived from Murman from an old name for Norwegians by Russians likely a borrowing from Old Norse nordmadr which gave its name to the Murman Coast and the surrounding region including the Kola Peninsula 15 History Edit Aerial view of Murmansk 1936 War destruction in Murmansk 1942 Murmansk was the last city founded in the Russian Empire 16 In 1915 World War I needs led to the construction of the railroad from Petrozavodsk to an ice free clarification needed location on the Murman Coast in the Russian Arctic to which Russia s allies shipped military supplies 2 The terminus became known as the Murman station and soon boasted a port a naval base and an adjacent settlement with a population that quickly grew in size and soon surpassed the nearby towns of Alexandrovsk and Kola 2 17 On June 29 O S July 12 1916 Russian Transport Minister Alexander Trepov petitioned to grant urban status to the railway settlement 2 On July 6 O S July 19 1916 the petition was approved and the town was named Romanov on Murman Roma nov na Mu rmane Romanov na Murmane after the Imperial Russian dynasty of Romanovs 2 On September 21 O S October 4 1916 the official ceremony was performed 2 and the date is now considered the official date of the city s foundation After the February Revolution of 1917 on April 3 O S April 16 1917 the town was given its present name 18 HMS Glory flagship of the British North Russia Squadron in Murmansk in the First World War In the winter of 1917 the British North Russia Squadron under Rear Admiral Thomas Kemp was established at Murmansk 19 From 1918 to 1920 during the Russian Civil War the town was occupied by the Western powers who had been allied in World War I and also controlled by the White Army forces 20 On February 13 1926 local self government was organized in Murmansk for the first time during a plenary session of the Murmansk City Soviet which elected a Presidium 18 Before this the city was governed by the authorities of Alexandrovsky Uyezd and later of Murmansk Governorate 18 On August 1 1927 the All Russian Central Executive Committee VTsIK issued two resolutions On the Establishment of Leningrad Oblast and On the Borders and Composition of the Okrugs of Leningrad Oblast which transformed Murmansk Governorate into Murmansk Okrug within Leningrad Oblast and made Murmansk the administrative center of Murmansk Okrug 18 In 1934 the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee developed a redistricting proposal which included a plan to enlarge the city by merging the surrounding territories in the north south and west into Murmansk 18 While this plan was not confirmed by the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee in 1935 1937 several rural localities of Kolsky and Polyarny Districts were merged into Murmansk anyway 18 According to the Presidium of the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee resolution of February 26 1935 the administrative center of Polyarny District was moved from Polyarnoye to Sayda Guba 21 However the provisions of the resolution were not fully implemented and due to military construction in Polyarnoye the administrative center was instead moved to Murmansk in the beginning of 1935 21 In addition to being the administrative center of Murmansk Okrug Murmansk continued to serve as the administrative center of Polyarny District until September 11 1938 18 On February 10 1938 when the VTsIK adopted a Resolution changing the administrative territorial structure of Murmansk Okrug the city of Murmansk became a separate administrative division of the okrug equal in status to that of the districts 18 This status was retained when Murmansk Okrug was transformed into Murmansk Oblast on May 28 1938 18 The Germans were promised the use of the port they called Norwegenhafen for transportation of goods and raw materials from 1922 to 1941 During World War II Murmansk was a link to the Western world for the Soviet Union with large quantities of goods important to the respective military efforts traded with the Allies primarily seeing military equipment manufactured goods and raw materials brought into the Soviet Union The supplies were brought to the city in the Arctic convoys 22 German forces in Finnish territory launched an offensive against the city in 1941 as part of Operation Silver Fox Murmansk suffered extensive destruction the magnitude of which was rivaled only by the destruction of Leningrad and Stalingrad 23 24 However fierce Soviet resistance and harsh local weather conditions with the bad terrain prevented the Germans from capturing the city and cutting off the vital Karelian railway line and the ice free harbor The Luftwaffe bombed the city 792 times during World War II 25 For the rest of the war Murmansk served as a transit point for weapons and other supplies entering the Soviet Union from other Allied nations This resistance was commemorated at the 40th anniversary of the victory over the Germans in the formal designation of Murmansk as a Hero City on May 6 1985 26 During the Cold War Murmansk was a center of Soviet submarine and icebreaker activity After the dissolution of the Soviet Union the nearby city and naval base of Severomorsk remains the headquarters of the Russian Northern Fleet In 1974 a massive 35 5 meter 116 ft tall statue Alyosha depicting a Soviet World War II soldier was installed on a 7 meter 23 ft high foundation 27 The Hotel Arctic opened in 1984 becoming the tallest building above the Arctic Circle On January 1 2015 the territory of Murmansk was expanded when the urban type settlement of Roslyakovo previously under the jurisdiction of the closed administrative territorial formation of Severomorsk was abolished and its territory merged into Murmansk 28 Administrative and municipal status EditWithin 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 1 As a municipal division the City of Murmansk is incorporated as Murmansk Urban Okrug 4 City divisions Edit Lenin Avenue As of 2012 update the city is divided into three administrative okrugs 29 Leninsky Leninskij Lenin Oktyabrsky Oktyabrskij October Pervomaysky Pervomajskij First May City districts were established in Murmansk for the first time by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR of April 20 1939 at the time three city districts Kirovsky Leninsky and Mikoyanovsky were created 18 They were abolished on June 2 1948 18 The same city districts were created for the second time on June 23 1951 18 Mikoyanovsky City District was renamed Oktyabrsky on October 30 1957 but on September 30 1958 all three city districts were again abolished 18 On June 10 1967 two city districts were created Leninsky and Oktyabrsky Pervomaysky City District was split from Oktyabrsky on February 21 1975 18 In the Charter of the Hero City of Murmansk adopted on December 17 1995 the districts started to be referred to as administrative okrugs Demographics Edit Children in Murmansk 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 30 31 down from 468 039 recorded in the 1989 Census Ethnic Russians make up the majority of the population but Ukrainian and Belarusian minorities also live in the city Ethnic composition 2010 32 Russians 89 6 Ukrainians 4 6 Belarusians 1 6 Tatars 0 8 Azerbaijanis 0 7 Others 2 6 Politics EditIn 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 33 Museums and monuments EditMurmansk 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 Great Patriotic War monument is also located in Murmansk The main square of Murmansk is Five Corners Murmansk Lenin converted into a museum ship Monument of sailors in Murmansk Memorial to Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War Monument to the victims of the intervention of 1918 1920 MurmanskCulture EditThere are three professional theaters in Murmansk The oldest is the Murmansk Puppetry opened in 1933 The largest in the city was the Murmansk Regional Drama Theater opened in 1939 the Drama Theater of the Northern Fleet was opened in 1946 34 Drama Theater of the Northern Fleet Murmansk Regional Drama Theater Murmansk PuppetrySports EditThe city s association football team FC Sever Murmansk played in the Russian Second Division until 2014 when it folded due to financial difficulties Stadium Stroitel Bandy at Stroitel stadium Trade Unions Central Stadium venue of FC Sever Murmansk Murmansk Municipal Swimming Pool Polar Olympiada in 2013Bandy club Murman 35 has played in the Russian Bandy Super League last in 2011 2012 Between 2012 and 2018 they were playing in the second tier Russian Bandy Supreme League but will from the 2018 19 season be a Super League team again 36 Their home arena Stadium Stroitel has an audience capacity of 5 000 37 The city is one of only three places with representation in the female league through the team Arktika 38 Proximity to pole and its side effects Polar Night has brought sport festivals such as North Festival Polar Olympiad ru and Sun Festival ru The former has been awarded every years since the inaugural tournament in 1934 39 Norway Finland Sweden Ukraine Belarus and the Baltic countries take part in the North Festival Polar Olympiad 40 Religion EditTo commemorate the 85th anniversary of the city s foundation the snow white church of the Savior on the Waters was modeled after the White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal and built on the shore for the sailors of Murmansk 41 15 religious associations have been registered in Murmansk 42 The largest is the Russian Orthodox Church Murmansk is the center of its Murmansk and Monchegorsk diocese as well as the Murmansk Metropolis The city has about a dozen Orthodox churches the department of the head of the diocese and the metropolis of Metropolitan Simon is located in St Nicholas Cathedral 43 44 Church of the Saviour on the Water Murmansk St Michael the Archangel s Church All Saints Church St Nicholas CathedralEconomy EditMedia Edit Murmansk s evening newspaper is Vecherniy Murmansk published since 1991 Transportation Edit The port of Murmansk remains ice free year round due to the warm North Atlantic Current and is an important fishing and shipping destination It is home port to Atomflot the world s only fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers 45 The Port of Murmansk is the headquarters of Sevmorput Northern Sea Route and the administration of Russian Arctic maritime transport In 2018 the Russian government transferred the main responsibility for the Northern Sea Route to Rosatom which through its ROSATOMFLOT subsidiary manages the Russian nuclear powered icebreaker fleet based in Murmansk 46 47 Murmansk is linked by the Kirov Railway to St Petersburg and is linked to the rest of Russia by the M18 Kola Motorway Murmansk Airport provides air links to Moscow and St Petersburg as well as an international connection to Tromso Norway Buses and trolleybuses provide local transport Murmansk central rail station Port of Murmansk Trolley Ziu 682 with Azimut Hotel Murmansk in the background An interchange of the Eastern Bypass Road and Planernaya Street Murmansk Airport Kirov Railway connects Murmansk city and Saint Petersburg Arctic Bridge sea route linking Murmansk to the Canadian port of Churchill Manitoba Arctic Bridge Edit Murmansk is set to be the Russian terminus of the Arctic Bridge a sea route linking it to the Canadian port of Churchill Manitoba Even though the passage has not been fully tested for commercial shipping yet Russian interest in this project along with the Northwest Passage is substantial as the bridge will serve as a major trade route between North America Europe and Asia 48 Education Edit Murmansk State Technical University Murmansk is home to Murmansk State Technical University the Murmansk Arctic State University formerly Murmansk State Pedagogical University the Murmansk Institute of Humanities and the Murmansk College of Arts 49 the only Art School of the Kola Peninsula formerly the Murmansk Music School The city has 86 primary schools and 56 secondary schools two boarding schools and three reform schools There is also a branch of the Naval Academy in Murmansk where cadets study who in the future should become officers of the Russian Navy Twin towns sister cities EditSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia Murmansk is twinned with 50 Lulea Sweden 1972 Vadso Norway 1973 Jacksonville United States 1975 Groningen Netherlands 1989 Alanya Turkey 2014 Minsk Belarus 2014 Harbin China 2016 Former Twin towns sister cities Edit Szczecin 1993 2022 Cancelled as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Rovaniemi 1962 2022 Cancelled as a result of Russian invasion of Ukraine 51 52 Tromso 1972 2022 Cancelled because of concerns related to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 53 Akureyri Iceland 1994 2022 Cancelled as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 54 Notable people EditNikita Alexeev ice hockey player Vitaliy Nikolayevich Bubentsov Russian artist Aleksey Goman pop singer Kate Grigorieva supermodel Valentina Gunina chess grandmaster Halyna Hutchins cinematographer and journalist Vladimir Konstantinov ice hockey player Irina Kovalenko supermodel and Miss Russia winner Larisa Kruglova sprinter Sergey Kuryokhin actor and musician Irina Malgina biathlete Elizaveta Nazarenkova Uzbek rhythmic gymnast Yevgeny Nikitin opera singer Zlata Ognevich Ukrainian singer Sergei Rozhkov biathlete Alexei Semenov ice hockey player Sergey Subbotin former mayor Konstantin Volkov ice hockey player Vitaly Zdorovetskiy YouTube personality prankster Yana Kunitskaya UFC bantamweight fighterGeography Edit View of Murmansk Climate Edit Murmansk features a subarctic climate Koppen Dfc with long and cold 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 RussiaClimate chart explanation J F M A M J J A S O N D 31 7 13 22 7 13 24 2 9 25 3 4 37 8 1 55 14 6 71 17 9 62 15 8 52 10 5 52 4 0 39 3 7 34 5 11 Average max and min temperatures in C Precipitation totals in mmSource Meteo Climat 55 Imperial conversionJFMAMJJASOND 1 2 19 9 0 9 20 9 0 9 28 16 1 37 25 1 5 46 34 2 1 56 42 2 8 63 49 2 4 59 46 2 50 40 2 1 38 31 1 5 28 19 1 4 22 12 Average max and min temperatures in F Precipitation totals in inchesMurmansk s brief summer is mild with average highs in July exceeding 17 C 63 F The city is slightly wetter during the summer than the winter and receives an annual average of just under 500 mm 20 in of precipitation The midnight sun is above the horizon from 22 May to 23 July 63 days and the period with continuous darkness lasts a bit shorter polar night from 2 December to 10 January 40 days Extreme temperatures range from 39 4 C 38 9 F on January 6 1985 and January 27 1999 up to 32 9 C 91 2 F on July 9 1972 the record cold daily maximum is 36 1 C 33 0 F set on January 6 1985 while conversely the record warm daily minimum is 21 3 C 70 3 F last set on July 9 1972 56 Murmansk has been affected by global warming in recent decades similar to other Arctic locations For example December 2007 had an average high of 0 8 C 33 4 F while a 2 3 C 36 1 F average high was measured for March 2007 57 58 Summer has also been affected with a 19 1 C 66 4 F average high for June 2013 and a 24 3 C 75 7 F average high during July 2018 59 60 Climate data for Murmansk 1991 2020 extremes 1918 present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 7 0 44 6 6 6 43 9 9 0 48 2 17 6 63 7 29 4 84 9 30 8 87 4 32 9 91 2 30 2 86 4 24 2 75 6 15 0 59 0 9 6 49 3 7 2 45 0 32 9 91 2 Average high C F 6 5 20 3 6 4 20 5 1 9 28 6 2 9 37 2 8 4 47 1 13 8 56 8 17 7 63 9 15 3 59 5 10 7 51 3 3 6 38 5 1 8 28 8 4 1 24 6 4 3 39 7 Daily mean C F 9 6 14 7 9 3 15 3 5 1 22 8 0 3 31 5 4 6 40 3 9 4 48 9 13 2 55 8 11 5 52 7 7 6 45 7 1 6 34 9 4 0 24 8 6 8 19 8 1 1 34 0 Average low C F 12 7 9 1 12 3 9 9 8 2 17 2 3 3 26 1 1 5 34 7 5 9 42 6 9 6 49 3 8 3 46 9 5 1 41 2 0 3 31 5 6 2 20 8 9 6 14 7 1 8 28 8 Record low C F 39 4 38 9 38 6 37 5 32 6 26 7 24 0 11 2 10 3 13 5 2 8 27 0 1 7 35 1 2 0 28 4 10 1 13 8 21 2 6 2 32 2 26 0 34 9 30 8 39 4 38 9 Average precipitation mm inches 34 1 3 24 0 9 29 1 1 29 1 1 37 1 5 56 2 2 66 2 6 71 2 8 54 2 1 56 2 2 36 1 4 37 1 5 529 20 8 Average extreme snow depth cm inches 26 10 28 11 30 12 19 7 5 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 11 4 3 19 7 5 30 12 Average rainy days 2 2 3 9 18 22 22 22 24 17 5 3 149Average snowy days 27 26 24 19 14 4 0 03 0 1 2 16 24 27 183Average relative humidity 84 83 79 73 72 70 75 79 80 83 86 85 79Mean monthly sunshine hours 3 33 122 182 192 228 236 154 89 47 7 0 1 293Source 1 Pogoda ru net 61 Source 2 NOAA sun 1961 1990 62 Sea temperature data for MurmanskMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearAverage sea temperature C F 3 4 38 12 2 5 36 5 1 9 35 42 2 2 35 96 3 9 35 96 7 1 44 78 10 5 50 9 10 9 51 62 9 48 2 7 44 6 5 3 41 54 4 6 40 28 5 69 42 245 Source 63 References EditNotes Edit a b c d e f Law 96 01 ZMO a b c d e f g Administrative Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast p 24 26 Chislennost postoyannogo naseleniya Rossijskoj Federacii po municipalnym obrazovaniyam na 1 yanvarya 2018 goda Federal State Statistics Service 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