Ostrovnoy, Murmansk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Ostrovnoy.
Ostrovnoy (English)
Островной (Russian)
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Location of Murmansk Oblast in Russia
Ostrovnoy
Location of Ostrovnoy in Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 68°03′N 39°30′E / 68.050°N 39.500°E / 68.050; 39.500Coordinates: 68°03′N 39°30′E / 68.050°N 39.500°E / 68.050; 39.500
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of November 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Murmansk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to closed administrative-territorial formation of Ostrovnoy[1]
Administrative center of closed administrative-territorial formation of Ostrovnoy[1]
Municipal status (as of June 2013)
Urban okrug Ostrovnoy Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Ostrovnoy Urban Okrug[2]
Mayor Gennady Chistopashin
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 2,171 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Previous names Murmansk-140, Gremikha
Postal code(s)[5] 184640
Dialing code(s) +7 81558
Official website
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Ostrovnoy (Russian: Островно́й), previously known as Murmansk-140 (Му́рманск-140), is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,171;[3] down from 5,032 recorded in the 2002 Census.[6]

History

The first naval base was established here in 1915. There is no rail link to Ostrovnoy and the settlement is reachable by coastal ship, helicopter or small plane in winter.

Until 1981, the town was known as Gremikha.[7]

The Gremikha Naval Base was one of the Northern Fleet's main facilities for servicing nuclear submarines.[8][9]

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.[1] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Ostrovnoy is incorporated as Ostrovnoy Urban Okrug.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #96-01-ZMO
  2. 1 2 3 Law #530-01-ZMO
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Map of Murmansk Oblast, GUGK USSR, 1979
  8. ↑ Sarkisov, Ashot A.; LeSage, Leo G., eds. (2003), Remaining Issues in the Decommissioning of Nuclear Powered Vessels: Including Issues Related to the Environmental Remediation of the Supporting Infrastructure : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on ... Moscow, Russia, April 22-24, 2002], Volume 22 of NATO Science Series. 4, Earth and Environmental Sciences, V. 22, Springer, pp. 257–259, ISBN 1402013531
  9. ↑ U.S Committee on Strengthening U.S. and Russian Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation, Development, Security, and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs; National Research Council; Russian Committee on Strengthening U.S. and Russian Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation; Russian Academy of Sciences (2005), Strengthening U.S-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Academies Press, p. 222, ISBN 0309096693

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