Murmansk region, Polyarnye Zori: getting to know the city

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Dear friends! Today we will once again be pleased with his article by Yuri, who is already known to blog readers thanks to a series of posts about Krasnaya Polyana. Yuri talks about his impressions of a business trip to the city of Polyarnye Zori, located in the Murmansk region. The photos are also the author's, but not highly artistic (since the author did not imagine that he would share his emotions). And although the photographs do not reflect all the beauty of this region, and late autumn added cold colors to the color palette, it seems to me better to preserve the author’s vision.

Apatity – Polyarnye Zori

It was autumn. End of october. Already on Saturday morning it was clear that our plans were not destined to come true. A couple of weeks ago, before a series of business trips, we were looking forward to a great weekend in the cultural capital. But all our hopes were dashed by the passenger transportation schedule. The plane to the glorious city of Apatity was only on Saturday morning. And on Monday we had to be at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant. Accordingly, we had no other options. So on Saturday morning we explored Pulkovo for souvenirs and waited to be called to board our airliner.

The airliner turned out to be AN-24. This is a plane that looked more like a minibus. He didn’t need such little things as a ladder at all. “I carry everything I own with me,” the plane told us with a wink, and the door of the plane transformed into an elegant staircase consisting of a couple of steps. I’ll also add that the AN-24 is a rotary-wing aircraft. So already at the moment of landing there was a clear understanding that the business trip to the Kola Peninsula would be exciting.

The landing at Apatity airport was smooth and comfortable. Next is a 50-meter walk from the plane to the airport building and a taxi driver who was waiting for our arrival. The temperature was about zero degrees, so the taxi driver warmed himself by wearing a T-shirt over his naked body. What can I say - a hot northern man.

There were 2 hours of gorgeous scenery ahead. Nature is amazing! Lakes, forests, something pristine and majestic... Throughout the trip, this beauty constantly took my breath away. We, of course, were looking forward to a picturesque panorama, since the view from the window at the edge of a myriad of lakes was mesmerizing already in flight.

But reality exceeded all expectations. We were captivated by some special ascetic and harsh picture outside the window.

Geography

The district is located in the southern part of the Kola Peninsula on the southern and northern coasts of the Babinskaya and Ekostrovskaya Imandra lakes. The terrain of the territory is low-mountain, sloping towards Imandra.

In the north, the district borders with the municipal district of the city of Monchegorsk, in the north and east - with the municipal district of Apatity, in the south - with the Kandalaksha district, in the west - with the urban district of Kovdorsky district.

The distance from the administrative center of the district to Murmansk is 220 kilometers.

The city of Polyarnye Zori.

Well, our goal was the city of Polyarnye Zori. As a reference. Polar Zori is a small town with a population of about 15 thousand people, which is located above the Arctic Circle in the Murmansk region.

Basically, the entire population of the city works at the city-forming enterprise - the Kola Nuclear Power Plant. The houses in the city are all small, 5-9 floors, unfortunately, unremarkable, I would even say sad and dreary. But nothing can be done - this is our north, harsh and merciless. Very close to the city is the border with Finland (only 200 km away). But the only thing notable for the European flavor in the city was the Norwegian gas station Statoil - a local attraction with delicious hot chocolate and croissants. Where, where, and in it you immediately remember that you are in Europe. But only one gas station was noticed. Therefore, the croissants in it quickly came to an end.

Transport

The city has an excellently developed transport system. Numerous buses, minibuses and taxis, as well as working vehicles that transport energy workers, construction workers, workers in the food and engineering industries. In addition to its own city routes, there is also intercity communication. These routes cover almost the entire Murmansk region.

Polar Zori is a city where there is a railway station. High-speed electric trains pass through it in different directions. There are two airports located not far from the city limits, the closest one being Khibiny.

Where to eat in Polyarnye Zory

We needed to spend a weekend in this wonderful city. But first of all, we had to have lunch. Our taxi driver recommended a place called "El Paso". An excellent name for Polyarnye Zori, we thought and headed there immediately upon arrival. The establishment was on the other side of the city, so we had to walk 15 minutes to get there. And what was our surprise when “El Paso” turned out to be an ordinary canteen! But the most surprising thing is that there was a long line in this canteen. Whole families of people went to the dining room, children were holding blue balloons with the inscription Kola Nuclear Power Plant, an atmosphere of joy reigned, in a word - a holiday on the weekend. We later learned that the prices at this canteen are so low that people find it cheaper to dine here than to cook at home. On the way from El Paso, we discovered a curious children's toy store called Fanatic.

Unfortunately, the search for cafes and restaurants was not particularly successful. There was an attempt to have a meal at the Uyut restaurant, but besides my colleague and I, a local resident was having a great time in the restaurant. In between emptying his glass, he managed to worry about the lack of music and demanded that the waitress join him in dancing. The case ended with the police being called, who took the visitor with them. Having learned about our visit to this restaurant, our taxi driver strongly recommended that we not go here, there and there, pointing his finger in different directions of the city. “There are a lot of thugs now, so even I don’t risk appearing there, although I could,” he said slyly and smiled bloodthirstyly. This was also hinted to me in one of the souvenir shops. In the summer, they say, bears walk around the outskirts of the city, and periodically tear people apart, but now the bears are hibernating, so it’s time for thugs. The most amazing thing is that at the main enterprise of the city, the nuclear power plant, the workers were all handpicked - handsome, in suits and ties, smart and intelligent. This is not without reason - the salary at nuclear power plants is decent, and given that the additional coefficient of 2.5 as a northern bonus has not been canceled, the city of Polyarnye Zori began to be among the top five in Russia in terms of average wages (at least, at the nuclear power plant we were told about this) . It was all the more difficult to realize that some of these educated and stylish people turned into ghouls after work.

Tourism and entertainment

The small polar town is very attractive to tourists thanks to its unique ski resort with the bright name “Samia” and a steep equipped slope. Fresh air and climatic conditions made it possible to locate a small preventative sanatorium here, which is no less popular among Russians.

Amazing landscapes and surrounding urban landscapes, as well as a beautiful river, make the city of Polyarnye Zori truly special.

There is a lot of entertainment here. This is both a cinema and a local House of Culture. A variety of cafeterias and restaurants, an Ice Palace the size of a stadium. All this keeps neither the townspeople nor the guests of the energetic Murmansk capital bored. And you can stay in all comfort in any of the three hotels located on the central streets of the city.

Kandalaksha - Polar Dawns.

But let's go back to Sunday - a trip to a city under the mysterious name Kandalaksha (also in the Murmansk region) was planned for this day.

On the way to Kandalaksha, I pictured an ancient town with wooden houses, reindeer herders, authentic restaurants and a beautiful embankment washed by the White Sea. Alas, I was naive. Kandalaksha turned out to be a complete analogue of Polar Dawns. To my question - “where is the cafe with dishes of venison, fresh crabs and unique whitefish?” The local residents looked at me in surprise and replied, “of course, in Finland.” In general, we found little of the above in Kandalaksha, except that there really was a sea, but without an embankment. It is worth telling separately about a miracle of nature (of which there are enough in this wonderful region, just remember the northern lights!) - in September, fur seals emerge from the sea, almost like 33 heroes, in search of their uncle Chernomor. They say that this is an unforgettable sight, but, unfortunately, it happened before us. But where exactly they go is a question, because there is no embankment!

Notes

1. from the point of view of the administrative-territorial structure
2. from the point of view of the municipal structure
3. ↑ 123
   The permanent population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved April 27, 2022. Archived May 2, 2022.
4. OKTMO
5. Charter of the Murmansk region
6. Law of the Murmansk Region dated January 6, 1998 N 96-01-ZMO “On the administrative-territorial structure of the Murmansk Region” (as amended as of December 24, 2015)
7. Charter of the municipal formation of the city of Polyarnye Zori with its jurisdictional territory
8. ↑ 12
   On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Murmansk region, Law 2568-01-ZMO
9. ↑ 12
   On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Murmansk region in the field of administrative-territorial and municipal structure of the Murmansk region, Law 2569-01-ZMO
10. All-Russian population census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more (unspecified)
    . Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
11. The size of the permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban settlements and regions as of January 1, 2009 (unspecified)
    . Retrieved January 2, 2014. Archived January 2, 2014.
12. ↑ 1 2 3
    All-Russian population census 2010.
    Volume 1 “Number, distribution and age-sex composition of the population of the Murmansk region” (unspecified)
    . Access date: February 2, 2014. Archived February 2, 2014.
13. Murmansk region. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2009-2015
14. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012 (unspecified)
    . Retrieved May 31, 2014. Archived May 31, 2014.
15. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements) (undefined)
    . Retrieved November 16, 2013. Archived November 16, 2013.
16. Table 33. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014 (unspecified)
    . Access date: August 2, 2014. Archived August 2, 2014.
17. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015 (unspecified)
    . Access date: August 6, 2015. Archived August 6, 2015.
18. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016 (Russian) (October 5, 2018). Retrieved May 15, 2022. Archived May 8, 2022.
19. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian) (July 31, 2017). Retrieved July 31, 2022. Archived July 31, 2022.
20. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved July 25, 2018. Archived July 26, 2022.
21. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved July 31, 2019. Archived May 2, 2022.
22. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Date accessed: October 17, 2022. Archived October 17, 2022.
23. Statistical collection Number, distribution and age-sex composition of the population of the Murmansk region. Results of the All-Russian Population Census. Volume 1. 2012 Archived on December 22, 2012. / Federal State Statistics Service, Territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Murmansk region. Murmansk, 2012 - 75 p.
24. Population of the Murmansk region by gender as of October 14, 2010 (unspecified)
    (inaccessible link). Access date: September 7, 2012. Archived July 26, 2013.
25. Distribution of the population of the Murmansk region by the most numerous nationalities by municipalities (undefined)
    (inaccessible link). Access date: February 6, 2015. Archived March 3, 2016.
26. Pirenga, Murmansk region
27. Industry and transport of the district on the website of the government of the Murmansk region (inaccessible link)
28. Demographic situation and labor market of the district on the website of the government of the Murmansk region (inaccessible link)
29. ↑ 123
    Municipal enterprises and institutions of the district on the website of the government of the Murmansk region (inaccessible link)
30. Social sphere of the district on the website of the government of the Murmansk region (inaccessible link)

A few words about refugees.

Well, I’d like to talk separately about Syrian refugees. Somewhat unexpected, right? But as it turned out, the Syrians are also harsh, and they choose harsh routes to Europe along the Murmansk-Norway route. The main difficulty in this route is crossing the transport border! The main emphasis should be on the word “transport”; accordingly, you cannot cross the border on your own. And so the unfortunate Syrians bought bicycles en masse in Murmansk and used them to cross the cherished border, after which they abandoned our bicycles there, in Europe. Local residents said the sight of refugees on bicycles was impressive.

Population

Gender composition
The population living on the territory of the municipality, according to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, is 17,641 people, of which 8,379 are men (47.5%) and 9,262 are women (52.5%)[23][24].

National composition

According to the 2010 population census, 90.8% of the population of the municipality are Russians, 3.3% are Ukrainians, 1.9% are Belarusians, as well as 3.9% of other nationalities[25].

Last evening in Polyarnye Zori.

But let's return to our Polar Dawns. Realizing that it would be problematic to have a quiet meal outside the hotel, we decided to have dinner directly at the hotel. At the reception we were assured that everything would be fine with dinner! Moreover, we can have dinner at any time convenient for us, because dinner will be prepared for us.... in the morning! Well, in the evening we will find our plates in the refrigerator. Next, we must, with a slight movement of the hand, send the plate of dinner to the microwave, where it will be heated. This is the service. But let’s say thank you for it too! True, as it turned out, the harsh, inadequate guys that frightened us are found not only outside the hotel, but also inside! In this regard, I would like to remember the last day of our business trip, or, to be more precise, the last evening. My colleague Dmitry, who is about 50 years old, and I headed for dinner, where another guest was sitting at the next table. Dmitry has a cheerful disposition and a cheerful voice, therefore, when opening the refrigerator, he accompanied the action of putting food into the microwave with the comment: “What do we have here today, and how long do you leave the food to warm up” and so on. To which the guest unexpectedly reacted, expressing his dissatisfaction in monosyllables: “Quiet!” Dmitry softly remarked: “You are probably tired! Hard day! I’ll stop there and apologize.” Then our lunch continued in silence, but still, Dmitry could not resist and began asking me some questions from the series “What are we eating today?” This liberty was immediately met with an indignant response from our neighbor: “I asked you to be quiet!” Haven’t you been hit in the throat with a fork in a long time?” It’s difficult to say what to call my state at that moment, but I was definitely impressed. Dmitry, as if nothing had happened, objected: “Did you receive it?” Feeling that the atmosphere was heating up, I had to enter into a dialogue, telling everyone that it had been a hard day and everyone wanted to rest, so “while I’m eating, I’m deaf and dumb.” We finished our meal in silence. Our friendly neighbor finished his meal first, stood up, came up to us and muttered through his teeth: “About the fork - I’m serious!” It’s better not to mess with me!” And went. Dmitry still could not resist and shouted after him, “And it’s better not to mess with us either.” We could only be glad that the next day we were flying to Moscow, because... All work at the nuclear power plant was completed.

Anything for the soul

Beautiful streets and parks are what the soul of a city dweller asks for. And we also need something interesting - where to take a photo, something to keep the child occupied. Our cities are now striving for this, and it seems that Polar Zori is doing it very well. Here, before our very eyes, the park that arose several years ago on the swampy bank of Pinozero is being improved, and Partizan Zapolyarya Street is also pleasing, along which you can walk to the new sports and recreation center and park. Thanks to a federal grant, it was also updated and spruced up this year. Only “Northern Lights” is still missing, but more on that below.

On the weekend - visit neighbors

On a not very nice day off, but still teasing with an errant ray of sunshine and at the same time the realization that golden autumn is a beautiful and short-lived phenomenon, my family and I decided to go for a walk... somewhere. Polar Dawns are not far, and it’s interesting, something new seems to appear there all the time, we remembered and hit the road.

- Wow, great! — as soon as we parked at the sports and recreation center, the sons immediately ran to the vast sports ground next to it. Last year there was still construction work going on here, but now, please, there’s a gorgeous skate area where local boys are enthusiastically performing tricks. Yes, it’s a pity, we can only look - we don’t have a scooter for tricks with us. But Kandalaksha woman Tatyana Pleskacheva and her son Arseny are fully armed.

“We come here every week for a walk all summer and take a scooter,” said Natalya. “My son really likes it here: freedom, comfortable paths, they’ve equipped the Sports Island.” Almost every time we discover something new for ourselves. Today we walked first along Partizan Zapolyarya Street, where they also opened a track with a safe surface for cyclists and scooter riders, but for younger ones. Now, however, it is very windy, so we didn’t stay there long.

By the way, I would like to note that a lot of Kandalakshan people come to Polyarnye Zori: to walk in the park and, apparently, to go shopping. At least three out of three motorists with families whom I approached in the parking lot of a chain store with a question like “how to get to the library” said that they were from Kandalaksha, so they didn’t know. Well, okay, Polyarnye Zori is not the kind of city where you can get lost, but there are places to take a walk, as we have already seen.

There is an atom in the center

So, we go further, into the cute arch with bullfinches, which opens the entrance to “Our Park” (the townspeople themselves chose this name for it, which perfectly expresses their attitude towards their favorite recreation area), past the stream and the sculpture of Peter and Fevronia. We pass the sports area, go out to the central area, where among the yellow-leaved birches there are interesting modern installations made of stones and, very usefully, a kiosk with donuts, and through the children's playground down to the embankment.

We admired the lake and the white seagulls, ran along the path along the shore past plaster (or stone, I don’t understand) polar bears, went to a beautiful pier, and here it is - the center of the park composition, as it seemed to us. This is a glass dome-tent on the shore, which symbolizes the atom, which is more than appropriate in the city of nuclear scientists. In the park infrastructure this place is called Atom Island. The sports ground at the sports and recreation center, by the way, is Sports Island. They are connected to Atom Island by a beautiful bridge, which is necessary here due to the swampy terrain.

At the dome we started talking with a group of people who also went out for a walk on this Saturday afternoon.

“It’s our friends who came to us from Murmansk, we come here with guests every time, and I love coming here with my husband and daughter,” said Anna Seliverstova. — Every year something new appears, now it’s Sports Island, children’s playgrounds. But not so long ago there was just a swamp in this place! We really like the geodome, it’s interesting to visit it: shout, take pictures.

“Yes, we are from Murmansk, we try to see each other more often with our childhood friend, it’s generally nice to be in Polyarnye Zori, the town is so compact and cozy,” Katerina Zhestokanova joined the conversation. “We are pleasantly surprised by how he is transforming right before our eyes.” And it’s great that the focus is on family vacations and sports. I think this is great! We just saw a group of pensioners on the sports ground - they were passionate about some interesting game, we also wanted to spend time like that. You still need to find out what kind of game this is - like towns, but with balls.

While we were talking with Anna and Ekaterina, two more girls approached the glass dome - I recognized the Apatitch artist Alexandra Kalyuk and her friend. It turns out that we stopped by on the way from Kovdor - Sasha was just showing the geodome to her friend. He says the acoustics here are interesting and interesting thoughts are born...

Let's not interfere. Jumping across the bridge - and we are again on Sports Island, where we actually find a group of very friendly pensioners playing bowls.

“This is petanque, a French game,” they readily explained. — We have a whole club of amateurs, we gather here several times a week. Previously, we were looking for a place in the park, but on Sports Island, at our request, you see, they made a special area. Now we want to organize an open championship, let people come to play with us, at least from nearby Apatity and Kandalaksha!

Waiting for the shine

Having said goodbye to the petanque lovers, we’ll go for a little while - although it’s very windy today! — to Partizan Zapolyarya Street. For the reconstruction of its half-kilometer section, the city won a 55-million grant from the Russian Ministry of Construction, and this spring the residents of Polarnozorin received an updated walking area. Previously, there were just boring concrete pedestrian paths, but now there are magnificent children's and skate playgrounds, intricately tiled areas, convenient for cyclists and walkers, lawns await landscaping, and at the end of the street, just opposite the sports and recreation center, according to the plan - a large-scale installation with northern lights.

They say it will be visible from afar. The work is not finished, although, logically, it should have been completed in the spring. But... the contractors failed, then the pandemic intervened... Be that as it may, the radiance has not yet been “turned on.” The structure is already being erected, work is underway, but even the city administration does not risk giving a date for its completion.

In general, we said thank you to the hospitable Polar Zorya, where we spent such a good and unnoticed couple of hours, and left. And a couple of days later, information from the municipal administration appeared on the Internet: the region’s first modular track for riding BMX bicycles, scooters, rollerblades and skateboards was installed and opened on Sport Island. This track consists of bumps (rolls) and counterslopes (turns). Using these bumps, the rider gains and controls speed. Polar Dawns, keep it up!

Farewell to Polar Dawns.

In general, the impressions of the trip were varied. First of all, this is, of course, nature, and secondly, everything that surrounded this nature - including courageous people who, despite all the hardships of life and the harsh climate, remained friendly, courteous and very accommodating (in unlike visitors staying in hotels in the city). I would like to say a special thank you to our guide-taxi driver. Thanks to his morning fishing, we finally tried the most delicate and very tasty fish called whitefish (though already in Moscow). Incredibly, fresh fish smells like cucumbers!

Well, we flew to Moscow on a different type of minibus - a Bombardier plane, which made the flight "Apatity - Moscow - Chelyabinsk". We were very afraid to miss our stop and listened to the pilot’s messages so as not to hear “Caution, the doors are closing, next stop is Chelyabinsk”

And here is Yuri’s reflection on the opportunity to meet his soulmate in this world

Geography[ | ]

The district is located in the southern part of the Kola Peninsula on the southern and northern coasts of the Babinskaya and Ekostrovskaya Imandra lakes. The terrain of the territory is low-mountain, sloping towards Imandra.

In the north, the district borders with the municipal district of the city of Monchegorsk, in the north and east - with the municipal district of Apatity, in the south - with the Kandalaksha district, in the west - with the urban district of Kovdorsky district.

The distance from the administrative center of the district to Murmansk is 220 kilometers.

Notes[ | ]

1. from the point of view of the administrative-territorial structure
2. from the point of view of the municipal structure
3. ↑ 123
   The permanent population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved April 27, 2022. Archived May 2, 2022.
4. OKTMO
5. Charter of the Murmansk region
6. Law of the Murmansk Region dated January 6, 1998 N 96-01-ZMO “On the administrative-territorial structure of the Murmansk Region” (as amended as of December 24, 2015)
7. Charter of the municipal formation of the city of Polyarnye Zori with its jurisdictional territory
8. ↑ 12
   On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Murmansk region, Law 2568-01-ZMO
9. ↑ 12
   On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Murmansk region in the field of administrative-territorial and municipal structure of the Murmansk region, Law 2569-01-ZMO
10. All-Russian population census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more (unspecified)
    . Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
11. The size of the permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban settlements and regions as of January 1, 2009 (unspecified)
    . Retrieved January 2, 2014. Archived January 2, 2014.
12. ↑ 1 2 3
    All-Russian population census 2010.
    Volume 1 “Number, distribution and age-sex composition of the population of the Murmansk region” (unspecified)
    . Access date: February 2, 2014. Archived February 2, 2014.
13. Murmansk region. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2009-2015
14. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012 (unspecified)
    . Retrieved May 31, 2014. Archived May 31, 2014.
15. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements) (undefined)
    . Retrieved November 16, 2013. Archived November 16, 2013.
16. Table 33. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014 (unspecified)
    . Access date: August 2, 2014. Archived August 2, 2014.
17. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015 (unspecified)
    . Access date: August 6, 2015. Archived August 6, 2015.
18. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016 (Russian) (October 5, 2018). Retrieved May 15, 2022. Archived May 8, 2022.
19. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian) (July 31, 2017). Retrieved July 31, 2022. Archived July 31, 2022.
20. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved July 25, 2018. Archived July 26, 2022.
21. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved July 31, 2019. Archived May 2, 2022.
22. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Date accessed: October 17, 2022. Archived October 17, 2022.
23. Statistical collection Number, distribution and age-sex composition of the population of the Murmansk region. Results of the All-Russian Population Census. Volume 1. 2012 Archived on December 22, 2012. / Federal State Statistics Service, Territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Murmansk region. Murmansk, 2012 - 75 p.
24. Population of the Murmansk region by gender as of October 14, 2010 (unspecified)
    (inaccessible link). Access date: September 7, 2012. Archived July 26, 2013.
25. Distribution of the population of the Murmansk region by the most numerous nationalities by municipalities (undefined)
    (inaccessible link). Access date: February 6, 2015. Archived March 3, 2016.
26. Pirenga, Murmansk region
27. Industry and transport of the district on the website of the government of the Murmansk region (inaccessible link)
28. Demographic situation and labor market of the district on the website of the government of the Murmansk region (inaccessible link)
29. ↑ 123
    Municipal enterprises and institutions of the district on the website of the government of the Murmansk region (inaccessible link)
30. Social sphere of the district on the website of the government of the Murmansk region (inaccessible link)

Population[ | ]

Gender composition
The population living on the territory of the municipality, according to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, is 17,641 people, of which 8,379 are men (47.5%) and 9,262 are women (52.5%)[23][24].

National composition

According to the 2010 population census, 90.8% of the population of the municipality are Russians, 3.3% are Ukrainians, 1.9% are Belarusians, as well as 3.9% of other nationalities[25].