Zaozyorsk

Zaozyorsk

Zaozyorsk ( _ru. Заозёрск), formerly called Murmansk-150 ( _ru. Му́рманск-150), is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Population: ru-census2002|12687|.

Zaozyorsk was originally formed in 1958 as a settlement called Zaozerny Village. The aim of the settlement was to be a base for a nuclear underwater fleet that was to protect Soviet's northern sea border. The base was renamed in 1959 as Zapadnaya Litsa.

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