Molochny (russian: Моло́чный) is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) in
Kolsky District
Kolsky District (russian: Ко́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kolsky Municipal District.Law #577-01-ZMO ...
of
Murmansk Oblast,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
, located on the
Kola Peninsula
sjd, Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк
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on the lower
Kola River
The Kola (russian: Кола) is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river flows out of Lake Kolozero north into the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea, some 10 km south of Murmansk ...
, south of
Murmansk
Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') ...
. Population:
It was founded as a work settlement around 1935.
See also
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Vykhodnoy
Vykhodnoy (russian: Выходно́й) is a rural locality (a railway station) under the administrative jurisdiction of the urban-type settlement of Molochny in Kolsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located beyond the Arctic Circle
The ...
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Molochna, a Ukrainian River
References
Urban-type settlements in Murmansk Oblast
Kolsky District
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