10 Facts About Murmansk

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Murmansk is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far northwest part of Russia.

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Murmansk suffered extensive destruction, the magnitude of which was rivaled only by the destruction of Leningrad and Stalingrad.

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Rest of the war, Murmansk served as a transit point for weapons and other supplies entering the Soviet Union from other Allied nations.

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4.

Murmansk is the venue of the decommissioned Lenin which is a museum ship.

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5.

City's association football team, FC Sever Murmansk, played in the Russian Second Division until 2014 when it folded due to financial difficulties.

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6.

Port of Murmansk remains ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic Current and is an important fishing and shipping destination.

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7.

Port of Murmansk is the headquarters of Sevmorput and the administration of Russian Arctic maritime transport.

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8.

Murmansk is set to be the Russian terminus of the Arctic Bridge, a sea route linking it to the Canadian port of Churchill, Manitoba.

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9.

Murmansk was twinned with Szczecin in Poland and Rovaniemi in Finland, but these agreements were cancelled in 2022 as a result of Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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10.

Murmansk has been affected by global warming in recent decades, similar to other Arctic locations.

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