Ura-Guba (russian: Ура́-Губа́), also known as Ura (),
[Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 67] is a
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a ''
selo'') 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
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,
located beyond the
Arctic Circle
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at a height of above
sea level
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. Population: 517 (
2010 Census).
History
It was founded in the 1860s—the decade when the
Murman Coast
The Murman Coast (russian: Мурманский берег, no, Murmankysten) is a coastal area in Murmansk Oblast in northwest Russia. It is located on the southern side of the Barents Sea, between the Norway–Russia border and Cape Svyatoy N ...
was actively being settled.
[Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 23]
By the April 20, 1921 Decision of the Plenary Session of
Murmansky Uyezd Executive Committee, Ura-Guba was transferred from
Novozerskaya to
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 ...
and became the
administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Ursky (Ura-Gubsky) Selsoviet.
On September 11, 1938, Ura-Guba was made the
administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
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 ...
by the Decree of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the collective head of state of the Russian SFSR and the permanent body of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR that was accountable to the Supreme Sovi ...
.
[Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 62] When Polyarny District was abolished on July 9, 1960,
[Decree #741/18] Ura-Guba became a part of Kolsky District.
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Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast
Kolsky District
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