Five Corners Square (russian: Площадь Пять Углов;
tr. ''Ploshchad' Pyat' Uglov'') is the main square of
Murmansk
Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') ...
, Russia. From 1977 until December 1990 it was formally named "Soviet Constitution Square",
[ ] but this name never entered wide popular use.
The following buildings are located on the square:
*the Murmansk Regional
Duma
A duma (russian: дума) is a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions.
The term ''boyar duma'' is used to refer to advisory councils in Russia from the 10th to 17th centuries. Starting in the 18th century, city dumas were for ...
building (this building formerly housed the Sevryba Management Software company)
*the General Post Office
*the
Kirov Cultural and Technology Center
*the
Azimut Hotel Murmansk
The Azimut Hotel Murmansk is a high-rise hotel in the center of Murmansk, Russia. It opened in 1984, as the Hotel Arktika (russian: Арктика) and was renamed the Azimut Hotel Murmansk in 2014, following major renovations. It is the tallest ...
(formerly the Arctic)
*the Meridian Hotel
*Volna ("Wave"), a supermarket
Until the mid-1980s, there were many two-story wooden houses around the square. The last of these were demolished after the construction of the Hotel Arctic.
References
Squares in Murmansk
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