Apatity

city Apatity Апатиты flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Murmansk Urban district Apatity mayor Leonid Lukitschow Founded 1935 City since 1966 surface 2150  km² population 59,672 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 28 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 178  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81555 Post Code 184200-184211 License Plate 51 OKATO 47 405 Website http://www.apatity-city.ru Geographical location Coordinates 67 ° 34 '  N , 33 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 67 ° 34 '0 "  N , 33 ° 24' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Murmansk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Apatity ( Russian Апати́ты , Finnish Apatiitti ) is a Russian city ​​in Murmansk Oblast . With 59,672 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) it is the second largest city in the oblast.

Geographical location

Apatity is located on the Kola Peninsula between Lake Imandra , the largest lake in Murmansk Oblast, and the Chibinen .

history

The place was created in 1935 in connection with the development of the apatite - nepheline deposits in the nearby Chibinen . The place name is derived from the name of the mineral apatite. In 1966 city rights were granted.

Population development

year	Residents	annotation
1939	4,409
1959	19,938	of which 5,980 inhabitants: Molodjoschny urban-type settlement incorporated in 1966
1970	45,627
1979	62.010
1989	88,026
2002	64,405
2010	59,672

Note: census data

economy

The city's largest employers include:

• Apatit Corporation, the largest metallurgical and mining company in Russia and Europe
• KSC RAS, the Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences with eleven institutes

traffic

The train station of Apatity is located on the Murmansk railway from Saint Petersburg to Murmansk . Here the Kolabahn branches off , a never completed railway project, from which 13 km to Titan are still operated today.

The connection from the air takes place via the Kirovsk / Apatity airport , which is located between the cities of Kirovsk and Apatity.

Apatity can also be reached via Road 1378.

Further educational institutions

• Branch of the Petrozavodsk State University
• Branch of the St. Petersburg State Engineering and Economics Academy

Museums

Monument to Alexander Fersman

• Historical Museum of the European North of Russia (International Cultural Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
  • Section 1 deals with the historical development of the Kola Peninsula
  • Section 2 deals with the culture and life in the region
  • Section 3 provides the local minerals from
• Museum of Regional Investigations and History: Here the life and culture of the indigenous Sami people are shown
• Geological Museum (Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
• Mineralogical Museum (Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
• Kirovsk Botanical Garden (between Apatity and Kirovsk; one of the three world-famous botanical gardens north of the Arctic Circle, opened on August 26, 1936, area: 1670 hectares)

Events

• “Stone Blossoms”: Exhibition of stone works, annually, at the end of January
• "Imandra": SME business fair, annually, at the end of April
• International dance competition, annually, November / December
• "Sun City": Wildlife Festival on Lake Imandra, annually, at the end of August

Various shops, restaurants, bars and dance halls are also located in Apatity.

sons and daughters of the town

• Vladimir Antipov (born 1978), ice hockey player
• Fyodor Fyodorov (born 1981), ice hockey player
• Andrei Malachow (* 1972), television presenter
• Alexei Lesukov (* 1988), professional bodybuilder

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Н. П. Лагутина, Т. Ю. Набокова, Т. П. Филатова: Атлас Железные Дороги. Omsk 2010, p. 6.
3. ↑ http://www.airkirovsk.ru/

Web links

Commons : Apatity  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Apatity: Info, News, Photo (English)
• Apatity on mojgorod.ru (Russian)