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Kandalaksha (; , also Kandalax or Candalax in the old maps, Norwegian
Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic languages language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. It is also spoken as a second language among Norwegian-Americans in the United States of America, especially in the central northern states....
: Kandalaksja, Karelian
Karelian language

Karelian is a language closely related to Finnish language, with which it is not necessarily mutually intelligible. Karelian is spoken mainly in Republic of Karelia, Russia....
: Kannanlakši, ) is a town in Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast

Murmansk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the north-western part of Russia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Murmansk....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. It is located at the head of Kandalaksha Gulf
Kandalaksha Gulf

The Kandalaksha Gulf is located in the Republic of Karelia, and Murmansk Oblast in northwestern Russia. Forming the north-western corner of the White Sea, it is one of four large bays and gulfs of this sea, the others being the Onega Bay , the Dvina Bay , and the Mezen Bay ....
 on the White Sea
White Sea

The White Sea is an inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the northeast....
, beyond the Arctic circle
Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circle of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is the parallel of latitude that runs 66degree 33'39? north of the Equator....
. Geographical coordinates: .






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Kandalaksha Station (murmansk Region)
Kandalaksha (; , also Kandalax or Candalax in the old maps, Norwegian
Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic languages language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. It is also spoken as a second language among Norwegian-Americans in the United States of America, especially in the central northern states....
: Kandalaksja, Karelian
Karelian language

Karelian is a language closely related to Finnish language, with which it is not necessarily mutually intelligible. Karelian is spoken mainly in Republic of Karelia, Russia....
: Kannanlakši, ) is a town in Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast

Murmansk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the north-western part of Russia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Murmansk....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. It is located at the head of Kandalaksha Gulf
Kandalaksha Gulf

The Kandalaksha Gulf is located in the Republic of Karelia, and Murmansk Oblast in northwestern Russia. Forming the north-western corner of the White Sea, it is one of four large bays and gulfs of this sea, the others being the Onega Bay , the Dvina Bay , and the Mezen Bay ....
 on the White Sea
White Sea

The White Sea is an inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the northeast....
, beyond the Arctic circle
Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circle of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is the parallel of latitude that runs 66degree 33'39? north of the Equator....
. Geographical coordinates: . Population: 40,564 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
).

History

The settlement has existed since the 11th century. In the 13th century along with the southern part of the Kola Peninsula
Kola Peninsula

The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far north of Russia, part of the Murmansk Oblast. It borders upon the Barents Sea on the North and the White Sea on the East and South....
 it became a part of the Novgorod Republic
Novgorod Republic

The Novgorod Republic was a large medi?val Russian state which stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Ural Mountains between the 12th and 15th centuries, centred on the city of Novgorod....
, and in 1478 was annexed to Muscovite Russia. In 1915 building of a seaport started, and in 1918 a railroad connecting Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 to Murmansk
Murmansk

Murmansk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and seaport in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland....
 running through the town was opened.

During World War II in July 1941, the town was a primary target of an unsuccessful German-Finnish offensive
Operation Arctic Fox

Operation Arctic Fox was the codename given to a campaign by Nazi Germany and Finland forces during the World War II, against Soviet Union Northern Front defences at Salla, in Finland, in July 1941....
 which attempted to cut the strategic Murmansk
Murmansk

Murmansk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and seaport in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland....
-Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk is the Capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, with a population of 266,160 . It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers....
 railway.

Since 1995, the oil port Vitino
Vitino

Vitino is an oil port on the White Sea in Russia. It is located near the station Beloye More a few kilometers south of Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast, on the western shore of Kandalaksha Gulf....
 operates near the station Beloye More (????? ????) a few kilometers south of Kandalaksha.

Kandalaksha Mayor Nina Varlamova
Nina Varlamova

Nina Varlamova was a Russia politician who served as the Mayor of the northern town of Kandalaksha in Murmansk Oblast. Varlamova was elected Mayor of Kandalaksha in 2007....
 was murdered in an attack in December 2008.

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