Safonovo (Murmansk)
Urban-type settlement
Safonovo
Сафоново
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Safonowo ( Russian Сафоново ) is an urban-type settlement in the Murmansk Oblast with 5255 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). The place is named after the Soviet pilot Boris Feoktistovich Safonov .
geography
Safonowo is located in the north of the Kola Peninsula and on the Kola Bay . It belongs to the "closed" urban district (SATO) Severomorsk and is located about six kilometers southeast of its center Severomorsk .
history
The place was first mentioned at the beginning of the 20th century under the name Grjasnaja Guba , when there were several fishermen's huts. In 1936 the place changed abruptly when it was decided to build an airfield there for the naval aviation forces of the Soviet Northern Fleet . After that, the place grew with the construction of administrative buildings, but most of the people lived in simpler wooden huts, most of which were destroyed in the 1980s. On July 15, 1954, the place was named Safonowo in honor of the Soviet war hero and pilot Boris Safonov . In 1966 Safonovo was assigned to the Severomorsk district .
There has been a museum for the Air Force Department of the Northern Fleet since 1976 . Furthermore, a memorial commemorates soldiers of the Northern Fleet who died in the battle.
A shipyard for submarines of the Northern Fleet still exists in Safonowo today .
Population development
1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2002 | 2010 |
4,738 | 6,033 | 7,661 | 4,853 | 5,255 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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)