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Ostrovnoy, Murmansk Oblast

Ostrovnoy (Russian: Островно́й), previously known as Murmansk-140 (Му́рманск-140),[6] is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,171;[2] down from 5,032 recorded in the 2002 Census.[7]

History

The first naval base was established here in 1915.[citation needed] There is no rail link to Ostrovnoy and the settlement is reachable by coastal ship, helicopter or small plane in winter.[citation needed]

Until 1938, the town was known as Yokanga. Until 1981,[citation needed] the town was known as Gremikha.[8]

The Gremikha Naval Base was one of the Northern Fleet's main facilities for servicing nuclear submarines.[9][10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with six rural localities, incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Ostrovnoy—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Ostrovnoy is incorporated as Ostrovnoy Urban Okrug.[3]

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #96-01-ZMO
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ a b c Law #530-01-ZMO
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ Oleg Bukharin, Frank Von Hippel (2004). Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. MIT Press. p. 677. ISBN 9780262661812.
  7. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Map of Murmansk Oblast, GUGK USSR, 1979
  9. ^ Sarkisov, Ashot A.; LeSage, Leo G., eds. (2003), Remaining Issues in the Decommissioning of Nuclear Powered Vessels: Including Issues Related to the Environmental Remediation of the Supporting Infrastructure : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on ... Moscow, Russia, April 22-24, 2002], Volume 22 of NATO Science Series. 4, Earth and Environmental Sciences, V. 22, Springer, pp. 257–259, ISBN 1402013531
  10. ^ U.S Committee on Strengthening U.S. and Russian Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation, Development, Security, and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs; National Research Council; Russian Committee on Strengthening U.S. and Russian Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation; Russian Academy of Sciences (2005), Strengthening U.S-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Academies Press, p. 222, ISBN 0309096693 {{citation}}: |author1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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