Widjajewo

Closed settlement vidyayevo Видяево flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Murmansk Urban district Widjajewo head Sergei Dubovoi Founded 1958 Earlier names Uriza (until 1964) surface 77.5  km² population 5771 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 74 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 1  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81532 Post Code 184372 License Plate 51 OKATO 47 000 000 001 Geographical location Coordinates 69 ° 19 '  N , 32 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 69 ° 19 '18 "  N , 32 ° 48' 23"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Murmansk Oblast

Widjajewo ( Russian Видяево ) is the settlement of a naval base of the Russian Northern Fleet on the Kola Peninsula on the Barents Sea in Murmansk Oblast . The place has 5771 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

The closed settlement is 80 km east of the Norwegian border and 30 km north-northwest of the city of Murmansk on the Uriza River near the western Ura Bay (Ura-Guba). The closed city of Zaozjorsk is 20 km to the west .

The city serves as a settlement for the two base ports 2 km north on Ura Bay and 6 km north on Ara Bay.

Widjajewo was founded on July 31, 1958 and initially named after the Uritsa river . On July 6, 1964, the settlement was renamed in honor of the submarine commander in World War II Fyodor Widjajew ( Фёдор Алексеевич Видяев ).

The head of the city administration is Sergei Michailowitsch Dubowoi ( Сергей Михайлович Дубовой ).

Widjajewo was the home port of the submarine K-141 Kursk , which sank in 2000 . President Vladimir Putin visited Vvyayevo relatively late after the disaster, which caused displeasure among the Russian public.

Population development

year	Residents
2002	6307
2010	5771

Note: census data

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 website of the village Widjajewo (Russian)
• Urban district of the closed settlement Vvyayevo ( Memento of July 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)
• vidyaevo.narod.ru: Website about the location ( Memento from June 12, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)
• Brief historical overview of the settlement vidyayevo ( Memento of 27 September 2007 at the Internet Archive ) (Russian)