Kirovsk

Kirovsk is a small town and ski resort in Murmansk Oblast, northwestern Russia.

Understand

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A wintry Kirovsk, with Khibiny Mountains in background

The city of Kirovsk was established in the 1930s as an apatite mining town in the Khibiny Mountains. Originally named Khibinogorsk (after the mountains), it was soon renamed Kirovsk, after the Communist politician assassinated in 1934.

Get in

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By plane

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  • 67.46305633.5880561 Kirovsk-Apatity Airport. Has a few flights a day to Moscow and St Petersburg. Kirovsk-Apatity Airport on Wikipedia Kirovsk-Apatity Airport (Q1748568) on Wikidata OSM directions

By rail

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  • The nearby city of Apatity has a station on the Moscow-Murmansk railway, with several trains each day in either direction. Kirovsk has a railway station, but it is no longer served by passenger services.

By bus

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  • Kirovsk is away from the main St Petersburg-Murmansk highway, and, therefore, is a dead station for the regional bus service. Buses run to Apatity, Monchegorsk, Murmansk, Kandalaksha.

Get around

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Map
Map of Kirovsk

Tropical flora in the exotic greenhouse
Modern ski infrastructure in the sun: one of the few ski resorts above the Arctic Circle.

Kirovsk has a small ski resort open from mid November to mid June. There is also cross country ski infrastructure.

Name Email Altitude / / / /
Kolasportland Рейтинг@Mail.ru 390-852 m 7 Lifts: 0 / 1 / 6 30 km Pistes: 15 / 14 / 1

Drink

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Sleep

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  • 67.61436433.6622361 Hotel Severnaya, Lenina Prospekt 11, +7 815 313-31-00. OSM directions

Connect

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