Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast
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Zapolyarny (Russian: Заполя́рный) is a town in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Area belonged to Finland 1920-1944. It was founded in 1956 as Zhdanovsk and was granted a town status and renamed in 1963. It is located in the Kola Peninsula, 10 km south of the Kola Superdeep Borehole project. Population: 18,640 (2002 Census).
| Image:Coat of Arms of Murmansk Oblast.gif | Cities and towns in Murmansk Oblast | Image:Flag of Russia.svg |
| Administrative center: Murmansk Apatity | Gadzhiyevo | Kandalaksha | Kirovsk | Kola | Kovdor | Monchegorsk | Olenegorsk | Ostrovnoy | Polyarny | Polyarnye Zori | Severomorsk | Snezhnogorsk | Zaozyorsk | Zapolyarny |
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