Murmashi

Urban-type settlement Murmaschi Мурмаши coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Murmansk Rajon Kola Urban-type settlement since 1938 population 14,152 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81553 Post Code 184355-184358 License Plate 51 OKATO 47 205 563 Website www.momurmashi.ru Geographical location Coordinates 68 ° 49 ′  N , 32 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 68 ° 49 ′ 0 "  N , 32 ° 48 ′ 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Murmansk Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Murmaschi ( Russian Мурмаши́ ) is an urban-type settlement in the Murmansk Oblast ( Russia ) with 14,152 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the north of the Kola Peninsula , about 20 kilometers as the crow flies southwest of the Murmansk Oblast Administrative Center on the right bank of the lower Tuloma .

Murmaschi belongs to the Kola Rajon and is located a good ten kilometers southwest of its administrative center, the city of Kola .

history

The place was created in connection with the construction of the Nizhnetulomskaya hydropower plant , which was already planned according to the GOELRO plan, from 1934 to supply power to a section of the Murman Railway to be electrified . The power plant was built by Gulag prisoners. The first turbine was commissioned on January 13, 1937, the entire power plant on July 11, 1938.

On November 27, 1938 the place was given urban-type settlement status. The place name is said to have been derived from the name of the Sami Murmasch, who lived in the Tuloma estuary before the hydroelectric power station was built.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2,018
1959	8,840
1970	8,836
1979	10,895
1989	14,312
2002	16,343
2010	14,152

Note : census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The Nizhnetulomskaya hydropower plant ("Lower Tuloma hydropower plant") with an output of 57.2 megawatts is located directly at the settlement  . Today's operator is the joint stock company TGK-1 (TGC-1) , which emerged from several north-west Russian energy suppliers, including KolEnergo , and which is controlled by Gazprom Energoholdung . There are companies in the construction and forestry sectors as well as in the transport sector.

The Laplandija sanatorium is located near Murmaschi . It was opened in 1937 as a rest home for northern sea fishermen and is now the northernmost spa facility in Russia.

The road that connects Murmansk with its international airport, four kilometers south of Murmashi, runs through the settlement. The railway line from the town of Kola to Nikel on the Norwegian border also runs through the village . It crosses the Nizhnetulomsk reservoir a good kilometer above the dam.

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. ↑ Nizhnetulomskaya power plant complex  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the project institute Lengidroprojekt , today part of RusHydro (Russian)  
3. ↑ TGK-1 website (Russian, English)
4. ↑ Website of the Laplandija Sanatorium ( memento of the original from September 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian) 

Web links

• Official website of the Murmashi Municipal Settlement Administration (Russian)
• Murmashi on the Oblast Administration website (Russian)