- Severomorsk
Severomorsk ( _ru. Северомо́рск) is a closed town in
Murmansk Oblast ,Russia , located about km to mi|25 north ofMurmansk along theKola Bay . This is the main administrative base of theRussian Northern Fleet . Severomorsk has the largestdry dock in theKola Peninsula .It was founded in the second half of the 19th century as Vayenga settlement. The settlement was renamed Severomorsk when it was granted town status in 1951.
Together with its subordinated
urban-type settlement s ofRoslyakovo and Safonovo, it has an urbanpopulation of 75,337 people (2002 Census). The population of the town proper was 55,102.External links
* [http://www.severomorsk.hotmail.ru/1024x768Eng/CHistory/index.html Severomorsk's Website]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=69.066925,33.409424&spn=0.118625,0.468361&t=k&hl=en Satellite picture by Google Maps]Template group
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