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 I ...
of
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, 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'') i ...
. 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
The Molochna (, russian: Моло́чная ''Molochnaya''), is a river in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast of south Ukraine. Literally the name of the river translates as Milky. The river is connected with the Russian Mennonite culture, once based in th ...
, a Ukrainian River
References
Urban-type settlements in Murmansk Oblast
Kolsky District
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