Murmansk in 3 Russian words
This city was founded quite recently – in 1916. It is the largest port in the world located beyond the Arctic Circle. Here are its three main symbols.
1. ТРЕСКА (Cod)
Cod is considered the most important commercial fish in Murmansk. It is even depicted on the city's coat of arms. And there is also a monument to it there.
2. АТОМНЫЙ ЛЕДОКОЛ «ЛЕНИН» (Nuclear-powered icebreaker “Lenin”)
The world's first nuclear-powered icebreaker operated along the Northern Sea Route for about 30 years. However, in 1989, it was permanently moored next to the Murmansk seaport. Today, ‘Lenin’ functions as a museum ship.
3. ПАМЯТНИК «АЛЕША» (‘Alyosha’ Monument)
The Arctic became the only section of the Soviet-German front where the enemy was never able to break through deep into the country. In 1974, a memorial to the ‘Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War’ was unveiled in Murmansk. It is simply known as ‘Alyosha’.
