Vidyayevo
Russia /
Murmansk /
Zaozyorsk /
World
/ Russia
/ Murmansk
/ Zaozyorsk
, 44 km from center (Заозёрск)
World / Russia / Murmansk
town, closed administrative-territorial entity
Closed rural inhabited locality in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Despite having a rural status, it is municipally incorporated as Vidyayevo Urban Okrug, as such status is the only one allowed by the federal law for closed inhabited localities. Population: 5,771 (2010 Census). It is mostly known for the naval bases located in the Ara and Ura Bays. The locality itself is situated on the eastern side of the Ura Bay.
It was founded in 1958 as Uritsa (Урица), after the river flowing from Pityevoye Lake into the bay and providing drinking water for the settlement. Most likely, the name Uritsa is a Russian diminutive of Ura, which is a native Saami (Lappi) name for the bay and for a larger river Ura also feeding into the Ura Bay several kilometers away from Vidyayevo. Uritsa was renamed Vidyayevo in 1964 in honor of the World War II submarine commander Fyodor Vidyayev who perished in the Barents Sea in course of the military mission of the submarine ShcH-402 under his command. In the early 1960s, the area started serving as a base for diesel-powered submarines, and in 1979 nuclear-powered ones as well. In the 1980s, the base at Ara Bay was a relatively large one, serving submarines of all three generations. Remaining submarines in service in Ara Bay today are of the Akula (Shchuka-B), Sierra, and Oscar-II (Antey) class. Vidyayevo (particularly the Ara Bay) was the home base of the now lost K-141 Kursk (which was an Oscar-II class). Naval radioactive waste storage facilities are located at the Ara Bay as well. The base at Ura Bay is used for diesel submarines and a few smaller surface vessels. The settlement consists mostly of five-story apartment buildings built on granite rock foundations or on poles driven into permafrost.
It was founded in 1958 as Uritsa (Урица), after the river flowing from Pityevoye Lake into the bay and providing drinking water for the settlement. Most likely, the name Uritsa is a Russian diminutive of Ura, which is a native Saami (Lappi) name for the bay and for a larger river Ura also feeding into the Ura Bay several kilometers away from Vidyayevo. Uritsa was renamed Vidyayevo in 1964 in honor of the World War II submarine commander Fyodor Vidyayev who perished in the Barents Sea in course of the military mission of the submarine ShcH-402 under his command. In the early 1960s, the area started serving as a base for diesel-powered submarines, and in 1979 nuclear-powered ones as well. In the 1980s, the base at Ara Bay was a relatively large one, serving submarines of all three generations. Remaining submarines in service in Ara Bay today are of the Akula (Shchuka-B), Sierra, and Oscar-II (Antey) class. Vidyayevo (particularly the Ara Bay) was the home base of the now lost K-141 Kursk (which was an Oscar-II class). Naval radioactive waste storage facilities are located at the Ara Bay as well. The base at Ura Bay is used for diesel submarines and a few smaller surface vessels. The settlement consists mostly of five-story apartment buildings built on granite rock foundations or on poles driven into permafrost.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidyayevo
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Coordinates: 69°19'25"N 32°50'5"E
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- Ara Bay Naval Base Munitions Depot 5.4 km
- shooting range 6.4 km
- 7th SSGN Division 7 km
- Guba Ara (Still Bay) Naval Base 7 km
- The underground base, shelter, and plant repairs submarines "lip Ara" 7.6 km
- Ura Bay 10 km
- Guba Ara (Still Bay) 11 km
Former military quarters mu 01578
Double-Fenced Compound : Torpedo Storage
Not completed mooring, for not completed "Ulyanovsk"
Ara Bay Naval Base Munitions Depot
shooting range
7th SSGN Division
Guba Ara (Still Bay) Naval Base
The underground base, shelter, and plant repairs submarines "lip Ara"
Ura Bay
Guba Ara (Still Bay)
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