Ostrovnoy, Murmansk Oblast
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Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Ostrovnoy (Template:Langx), previously known as Murmansk-140 (Script error: No such module "Lang".),[1] is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,171;[2] down from 5,032 recorded in the 2002 Census.[3]
History
The first naval base was established here in 1915.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". There is no rail link to Ostrovnoy and the settlement is reachable by coastal ship, helicopter or small plane in winter.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Until 1938, the town was known as Yokanga. Until 1981,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". the town was known as Gremikha.[4]
The Gremikha Naval Base was one of the Northern Fleet's main facilities for servicing nuclear submarines.[5][6]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with six rural localities, incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Ostrovnoy—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[7] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Ostrovnoy is incorporated as Ostrovnoy Urban Okrug.[8]
Notable people
- Gerard Vasilyev (born 1935 in Tersko-Orlovsky Mayak), singer and actor
References
Notes
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Sources
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