Murmansk, the Forbidden City
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
City “Murmansk” built an age of Tsarist Russian empire was inaugurated on 4 October 1916. Murmansk name is taken from the word murmans term for those Russian Scandinavian descents. City “Murmansk” located in Kola Bay / Kola Peninsula, 12 km from the Barents Sea. The city is located not far from the North Pole and near the state border between Russia and Norway also Finland. Murmansk is a city in Russia the cold arctic region where the lowest temperature can reach minus 40s. Cold season Murmansk city will often have 24 hours in darkness, in summer the city will often enjoy 24 hours of bright sunshine.
City “Murmansk” is very beautiful especially in the summer because it has so many beautiful lakes and forests and their flora and fauna that are found only in the area-typical arctic regions. The main income population about 300 000 people is a fisherman because of its territory despite the cold super warm ocean currents flowing north Atlantic drift ocean currents so that the water is not frozen passable ships.
City “Murmansk” in the days of the Soviet Union is the city limits to foreigners because it is one of the Russian naval bases and is home to “Atomflot”; an ice crusher nuclear ship. Even now, it is banned indiscriminate shooting anyone, especially a photograph around its harbor and a few other places; this can make you have to deal with the military.




