Murmansk
Speech parts
1. Murmansk - Noun
2. Murmansk - Proper noun
Meaning
a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
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Phrases with the word
Examples
After Kesten’ga was secured, the Finns would then seize the towns of Loukhi and Kem, severing the Murmansk rail line in two more areas to make it even more difficult for any Soviet relief effort.
Continental road networks do reach into these areas, such as the Dalton Highway to the North Slope of Alaska, the R21 highway to Murmansk in Russia, and many roads in Scandinavia (though due to fjords water transport is sometimes faster).
Four British destroyers and five other vessels were escorting Convoy JW 51B from the UK to the Murmansk area.
Recognizing the importance of the Murmansk area and its vital rail link to the rest of the Soviet Union, Frolov ordered his 52nd Rifle Division to take up defensive positions guarding the port.
Murmansk was the only year-round ice-free port in the north, and it was a threat to the nickel mine at Petsamo.
The port of Murmansk in the Kola Bay Throughout the Russian North, indigenous and local people are being denied rights to fish, hunt, use pastureland, or exercise control over resources upon which they and their ancestors have depended for centuries.