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Aerial view of Monchegorsk |
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Location of Murmansk Oblast in Russia |
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Monchegorsk
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | Monchegorsk |
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| Urban okrug | Monchegorsk Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Dmitry Shaposhnikov |
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| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
45,381 inhabitants[1] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 351st |
| Population (2002 Census) | 52,242 inhabitants[2] |
| - Rank in 2002 | 314th |
| Time zone | MSD (UTC+04:00)[3] |
| Founded | 1930s |
| Town status since | September 20, 1937[4] |
| Previous names | Moncha-Guba (until November 25, 1935)[5] |
| Postal code(s) | 184505[6] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 815 36 |
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Monchegorsk (Russian: Мончего́рск) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula, 145 kilometers (90 mi) south of Murmansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Administratively, it is incorporated as Monchegorsk Town with Jurisdictional Territory—a unit of administrative division equal in status to that of a district. Population: 45,381 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 52,242 (2002 Census);[2] 68,652 (1989 Census).[7]
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The name of the town derives from Akkalan Saame Sami word monce (montshe), meaning "beautiful". The name originally was intended for nearby Montshatuntur (Artic Hill).
It was established as the inhabited locality of Moncha-Guba (Монча-Губа), which served copper and nickel mining in the Monchetundra Massif.[5] It was granted work settlement status and renamed Monchegorsk by the Resolution of the Presidium of All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) on November 25, 1935.[5] At the same time, it was transferred from Kolsky District to Kirovsky District.[5] By 1937, the copper-nickel mining volume increased significantly, and, consequently, the area population grew as well.[4] On February 19, 1937 the Presidium of the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee petitioned to create new Monchegorsky District by separating the town and its surrounding area from Kirovsky District and to grant Monchegorsk town status.[4] As a result, town status was granted to Monchegorsk by the VTsIK Resolution of September 20, 1937, although no new district was formed.[4] On October 10, 1937, Monchegorsk town council was subordinated directly to the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee.[4]
On December 21, 1937, the Presidium of the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee again petitioned to create a new district with the administrative center in Monchegorsk.[4] In a letter to the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee and the VTsIK, the Presidium noted that Kirovsky District has two developed but unrelated industrial centers—Kirovsk and Monchegorsk—with the latter having a larger population and being located 111 kilometers (69 mi) away from the former.[4] The petition was again unsuccessful—when on February 10, 1938 the VTsIK adopted a new Resolution changing the administrative-territorial structure of Leningrad Oblast (of which Murmansk Okrug was a part), Monchegorsk remained a part of Kirovsky District.[4]
Monchegorsky District was eventually formed on December 27, 1938.[4] It existed until December 9, 1949, when by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union Monchegorsk was elevated in status to that of a town under oblast jurisdiction, with the former district's territory passing into its subordination.[4]
By the August 10, 1981 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, the town of Olenegorsk was elevated in status to that of a town under oblast jurisdiction and subsequently several inhabited localities previously subordinated to Monchegorsk were transferred to Olenegorsk by the August 26, 1981 Decision of the Murmansk Oblast Executive Committee.[8]
Monchegorsk is a center of nickel and copper production (a Norilsk Nickel plant is located here), and the area surrounding the town is severely polluted. It is one of the most polluted towns in Russian Federation. It hosts the Monchegorsk air base of the Russian Air Force.
The bandy team Kolskaya GMK[9] will play in the highest division of Russian Bandy League again from 2010-2011.
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