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Zapolyarny (russian: Заполя́рный; no, Zapoljarnyj) is a
Zapolyarny (russian: Заполя́рный; no, Zapoljarnyj) is a town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
in Pechengsky District
Pechengsky District (russian: Пе́ченгский райо́н; fi, Petsamo; no, Peisen; se, Beahcán; sms, Peäccam) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division, 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) o ...
, Russia
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, located on the Kola Peninsula
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, northeast of the Kola Superdeep Borehole project. Population:
The area where the town is located belonged to Finland
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in 1920–1944. It was founded in 1956 as ''Zhdanovsk'' () and was granted work settlement status and later given its present name.
On February 1, 1963, by the Decree by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Zapolyarny was elevated in status to that of a town of district significance
Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...
.''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', p. 56
It is the nearest town to the disused Koshka Yavr
Koshka Yavr is a Soviet Naval Aviation and Russian Naval Aviation reserve airfield197803_VOL. 3 OF 4 VOLUMES ANNUAL INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLOITATION PRODUCTS JANUARY-DECEMBER 1978, CREST: CIA-RDP79T01184A000100030001-6, Central Intelligence A ...
naval air station.
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* {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1956 Cities and towns in Murmansk Oblast