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Ostrovnoy

Ostrovnoy (Russian: Островно́й), previously known as Murmansk-140 (Му́рманск-140), is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,171.
The first naval base was established here in 1915. There is no rail link to Ostrovnoy and the settlement is reachable by coastal ship, helicopter or small plane in winter. Until 1938, the town was known as Yokanga. Until 1981, the town was known as Gremikha. The Gremikha Naval Base was one of the Northern Fleet's main facilities for servicing nuclear submarines.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrovnoy,_Murmansk_Oblast

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  • Gremikha Naval Base, Stella Pates (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    It is such a help to be able to identify Yukanskie in the Log Book of HMS Vindictive in World War I (in which my father George Vernon Honey served) as Gremikha on modern maps. Very many thanks. Stella Pates,
  • Nuclear waste in open-air, gopa (guest) wrote 16 years ago:
    goppa
  • Nuclear waste in open-air, шныга (guest) wrote 16 years ago:
    piz-desh
  • Затопленная у причала плавмастерская ПМ-73, Broadline (guest) wrote 16 years ago:
    охренеть. до чего ж русские богаты, пипец.
  • Затопленная у причала плавмастерская ПМ-73, The Mighty Guru (guest) wrote 16 years ago:
    Ну вот, что я и говорю: дай совкам волю, всё засрут и в своём навозе завязнут.
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