Severomorsk

city Severomorsk Severnorsk flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Murmansk Urban district Severomorsk mayor Vitaly Voloshin Founded 1896 Earlier names Wajenga (until 1951) City since 1951 surface 60  km² population 50,060 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 834 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 31  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81537 Post Code 18460x License Plate 51 OKATO 47 530 Website severomorsk.murman.ru Geographical location Coordinates 69 ° 4 '  N , 33 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 69 ° 4 '0 "  N , 33 ° 24' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Murmansk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Severomorsk ( Russian Североморск ) is a city with 50,060 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Murmansk Oblast in the far north of the European part of Russia . It is located on the east bank of the Kola Bay .

Severomorsk is the headquarters and, in addition to the regional capital Murmansk, which is around 20 km away, an important base of the Russian Northern Fleet . As a so-called closed city , it is only accessible to residents and members of the Russian Northern Fleet. The city has the largest dry dock on the Kola Peninsula .

history

Founded at the end of the 19th century as a fishing settlement, the place was called Wajenga (Ваенга) until it was granted city rights in 1951 . The place has been used as a naval base since 1933. The submarine of the Soviet Navy K-21 (built in 1938) is moored in the harbor as a museum ship.

Severomorsk is best known for the sinking of the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk , in which 118 sailors were killed in 2000.

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  Cityscape

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  Severomorsk square with monument

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  port

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  Prefabricated buildings

Population development

year	Residents
1959	28,116
1970	40,919
1979	50,090
1989	62.120
2002	55.102
2010	50,060

Note: census data

climate

Severomorsk has a cold maritime climate with temperatures between −8 ° C in January and 12 ° C in July. The annual rainfall is 800 mm.

traffic

Severomorsk has an ice-free seaport on the Barents Sea and is connected to Murmansk by the M18 trunk road and the Murman Railway , which lead to Saint Petersburg .

sons and daughters of the town

• Andžela Brice (* 1970), Latvian biathlete
• Jelena Wajenga (* 1977), Russian pop singer, songwriter and actress
• Oleksandr Mojissejenko (* 1980), Ukrainian chess grandmaster
• Jauheni Schuleu (* 1984), Belarusian biathlete

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)

Web links

• Official site (Russian)
• Severomorsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)