Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast
Olenegorsk
Оленегорск | |
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 A bird's-eye view of Olenegorsk | |
 Flag .png?lang=en) Coat of arms | |
Location of Olenegorsk  | |
  Olenegorsk Location of Olenegorsk  Olenegorsk Olenegorsk (Murmansk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 68°9′0″N 33°17′0″E / 68.15000°N 33.28333°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Alexandrovich Volodin |
| Elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2009) | 22,435 |
| • Urban okrug | Olenegorsk Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [1]) |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 184530 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81552 |
| OKTMO ID | 47717000001 |
| Website | olenegorsk |
Olenegorsk (Template:Lang-ru, lit. Reindeer Mountain) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle, 112 km south of Murmansk. Population: 22,435 (2009 est.);[citation needed] 25,166 (2002 Census)[3].
Railway
The rail station Olenya (Template:Lang-ru; the word is an adjective form of 'Reindeer') was opened in 1916, with the construction of the railroad to Murmansk. The station facilities, and the small settlement associated with the station exist to the east of the railroad. Their importance has somewhat increased in the 1930s, as Olenya became a junction for the railway branch to the newly built city of Monchegorsk some 30 km to the southwest.
The station retained its name Olenya for many years after the city of Olenegorsk was built near by; the station was finally renamed Olenegorsk only in the 1980s.
All passengers trains on the St Petersburg to Murmansk railway stop at Olenegorsk station, which, besides the city of the same name, also serves the nearby city of Monchegorsk (which has next to none passenger service) and the Olenya airbase (a.k.a. Vysoky), as well as the more remote Sami village of Lovozero and the mining town of Revda in Lovozersky District.
Mine
In 1949, work started on the iron ore strip mines and ore-processing facilities a few kilometers to the west of the Olenya station. At the same time, construction of a company town (posyolok), originally also named Olenya, started between the rail station and the mines, to the west of the railway. On March 27, 1957, it was incorporated as a city, named Olenegorsk.
The economy of the city continues to be based on iron ore extraction and processing, mostly shipping enriched ore to Severstal in Cherepovets.
The Olenya airbase is located at the Vysoky (Template:Lang-ru) a few kilometers east of the city, on the other side of Lake Permusozero.
References
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Local post office info http://www.russianpost.ru/PostOfficeFindInterface/FindOPSByPostOfficeID.aspx?index=184530
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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