Murmansk (Russia, is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far northwest part of Russia.

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It remains the largest city north of the Arctic Circle, almost 100,000 more populous than Oulu, Finland, and is a major port on the Arctic Ocean. Although there was a building boom in the early twentieth century's arms races, Murmansk's population has been in a slow decline since the Cold War, from 468,039 (1989 Census); 336,137 (2002 Census); 307,257 (2010 Census); to 299,148 (2014 estimate). It remains the largest city north of the Arctic Circle, almost 100,000 more populous than Oulu, Finland, and is a major port on the Arctic Ocean.

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