Apatity
| Apatity (English) Апатиты (Russian) |
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 Apatity and Khibiny Mountains |
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| Administrative status (as of April 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | Apatity Town with Jurisdictional Territory |
| Administrative center of | Apatity Town with Jurisdictional Territory |
| Municipal status (as of December 2004) | |
| Urban okrug | Apatity Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Apatity Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Konstantin Gumenichenko |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 59,672 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 276th |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1935 |
| Town status since | July 7, 1966 |
| Postal code(s) | 184209 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81555 |
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Apatity (Russian: Апатиты; IPA: [əpɐˈtʲitɨ]) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located along the Murman Railway between Lake Imandra and the Khibiny Mountains, 23 km (14 mi) west of Kirovsk and 185 km (115 mi) south of Murmansk, the administrative center of the oblast. The town is named after one of its most abundant natural resources in the area, apatite, the raw mineral used in the production of phosphorus mineral fertilizers. Population: 59,672 (2010 Census).
The passing loop of Bely (разъезд Бе́лый) on the Leningrad-Murmansk Railway was built in 1926 and the settlement of Apatity was founded in 1930. It was classified as an urban locality by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) Resolution of August 20, 1935, when the settlement of pri sovkhoze "Industriya" was merged into Apatity and it was granted work settlement status.
Many of the early settlers in the Apatity area were former "rich peasants" from several regions of Northwestern Russia, resettled to Murmansk Oblast as part of Stalin's Dekulakization program. Members of certain ethnic minorities were deported to Apatity as well.
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