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Severomorsk, previously known as Vayenga, is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The town is located on the coast of the Barents Sea along the Kola Bay 25km northeast of Murmansk, the administrative center of the oblast, to which it is connected by railway and a motorway. HistoryEarly settlementThe first settlement on the site of the modern city arose between 1896 and 1897. It was named Vayenga (Ваенга), after the river, the name of which itself comes from the Sami " vayongg ", meaning " doe " or " reindeer ". In 1917, only thirteen people lived in the settlement, who engaged in hunting, fishing and animal husbandry. The founding of the Northern Fleet BaseIn 1926 the Murmansk office of logging was founded, one of the artels of which was sent to Vayenga. A barracks, a dormitory and a banya were built, and a telephone line was laid through the village. In 1933, the bay was chosen as one of the bases for the newly created Northern Fleet. From 1934 and until the beginning of World War II, wooden and brick buildings, as well as military installations, were built in the settlement, and a naval aviation airfield was built in the neighboring bay. From August 1941, all construction was suspended.
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