Murmansk region - a subject of the Russian Federation with an area of about 150 thousand square meters. km, is part of the North-West Federal District. The administrative center of the region is the city of Murmansk. This region is unique and unusual: there are a lot of high-quality ski resorts (Kirovsk, Khibiny), unique architectural monuments, and recently eco-and ethnotourism is actively developing.
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Historical facts
In 1938, due to the rapid growth of the region and an increase in the population, the Murmansk region was transformed. In 1949, the Peninsula - Rybachy and Middle - joined it.
How to get to the Murmansk Region
By car on the federal highway M-18 "Kola" (St. Petersburg-Petrozavodsk-Murmansk) . The bridge is another important transport hub. It provides passage through the Kola Bay to the countries of Scandinavia - Norway and Finland
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By train
From the railway station. Murmansk train station (Comintern street, 14) trains both in the whole region and in large cities of Russia: up to Apatit (4-5 hours enroute), Kandalaksha (6 hours), Kemi (12 hours), Petrozavodsk (20- 24 hours), St. Petersburg (28-29 hours), Moscow (36-40 hours en route), Vologda (37 hours).
By bus
By bus from the bus station in Murmansk (Comintern Street, 16) to Monchegorsk (journey time 3, 5 hours), Apatit (5 hours), Kirovsk (5, 5 hours), Kandalaksha (6, 5 hours), Ivalo in Finland (travel time is about 6 hours)
By plane
The airport is in Murmansk, from there flights fly to Moscow (Aeroflot), St. Petersburg and Arkhangelsk (in flight 2 hours). The airline Aeroflot also flies to the Solovetsky Islands on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June to September, and to Norwegian Tromsø three times a week.
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Climate and geography
In the south - moderately marine, in the north - subarctic. Quite soft, because it is a warm Gulf Stream. In winter there is a polar night, and in the summer - a polar day
Murmansk region is located on the Kola and fishing peninsulas, islands: Ainovski, Velikiy, Seven Islands, Kildin Island. Borders of the region: in the south-republic of Karelia, in the west-Norway and Finland. The Murmansk region is washed by the Barents and the White Seas
Excursions, entertainments and sights of the Murmansk region
There are a lot of architectural monuments and museums in the region, there are about a hundred of them in all. For example, the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local History - the first in the region (has been working since 1926). For visiting museums are opened: a memorial to them. Kirov (Kirovsk), naval Northern Fleet (Murmansk), Murmansk regional art museum. In the era of perestroika, many museums were closed, they were opened at the end of the 1990s
As in any region with large and important seaports, there are a number of museums devoted to the history of the fleet and military affairs (Safonovo, Severomorsk, Murmansk). Local history museums (Murmansk, Kirovsk, Kovdor, Polyarny, Revda), museums of mineralogy and geology (Apatity, Monchegorsk).
Ethnourism is one of the new trends in tourism in the Murmansk region. Traveling around the region, you can get acquainted with the traditions, customs, history of the place. To plunge into the atmosphere of the people and their life from a long time.
Ecotourism is also known. Those who wish have the opportunity to visit places where the human foot has not walked, as well as many nature reserves and gardens: the Lapland, Kandalaksha nature reserves, Pasvik and the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden.
You can take a tour of the enigmatic Norway by bus (about 6- 7 hours on the way). Trips are organized by companies: Grenseland, Flaites and Gulliverrus
Photos of the Murmansk region (53)