Polyarnye Zori (, lit. ) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Niva River, Lake Imandra, and Lake Pinozero, south of Murmansk. The nearest settlements to Polyarnye Zory are: Zasheek (3 km), Pinozero (4 km), Nivskiy (8 km) and Afrikanda-1,2 (16 and 13 km). Population : 14,196 (2020 Сensus),
History Polyarnye Zori was founded in 1968 as a settlement for workers of the electric power industry due to the construction of the Kola Nuclear Power Plant. Initially a work settlement subordinated to the town of Apatity, it was elevated in status to that of a town under oblast jurisdiction by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree of April 22, 1991.Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 58 A part of the territory in jurisdiction of Apatity was also transferred to Polyarnye Zori by the Decision of the Presidium of the Murmansk Oblast Soviet of People's Deputies of May 16, 1991.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division, Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory is incorporated as Polyarnye Zori Urban Okrug.Law #535-01-ZMO
Mayors of Polyarnye Zori Lyudmila Chistova (1994–1998) Valery Mironov (1998–2001) Vladimir Goncharenko (2001–2005) Nikolay Goldobin (2005–2013) Maxim Pukhov (since 2013)
Notable people
Marina Sergina (born 1986 in Polyarnye Zori), ice hockey player Ivan Yershov (born 1979 in Polyarnye Zori), footballer
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