Safonovo (Murmansk)

Urban-type settlement Safonovo Сафоново Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Murmansk Urban district Severomorsk Founded 1936 population 5255 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81537 Post Code 184620 License Plate 51 OKATO 47 530 570 Geographical location Coordinates 69 ° 3 '  N , 33 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 69 ° 3 '29 "  N , 33 ° 17' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Murmansk Oblast

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

Museum for the Air Force Division of the Northern Fleet

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

1. ↑ ^{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)