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Founded: 1938
Governor: Yury Alekseyevich Yevdokimov (elected 1997)
Federation Council Representatives: Andrey Grigorevich Gurev (executive, term expires March 2009); Vyacheslav Alekseevich Popov (legislative, term expires December 2006)
Duma deputy: Igor Konstantinovich Chernishenko (Murmansk district)(United Russia)
Population: 893,300 (2002 census)
Capital: Murmansk (population 336,700) 1,967 km from Moscow
Federal district: Northwestern
Economic region: Northern
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Murmansk Region is located on the Kola Peninsula in the northeastern part of European Russia. The region has coastlines on the Barents and White seas and borders Norway, Finland and Karelia.
Urban population: 92%, Rural population: 8%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: Murmansk is Russia's largest ice-free port and the main base for the country's fishing industry. Murmansk is also engaged in developing gas fields in the Barents Sea, including the Shtokmanovskoe gas condensate field. In addition, the region is trying to develop a tourist industry aimed at Scandinavians and featuring one-day cross-border hikes, safaris, ski races through three countries, and visits to historical and cultural monuments.
Official website: http://gov.murman.ru/
Contact information
Governor
Yury Alekseyevich Yevdokimov
75 Leninsky prospekt
Murmansk 183038
Tel.: +7 (8152) 48 62 01; 45 10 54
Fax: +7 (8152) 47 65 03
Email: obl.admin@murman.ru
Chairman of the Regional Duma
Pavel Alexandrovich Sazhinov
2 Ulitsa Perovskoy
Murmansk 186016
Tel.: +7 (8122) 45 36 72
Fax: +7 (8122) 45 10 35; 45 97 79
Email: murduma@com.mels.ru
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Renat Ivanovich Karchaa
12 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa, entrance 1
Moscow 103851
Tel.: +7 (095) 229 69 77
Fax: +7 (095) 229 53 51
last updated August 24, 2005
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