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Place in Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Roslyakovo (Russian: Росляко́во) was an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed-administrative territorial formation of Severomorsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula on the Kola Bay, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) west of Severomorsk proper. It was abolished, with its territory merged into the city of Murmansk, on January 1, 2015.[3] Population: 8,696 (2010 Census);[4]9,458 (2002 Census);[7]11,981 (1989 Census).[8]

History[edit]

It was founded in 1896.[2] The colony of Roslyakovo was one of the twenty-one included into Alexandrovskaya Volost of Alexandrovsky Uyezd, Arkhangelsk Governorate upon its establishment on July 1, 1920.[9]Urban-type settlement status was granted to Roslyakovo in 1959.[2]

Roslyakovo was in jurisdiction of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk until January 1, 2015,[1] when it was abolished, with its territory merged into the city of Murmansk.[3]

There is no restaurant or cafe in town. Formerly, there was a medical clinic. There are “a few 7-Eleven-sized grocery stores.”[10]
The Church of St. Michael the Archangel, founded in 1991, is the only church in the town.[11]

Most of the population are in the Russian Navy, or work as navy contractors. Shipbuilding is a local industry. After merging and enlarging two graving docks for the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, Roslyakovo has the largest drydock in European Russia.[12]Rosneft, the state owned oil company, is opening facilities in the town.[10]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Decree #603
  2. ^ a b c d “Росляково”. Kola Encyclopedia (in Russian). Archived from the original on February 17, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Law #1812-01-ZMO
  4. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ “Об исчислении времени”. Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ^ Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 66
  10. ^ a b Kelly, Mary Louise (August 4, 2016). “A Once-Closed Russian Military Town In The Arctic Opens To The World”. NPR. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  11. ^ Росляково. Церковь Михаила Архангела. [Roslyakovo. The Church of St. Michael the Archangel.]. Sobory.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on December 21, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  12. ^ Russia’s Cursed Aircraft Carrier Is Finally In A Drydock That Can’t Sink | The Drive | Published May 20, 2022