Zasheyek (russian: Заше́ек) 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 ...

(an inhabited locality) in administrative jurisdiction of

Polyarnye Zori Polyarnye Zori (russian: Поля́рные Зо́ри, lit. ) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Niva River, Lake Imandra, and Lake Pinozero, south of Murmansk. The nearest settlements to Polyarnye Zory are: Zasheek (3km), P ...

Town with Jurisdictional Territory 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 ...

, located beyond the

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on the

Kola Peninsula sjd, Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк , image_name= Kola peninsula.png , image_caption= Kola Peninsula as a part of Murmansk Oblast , image_size= 300px , image_alt= , map_image= Murmansk in Russia.svg , map_caption = Location of Murmansk Oblas ...

at a height of above

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. Population: 901 ( 2010 Census). Zasheyek was classified as an urban locality by the

All-Russian Central Executive Committee The All-Russian Central Executive Committee ( rus, Всероссийский Центральный Исполнительный Комитет, Vserossiysky Centralny Ispolnitelny Komitet, VTsIK) was the highest legislative, administrative and r ...

(VTsIK) Resolution of August 20, 1935, when it was granted work settlement status.''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', p. 49–51 However, after the resolution had been published, it was pointed out that Zasheyek is simultaneously listed in Kirovsky District of

Murmansk Okrug Murmansk Okrug (russian: Му́рманский о́круг, ''Murmansky okrug'') was an administrative division (an okrug) of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, which existed in 1927–1938. Creation The okrug was established on August 1, 1927, ...

and in the

Karelian ASSR The Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( rus, Каре́льская Автоно́мная Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, r=Karelskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respub ...

, thus once again bringing attention to the issue with the border between the okrug and the Karelian ASSR. The joint meeting of the representatives of Murmansk Okrug and Karelia, which took place on April 15, 1936, was unable to resolve the situation. Only on April 1, 1937 the Presidium of the VTsIK approved the petition for transfer of several inhabited localities (including the work settlement of Zasheyek); however, the VTsIK did not list all of the inhabited localities being transferred by name, which led to the continuation of the dispute. After some back and forth, on July 15, 1937, the Presidium of the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee called the problem "artificial" and declared that the transfer should not have even been discussed, since the inhabited locality in question had never officially been transferred out of the okrug and was being served solely by the Murmansk Okrug organizations anyway. Furthermore, the Presidium refused to approve the conciliatory commission's findings and petitioned to rescind the VTsIK's resolution of April 1, 1937 and to officially document the border between Murmansk Okrug and the Karelian ASSR. The disagreements continued, and the issue had not been officially resolved until 1938, when the transformation of Murmansk Okrug into

with the subsequent transfer of

Kandalakshsky District Kandalakshsky District (russian: Кандала́кшский райо́н) is an administrative district (a raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kandalakshsky Municipal Di ...

to the oblast rendered the problem moot. Zasheyek was demoted back to a rural locality on January 1, 2005.Law #511-01-ZMO

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* * * {{Authority control Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast