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Roslyakovo, Murmansk Oblast

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Country
  
Russia

Population (2010 Census)
  
8,696 inhabitants

Federal subject
  
Murmansk Oblast

Time zone
  
MSK (UTC+03:00)

Roslyakovo, Murmansk Oblast photoswikimapiaorgp0001822201bigjpg

Administratively subordinated to
  
closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk

Urban okrug
  
Severomorsk Urban Okrug

Roslyakovo (Russian: Росляко́во) was a closed city with a population of about 8,000 located about 15 kilometers north of Murmansk. Until January 1, 2015 it was an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed-administrative territorial formation of Severomorsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula on the Kola Bay, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) west of Severomorsk proper.

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Map of Roslyakovo, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, 184635

It was abolished, with its territory merged into the city of Murmansk, on January 1, 2015. Population: 8,696 (2010 Census); 9,458 (2002 Census); 11,981 (1989 Census).

History

It was founded in 1896. The colony of Roslyakovo was one of the twenty-one included into Alexandrovskaya Volost of Alexandrovsky Uyezd of Arkhangelsk Governorate upon its establishment on July 1, 1920. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Roslyakovo in 1959.

Roslyakovo was in jurisdiction of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk until January 1, 2015, when it was abolished, with its territory merged into the city of Murmansk.

There is no restaurant or cafe in town. Formerly, there was a medical clinic. There are "a few 7-Eleven-sized grocery stores." The Church of St. Michael the Archangel, founded in 1991, is the only church in the town.

Most of the population are in the Russian navy, or work as navy contractors. Shipbuilding is a local industry. Rosneft, the state owned oil company, is opening facilities in the town.

References

Roslyakovo, Murmansk Oblast Wikipedia