Murmansk

Murmansk oblast center, the largest city in the world , located above the Arctic Circle , in the permafrost zone . This is a major seaport in northern Russia , is based here the world's only nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet .In 1915, during World War I on the right bank of the Kola Bay in the Barents Sea was founded Murmansk seaport and It - port town Semenov , named after the bay where the docks were constructed , and the nearest lake.4oktyabrya 1916, when the settlement was given the status of the city, considered the founding date of the last city, founded by the Russian Empire .

Modern Murmansk stretches over 20 kilometers along the rocky eastern coast of the Kola Bay , 50 km from the exit to the open sea .It is located in 1967 kilometers north of Moscow and in 1448 kilometers from St. Petersburg.

In 1977, out of Murmansk would go back here and nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika , for the first time in human history has reached the North Pole on the surface swimming.

This is an industrial center of the region .It developed industries such as fishing and fish processing , sea transport, ship repair , marine, rail and road transportation , metalworking , food processing , marine geology , exploration on the continental shelf of Arctic seas.

Murmansk - a large railway junction .The water area of ​​commercial and fishing port is ice all year round . Here is a database service nuclear-powered icebreakers . There is a base for offshore service vessels and platforms .

In Murmansk, despite his young age, many attractions are located . In the three districts of the city has more than 30 monuments and memorial plates.The most notable two memorial complex: a monument to the defenders of the Soviet Arctic and the sailors who lost their lives in peacetime. Alyosha , a monument to the defenders of the Arctic is one of the largest monuments in Russia.

Most sights are concentrated in the October District, Five Corners area and the main avenue .Here lies the tallest building in the city - sixteen Hotel Arctic, as well as the first monument to Murmansk - a monument to the victims of foreign intervention. The heart of the Leninsky district was Semenovskoe lake in its center is a fountain. On its shores is located Murmansk Oceanarium , the northernmost in the world.The original card of the city were recently constructed bridge and the Kola Church of the Savior -on- water.

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