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Apatity (Russian: Апатиты, IPA: [əpɐˈtʲitɨ], lit. apatites ) is a town in Murmansk Oblast , Russia , located along the Murman Railway , 23 km (14 mi) west of Kirovsk and 185 km (115 mi) south of Murmansk , the administrative center of the oblast .
Twin towns memorial in Yaroslavl Map of Russia. This is a list of places in Russia which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Apatity with the Khibiny Mountains in the background. View from the Khibiny Mountains down onto the town of Apatity. Apatit JSC (Russian: АО «Апатит») is a Russian mining and processing enterprise engaged in the extraction of mineral raw materials for manufacture of chemicals and fertilizers.
It is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Apatity. Kirovsk–Apatity Airport was officially opened in 1994, developed on a former Soviet Air Force / Russian Air Force airfield with a single tarmac area that hosted the 227th Independent Helicopter Squadron flying Mi-8 helicopters between 1992 and 2000 [ 3 ] and the 88th Independent ...
The town of Apatity in the Arctic North of Russia was named for its mining operations for these ores. Apatite is an ore mineral at the Hoidas Lake rare-earth project. [ 39 ]
Map of Russia with Murmansk Oblast highlighted This is a list of rural localities in Murmansk Oblast , organized by the district or municipality they are within or subordinated to, respectively. Murmansk Oblast (Russian: Му́рманская о́бласть , romanized : Murmanskaya oblast , IPA: [ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ] ) is a ...
Prior to Devonian magmatism the Kola and Karelia region had experienced a long history of low-frequency alkaline and carbonatite volcanism. [ 1 ] The Permian rocks of the Kola Alkaline Province is commonly presumed to represent an igneous hotspot created by a mantle plume . [ 3 ]
Polyarnye Zori was founded in 1968 as a settlement for workers of the electric power industry due to the construction of the Kola Nuclear Power Plant. [citation needed] Initially a work settlement subordinated to the town of Apatity, it was elevated in status to that of a town under oblast jurisdiction by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree of April 22, 1991. [2]