Murmansk, Russia. Welcome!

The city of Murmansk is the administration

centre of the Murmansk region. It was founded in
the reign of the Romanov tsar, Nicolay II, on
October 4 the 1916 and was original called
Romanov-na-Murmane.

In 1917 it was renamed Murmansk.

Murmansk is situated on the eastern coast of the

Kola Bay. It takes good economical and
geographical situation. Murmansk is a maritime
city.

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 There are the Trade Sea Port founded in 1915),
the Fishing Port (1934), the first Russian Trawler
Fleet (1920), The Murmansk Shipping Company
and a lot of other large enterprises dealing with
the sea. Here is the unique nuclear icebreaker
fleet. In 1977 the nuclear icebreaker "Lenin"
reached the geographical point of the North Pole.

Murmansk was strategically important city of the

Soviet Union in the period of the First World
War. Murmansk is one of the few Russian towns
which was not occupied by the Nazis in the period
of the Second World War.

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 On May 6 of 1985 Murmansk was decorated with
the rank of "Hero-City".

Murmansk is the largest city behind the Polar

circle. The number of population is about 350
thousand people. It is divided into three main
districts: Leninsky, Oktyabrsky and
Pervomaysky.

The main branches of the industry are fishery

catching and fishery processing industry,
maritime transport, ship repair, marine, railway
and car transportation, metal processing, food
industry, marine geology, geological exploring
works on the shelf of the Arctic seas.

The main types of producing products are

products of fish, tins, metal products, catching
equipment, and packing material. The outlooks
of city development connect with fish industry
and fish processing and with development of
Arctic oil and gas development. There are some
outlooks for the development of Arctic
transportation.

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 There is administrative authority of the
Murmansk region in Murmansk, the
Government of the Murmansk region, the chief
Federal inspector of the Murmansk region, some
federal representatives and departments.
The main scientific institutions are Polar
research scientific institute of the fishery industry
and oceanography (PINRO).
The Murmansk marine biological institute of the
Russian Academy of Science (MMBI), Polar
geophysical institute of the Kola scientific centre
of the Russian Academy of Science.
The most important educational institutions are
Murmansk State Technical University (MSTU),
Murmansk State Pedagogical University (MSPU),
26 of the other institutions of the higher
education or their branches, departments and
study consultation centers.
Secondary professional academic institutions are
Murmansk maritime fishery college, Cooperative
technical school, Murmansk College of economy,
statistic and informational science, Murmansk
musical college, Murmansk pedagogical college,
Murmansk Medicine College.

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 There are more 70 professional technical colleges,
schools, gymnasiums and lyceums in Murmansk.

The main cultural institutions are the Regional

Drama theatre, the Regional Palace of Culture,
the Regional Museum of local lore, the Museum
of the Northern Fleet, the Regional Universal
Scientific Library, the Theatre of the Northern
Fleet, the Regional Puppet Shoe and etc.

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 Different tourist firms of Murmansk organize
fishery ecological tourism. Murmansk
Shipping Company conducts cruises on the
icebreakers to the districts of the North Pole
(Arctic tourism).

The twin towns of Murmansk are Vadso and

Tromso (Norway), Lulea (Sweden),
Rovaniemi (Finland), Jacksonville (the USA),
Groningen (Netherlands), Akkureiri (Island)
and Shetsin (Poland).The Government of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian
Federation, General Consulate of Norway,
Honored Consulate of Island, branches of
general consulates of Finland and Sweden.

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 Murmansk, Russia.
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