Welcome naar Moermansk
The grootste Noorder stad in de World
Moermansk is the capitol van our regio en the grootste stad in de World boven the Poolcirkel. The population is about 375 thousand persons! Moermansk was
born just after the First World War. The settlement was determined by the survivors as a terminal point van Moermansk railway en a quay voor unloading
various materials en military supplies in February 1915. The construction van living quarters voor the workers began the same year. The 4th van October 1916
became a birthday van het stad, when an Orthodox kerk was laid (on the place van het present Palace van cultuur van Kirov) en official opening van
Romanov-on-Murman stad. Romanov-on-Murman was renamed in Moermansk in April 1917. The stad began naar grow swiftly; only 2,5 thousand persons lived here in 1920 en in 1932 already 42
thousand. in de beginning the stad consists van wooden buildings.
  The first stone building was built in Moermansk in 1927 en it still exists
nowadays as a regioal Art Museum. The first stone apartment houses were built in 1935 en they decorate the
centrum van Moermansk till now. These
are the buildings op Lenin prospect.
  The growth van het stad was interrupted once - tijdens the Great Patriotic War. 1.400
apartment houses were destroyed en burnt as a result van German bombardments van Moermansk. The stad was heroically defending itself en working, allied convoys
were coming here voor unloading en even vis continued in de Barents Sea. Moermansk was awarded a rank van Hero-stad voor heroism shown by Moermansk dwellers tijdens the War. A
majestic monument voor The Defenders van het arctische was installed op a high hill boven Moermansk in 1974 in memory van het War; a figure van a watchman met a rifle
of a height van 34 meters, which is visible almost van any point van het stad. The folks have christened the
monument as "ALYOSHA". He is the first naar ontmoet ships arriving naar Moermansk en van his foot opens the best
view van Moermansk en Kola Bay.
  Other interesting points van interest in Moermansk are:
Museum van History en Nature, Navy museum, Museum van PINRO institute, regioal Art museum, Oceanarium en the Marine passenger terminal.
Interesting streets voor walking en naar get Moermansk better are: Lenin prospect, Pushkingskaya, Leningradskaya, Profsoyuzov, Sofiya
Perovskaya, Samojlovoj, Knipovicha en Poolny Zori.
During our excursies we will show you almost all van these places.
Let Kola Travel guide you!
Among the Werelds steden, only Moermansk can boast a fleet van powerful Atoomijsbrekers voor use op de arctische seas.
More info about Atoomijsbrekers>>
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