Sayda-Guba (russian: Сайда-Губа), also known in English as Sayda Bay, is a

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(an inhabited locality) within the administrative jurisdiction of the

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of Alexandrovsk in Murmansk Oblast,

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,''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Murmansk Oblast'' located beyond the Arctic Circle at a height of above

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. As of the 2010 Census, it had no recorded population.

History

The

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of Sayda-Guba was one of the twenty-one included into

Alexandrovskaya Volost Alexandrovskaya Volost (russian: Алекса́ндровская во́лость) was an administrative division (a volost) of Alexandrovsky Uyezd of Arkhangelsk Governorate, and later of Murmansk Governorate of the Russian SFSR, which existed i ...

Alexandrovsky Uyezd Alexandrovsky Uyezd (russian: Александровский уезд) was an administrative division (an uyezd) of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire and later of the Russian SFSR. The origins of Alexandrovsky Uyezd trace back to Kols ...

Arkhangelsk Governorate Arkhangelsk Governorate (russian: link=no, Архангельская губерния, ''Arkhangelskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. ...

upon its establishment on July 1, 1920.''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', p. 66 In 1934, the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee developed a redistricting proposal, which was approved by the Resolution of the 4th Plenary Session of the Murmansk Okrug Committee of the

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on December 28-29, 1934 and by the Resolution of the Presidium of the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee on February 2, 1935.''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', pp. 47–48 On February 15, 1935, the VTsIK approved the redistricting of the okrug into seven districts, but did not specify what territories the new districts were to include. On February 26, 1935, the Presidium of the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee worked out the details of the new district scheme and issued a resolution, which, among other things, ordered to moved the administrative center of

Polyarny District Polyarny District (russian: Поля́рный райо́н) was an administrative division (a district) of Murmansk Okrug of Leningrad Oblast of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and later of Murmansk Oblast, which existed in 1927–1960. It was est ...

from Polyarnoye to Sayda-Guba. The provisions of the February 26, 1935 Resolution, however, were not fully implemented. Due to military construction in Polyarnoye, the administrative center was instead moved to

Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') ...

in the beginning of 1935.

Reactor vessel disposal

Sayda-Guba now serves as the storage location for reactor compartments from decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines. This compares with

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storage of reactor compartments at the

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under the

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*Official website of Murmansk Oblast.
Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Murmansk Oblast
' * * {{Authority control Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast Kolsky Uyezd