Ostrovnoy (russian: Островно́й), previously known as Murmansk-140 (), is a
closed town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
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 ...
. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 2,171;
down from 5,032 recorded in the
2002 Census.
History
The first naval base was established here in 1915. There is no rail link to Ostrovnoy and the settlement is reachable by coastal ship, helicopter or small plane in winter.
Until 1938, the town was known as Yokanga. Until 1981, the town was known as Gremikha.
The Gremikha Naval Base was one of the
Northern Fleet
Severnyy flot
, image = Great emblem of the Northern Fleet.svg
, image_size = 150px
, caption = Northern Fleet's great emblem
, start_date = June 1, 1733; Sov ...
's main facilities for servicing
nuclear submarine
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s.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with six
rural localities, incorporated as the
closed administrative-territorial formation
A closed city or closed town is a settlement where travel or residency restrictions are applied so that specific authorization is required to visit or remain overnight. Such places may be sensitive military establishments or secret research ins ...
of Ostrovnoy—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
.
[Law #96-01-ZMO] As a
municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Ostrovnoy is incorporated as Ostrovnoy Urban Okrug.
[Law #530-01-ZMO]
Notable residents
*
Gerard Vasilyev
Gerard Vyacheslavovich Vasilyev (russian: Гера́рд Вячесла́вович Васи́льев; born 24 September 1935 in Tersko-Orlovsky Mayak, Leningrad Oblast) is a Soviet and Russian singer and actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Pre ...
(born 1935 in
Tersko-Orlovsky Mayak), singer and actor
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Cities and towns in Murmansk Oblast
Russian and Soviet Navy bases
Russian and Soviet Navy submarine bases
Road-inaccessible communities of Russia