En Name: | Polyarnye Zori |
Ru Name: | Полярные Зори |
Coordinates: | 67.3667°N 62°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Polyarnye Zori (Murmansk oblast) (1995).png |
Federal Subject: | Murmansk Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory |
Adm Ctr Of: | Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Polyarnye Zori Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Polyarnye Zori Urban Okrug |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Maxim Pukhov |
Pop 2010Census: | 15096 |
Established Date: | 1968 |
Current Cat Date: | April 22, 1991 |
Postal Codes: | 184230 |
Postal Codes Ref: | [1] |
Dialing Codes: | 81532 |
Website: | http://www.pz-city.ru/ |
Polyarnye Zori (Russian: Поля́рные Зо́ри, lit. English: polar dawns) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Niva River, Lake Imandra, and Lake Pinozero, 224km (139miles) 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),
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.[2] 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.
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.[3] As a municipal division, Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory is incorporated as Polyarnye Zori Urban Okrug.[4]