Vaenga airfield
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 View of the Kola Bay in Severomorsk |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk |
| Administrative center of | closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk |
| Municipal status (as of January 2015) | |
| Urban okrug | Severomorsk Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Severomorsk Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Alexander Abramov |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 50,060 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 319th |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1896-1897 |
| Town status since | April 18, 1951 |
| Previous names | Vayenga (until April 18, 1951) |
| Postal code(s) | 184606 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81537 |
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Severomorsk (Russian: Северомо́рск), previously known as Vayenga (Ваенга), is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The town is located on the coast of the Barents Sea along the Kola Bay 25 kilometers (16 mi) northeast of Murmansk, the administrative center of the oblast, to which it is connected by railway and a motorway.
The first settlement on the site of the modern city arose between 1896 and 1897. It was named Vayenga (Ваенга), after the river, the name of which itself comes from the Sami "vayongg", meaning "doe" or "reindeer". In 1917, only thirteen people lived in the settlement, who engaged in hunting, fishing and animal husbandry.
In 1926 the Murmansk office of logging was founded, one of the artels of which was sent to Vayenga. A barracks, a dormitory and a banya were built, and a telephone line was laid through the village. In 1933, the bay was chosen as one of the bases for the newly created Northern Fleet. From 1934 and until the beginning of World War II, wooden and brick buildings, as well as military installations, were built in the settlement, and a naval aviation airfield was built in the neighboring bay. From August 1941, all construction was suspended.
After the end of the war, construction was resumed. Vayenga, taking into account the existing arrangement, was chosen as one of the main bases of the Northern Fleet. On September 1, 1947, staff and management of the Northern Fleet were relocated from Polyarny to Vayenga. Also in 1947, the first secondary school in the city was opened. The population of Vayenga was then 3,884. In 1948, Vayenga's village Soviet of deputies of workers was opened.
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