Kovdor
Russia /
Murmansk /
Kovdor /
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, 1 km from center (Ковдор)
World / Russia / Murmansk
city, place with historical importance, GULAG, district center
Town and the administrative center of Kovdorsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, mostly known for its mining industry. Population: 18,820 (2010 Census).
By 1965, Kovdor was a work settlement in the district of Kirovsk. By the September 20, 1965 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, it was granted the status of a town under district jurisdiction and subordinated to Kirovsk Town Soviet. However, by the June 28, 1967 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Decree, Kovdor was subordinated to Apatity—a town under oblast jurisdiction which was granted this status a year before.
By 1965, Kovdor was a work settlement in the district of Kirovsk. By the September 20, 1965 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, it was granted the status of a town under district jurisdiction and subordinated to Kirovsk Town Soviet. However, by the June 28, 1967 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Decree, Kovdor was subordinated to Apatity—a town under oblast jurisdiction which was granted this status a year before.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovdor
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 67°34'6"N 30°28'37"E
- Kandalaksha 88 km
- Monchegorsk 107 km
- Murmansk 194 km
- Tromsø 526 km
- Harstad 596 km
- Naryan-Mar 945 km
- Vorkuta 1405 km
- Labytnangi 1525 km
- Dudinka 2200 km
- Igarka 2303 km
- Yakovlev Yak-9 0.9 km
- swimming pool "Chaika" Gull 1.1 km
- Cemetery 1.1 km
- Kovdor Mine 2.4 km
- The ski downhill (Kovdor, Lysaya Sopka - 'The Bold Mountain') 3.1 km