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Polyarny

city in Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Key facts

Country: Russia
Federal subject: Murmansk Oblast
Mayor: Vladimir Cherepov
Elevation: 20 m (66 ft)
Total: 17,293
Estimate 2023: 12,154 ( −29.7% )
Subordinated to: closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk
Capital of: closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk
Urban okrug: Alexandrovsk Urban Okrug
Postal codes: 184650, 184651, 184653
Dialing code: +7 81551

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Polyarny (Russian: Поля́рный) is a town and the administrative center of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the outermost western side of the Kola Bay. Population: 17,293 (2010 census); 18,552 (2002 census); 27,635 (1989 Soviet census).

It was previously known as Alexandrovsk (until 15 March 1926), Alexandrovskoye (until 11 March 1931), Polyarnoye (until 19 September 1939).