Murmansk

Murmansk (Russian: Мурманск; Kildin Sami: Мурман ланнҍ; Skolt Sami: Muurman and Northern Sami: Murmánska) 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, with its bulk 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
  Skolt SamiMuurman
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
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast
Official foundation
date (see text)
October 4, 1916
City status sinceJuly 19, 1916
Government
  BodyCouncil of Deputies
  Head/MayorDmitry Filippov (Head)
Evgeniy Nikora (Mayor)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
  Estimate 
(2018)
295,374
  Rank61st in 2010
  Subordinated toCity of Murmansk
  Capital ofMurmansk Oblast, City of Murmansk
  Urban okrugMurmansk Urban Okrug
  Capital ofMurmansk Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
183000–183099
Dialing code(s)+7 8152
OKTMO ID47701000001
City DayOctober 4
Websitewww.citymurmansk.ru

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 with 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); 336,137(2002 Census); 307,257(2010 Census); to 270,384 (2021 Census). It remains the world's 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.

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