Romanov-on-Murman

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Romanov-on-Murman was the original name of the Russian Arctic port city now known as Murmansk, established during the late Imperial period.

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instanceOf former name of city
historical city name
connectedBy Murman Railway NERFINISHED
coordinateLocation 68.97°N 33.08°E
country Russian Empire
endTime 1917
foundedAs ice-free Arctic port
foundedDuringReignOf Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Romanov-na-Murmane NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeTransliteration Romanov-na-Murmane NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic ice-free port in winter
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasFunction commercial port
naval base
seaport
hasHarborType deep-water harbor
hasHistoricalPeriod World War I era NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalContext late Imperial Russia
languageOfName Russian
locatedIn European Russia
Far North of Russia
Kola Peninsula NERFINISHED
Murmansk Governorate NERFINISHED
Russian Arctic NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone MSK NERFINISHED
locatedNear Norwegian Sea NERFINISHED
locatedOn Barents Sea NERFINISHED
Kola Bay NERFINISHED
namedAfter House of Romanov NERFINISHED
partOf Murman Coast NERFINISHED
Russian Empire NERFINISHED
portFor Allied supplies in World War I
presentName Murmansk NERFINISHED
railConnectionTo Petrograd NERFINISHED
reasonForNameChange Russian Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED
replaced earlier small fishing settlements on Kola Bay
replacedBy Murmansk NERFINISHED
startTime 1916
strategicImportance northernmost ice-free port of Russian Empire
usedBy Allied navies during World War I
Imperial Russian Navy NERFINISHED
usedFor World War I military logistics

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Murmansk foundedAs Romanov-on-Murman