"Arctic Gates": why Murmansk is called that. "Gate of the Arctic" on the Northern Sea Route: Russia opened the northern pantry The last city of Tsarist Russia
Despite the vast territory of our country, including the northern one, there are only six cities beyond the Arctic Circle. And the largest of them is Murmansk. This city is called the "second Dardanelles" and the "Arctic Gate" for good reason - after all, it is the largest non-freezing port located in the Arctic.
The last city of Tsarist Russia
Murmansk is a unique city, which was the last one founded under Imperial Russia. It was planned that it would be called Romanov-on-Murman, but the revolution made its own adjustments. Therefore, in 1917 the city was simply renamed Murmansk - from the historical name of the northern coast of the Kola Peninsula - Murman.
During the Civil War
The Kola Peninsula became one of the regions where a fierce struggle unfolded between the “reds” and the “whites”. It was a tasty morsel for either side, and besides, foreign invaders also intervened in the confrontation. It is understandable - an ice-free port in the Arctic is a rarity. In 1918, a British landing force landed in Murmansk, and Finland, which recently declared its independence, also “sharpened its teeth” on it. There were also Germans nearby who were helping the White Finns - a civil war was just going on in the country.
Gender based ban
The "Whites" considered the region (which was called the Murmansk Territory) as their own and seriously guarded it - because of its important strategic importance. Military power in the region was concentrated in the hands of Major General Nikolai Ivanovich Zvegintsov. As Sergey Volkov tells in the book “Generality Russian Empire", he headed the military department of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region - the main body of the autonomous public education in the north of the country during the Civil War.
One of the first decrees of Nikolai Ivanovich in office was a ban on the entry of women and children into the city. Moreover, he ordered, if possible, to evacuate from Murmansk all representatives of the weaker sex and minors. Today such a prescription may seem strange, but then it was quite logical.
It should be understood that Murmansk in the period 1918-1920. was something like Moscow in 1941. Being literally in the ring of fronts, the city could be subjected to aggression from any side. The presence of women and children in it, who would need to be protected, limited the maneuverability of the troops, their fighting spirit. But the main reason was the banal shortage of housing and food. The city was just under construction. Cut off from the central part of the country by the front, it had practically no other means of transporting food than by sea. Karelia itself could hardly be called a fertile region capable of fully providing for itself on its own.
08:00 Meeting with the guide at the railway station in Apatity.
Transfer to Kirovsk (35 km).
An individual transfer is possible from Murmansk to flight UT 577 (arrival at 04:20) to Kirovsk (for breakfast in a cafe). The approximate cost of an individual transfer is from 500 rubles. up to 2500 r. one way, depending on the number of applicants.
Breakfast in a cafe.
Visit to the "Snow Village" - a unique place of rest for adults and children. The fairy tale, into which the visitors of the snow halls find themselves, makes people a little kinder, melts their hearts. The appearance of a huge structure made of snow in the middle of the forest on a snow-covered meadow is a real miracle, which you definitely need to see at least once in your life. The Snow Village excursion and tourist center is a unique project that has been successfully implemented since 2008. As soon as the first snow falls in the Khibiny, snow construction begins at the foot of Mount Vudyavrchorr. Every year "Snow Village" implements the most daring ideas and plans, more and more ice and snow structures appear. Game program, riding on "cheesecakes". Warming hot tea with sweets in the cafe (extra charge.)
Sightseeing tour of the city "Kirovsk - the heart of the Khibiny". The beauty and pride of the Kola Peninsula is the Khibiny Mountains, low, harsh and extremely picturesque. In the center of the peninsula, on the southern outskirts of the mountain range, near Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, Kirovsk is located, the northernmost ski resort in Russia. A settlement in the mountains for the Far North is a rarity. Neighbors from the plain jokingly call this city "village". In polar Kirovsk, every street offers a picturesque view of the mountains. You will feel the unhurried rhythm of life in a small town and the power of the harsh northern nature.
Excursion to the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute. N. A. Avrorina is a unique complex, the northernmost botanical garden in our country! Blooming tropical plants in the middle of the hills and undersized shrubs - it's worth seeing!
Lunch at the cafe.
Visit to the Museum and Exhibition Complex "Apatit". The richest collection of minerals from the Khibiny and the Kola Peninsula, models of open pit, underground mining and processing plants. The systematic collection of minerals features 850 mineral varieties, including precious specimens of gold, diamond, topaz, ruby, emerald, amber and more. Mining and enrichment layouts have sound effects and dynamic lighting.
Attention! With a group of more than 20 people, it is possible to partially use headphones and an audio guide (on bail). Climbing the tower (for groups of more than 8 people) is not provided!
Check-in at the hotel "Khibiny".
Free time. For those who wish to ski in the Snow Park (cheesecakes, skis, etc.).
Overnight at the hotel.
07:00 - Breakfast at the hotel. Release of rooms.
Excursion "On a visit to the Saami" (ethnographic complex "Sam-Syit"): rituals, customs, life, deer, National cuisine. Lunch on site.
Transfer to Murmansk.
Murmansk is the capital of the Russian Arctic, the most Big City in the world, located below the Arctic Circle. Dozens of sea routes start from here. Everything here is saturated with the sea and subject to its laws. Monuments, architecture, museums - everything in this city is special, reminiscent of and tells about sailors and fishermen, scientific discoveries in the ocean and naval exploits. Visiting the Oceanarium (for an additional fee - 500 rubles). Paid in advance when buying a tour). This research center is the only complex in Europe for the study of Arctic seals. It is located on Lake Semenovskoye, within the city, and takes visitors to entertaining performances with the participation of pinnipeds: gray and harp seals, bearded seals and ringed seals.
Check-in at the hotel "Meridian".
Free time.
Dinner on your own in the hotel restaurant or cafe in the city center.
Overnight at the hotel.
08:00 - Breakfast at the hotel. Release of rooms.
Sightseeing bus tour - "Murmansk - the capital of the Arctic": during the tour you will visit the main sights of the city (Memorial to the submariners who died in peacetime, the Church of the Savior on the Waters, the Lighthouse, the wheelhouse of the nuclear submarine "Kursk", the Memorial to the Defenders of the Soviet Arctic in years of the Second World War, the monument "Waiting").
Visit to the Regional Museum of Local Lore in Murmansk. The museum has 17 exhibition halls. The "Nature" section contains the only exposition of the seabed in Russia - a dry aquarium, a unique geological collection extracted from depths from 100 m to 12 km when drilling the Kola superdeep well.
The entire history of the region from ancient times to the present is presented in the expositions: “History of the region from ancient times to the 17th century”, “The economy and life of the Sami in the 18th - 19th centuries”, “Kola Peninsula of the 17th - n. XX century”, “October socialist revolution, civil war and intervention in Murman”, “The land in the period of 1920-1930s”, “ Murmansk region 1945-1985". The final section of the exposition of history is devoted to changes in the political, socio-economic spheres of life in the region from 1985 to the present day.
Visit to the first nuclear icebreaker "Lenin".
"Lenin" is the world's first surface ship with a nuclear power plant. The icebreaker was built in the USSR, primarily to serve the Northern sea route. Now it is a unique museum ship.
Lunch at the cafe.
Transfer to Severomorsk (31 km).
Visit to the Air Force Museum of the Northern Fleet in Safonovo. The museum has three halls: wartime, memory of the dead, post-war period. The house-museum of Yuri Gagarin - it was in it that the first cosmonaut, at that time still a simple soldier, lived with his family. Hangar of military equipment: planes, tanks.
Visit to the Museum "Submarine K-21". This legendary submarine, famous for its combat exploits during the Second World War, today gives everyone the opportunity to immerse themselves in the real world of submariners. In the four compartments of the submarine, the combat situation has been preserved, here you can literally touch the history - batten down the rack, look into the periscope. There are also expositions that describe the actions of the Second World War and the formation of submarine forces in the North in the post-war period. Personal belongings, photographs, awards of submariners and presented documents of that time will tell better than any historian about the heroism of the people who went to battle on this boat.
Return to Murmansk by 18:00.
Free time to buy souvenirs.
Transfer to the railway station / airport.
Departure to Moscow.
Note:
Tour price per person
- when placed in a double room - 17,600 rubles.
- when placed in a single room - 19,700 rubles.
- when placed in a 3-bed room - 16,800 rubles.
The price includes: accommodation for 2 nights, meals according to the program (breakfast and lunch), entrance tickets to all objects according to the program, 12 excursions according to the program; transport and excursion services on the route, services of a guide and accompanying group.
Important! Due to the fact that the tour program includes a visit to the closed city of Severomorsk, when buying a tour, it is required to provide full details of Russian passports (scan/copy of the page with a photo, issuer, address by registration) for all participants of the trip. For children - a scan/copy of the birth certificate. To issue a one-time pass to Severomorsk, you must provide all the data no later than 1 month before the date of arrival. Citizens of other states cannot visit Severomorsk.
Attention! Specify information on the contact details of the accompanying person and current route adjustments on the website 1-2 working days before the start of the program or with the lead manager.
Additionally paid:
railway travel Moscow-Apatity-Murmansk-Moscow (find out the cost)
Estimated cost of railway tickets - reserved seat from 5000 rubles, coupe from 6700 rubles. (one way). The final cost of tickets can be clarified on our website in the section "Air and railway tickets" or clarified with the manager on the day of purchase of the tour.
Recommended train options:
Moscow - Apatity train 016A "Arktika", departure at 00:41, arrival at 08:22 the next day.
Murmansk - Moscow train 091A, departure at 21:10, arrival at 11:38 + 2 days.
Murmansk - Moscow train 015A, departure at 19:30, arrival at 06:50 + 2 days.
Attention! Train tickets must be purchased with a departure date one day earlier than the tour start date. That is, in order to arrive at the beginning of the tour, for example, on February 23, you should buy tickets with departure on February 22.
Important! If the railway ticket offices run out of tickets for the trains you are interested in, contact us and we will be able to get almost any tickets for your trip. This service is paid additionally (400 rubles to the cost of the fare for one ticket).
Attention! Check-in at the hotel is possible only if you have an identity document (passport, birth certificate). Please note that all accommodations have check-in and check-out rules. There may not be available rooms in the hotel before the set check-in time. Rooms must be vacated in accordance with the rules of the hotel.
The company reserves the right to make some changes to the tour program without reducing the overall volume and quality of services. We draw your attention to the need to comply with the current legislation. The travel time and duration of the tour are indicative.
Transport service according to the program: tourist class bus. For a group of less than 18 people, a tourist class minibus is provided (seat numbers are not saved in this case).
At the Novoportovskoye field, Gazprom Neft launched the Arctic Gates of the Arctic oil loading terminal, installed in the waters of the Gulf of Ob. This is a unique technical facility designed to operate in extreme natural and climatic conditions: the temperature in the region drops below -50 degrees Celsius, the ice thickness can exceed 2 m. 3.5 km from the coast, it enters through an oil pipeline with a length of more than 100 km. The terminal's oil transshipment capacity is up to 8.5 million tons per year.
"Alexander Sannikov" is one of two icebreaking vessels servicing the terminal at Novoportovskoye, which are being built by order of Gazprom Neft at the Vyborg Shipyard
The facility is equipped with a two-level emergency protection system and meets the most stringent requirements in the field of industrial safety and security environment. A special system allows you to instantly undock the terminal and the tanker, while maintaining the tightness of the disconnected elements. The "zero discharge" technology excludes the ingress of any foreign substances into the waters of the Gulf of Ob. The subsea pipeline connecting the terminal to the offshore tank farm is protected by an additional concrete shell.
The command to start loading a tanker with oil from the Novoportovskoye field through the new terminal was given by the president via video link Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The solemn event dedicated to the start of the year-round shipment of Yamal oil through the Gates of the Arctic was attended by Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Board of Gazprom, and Alexander Dyukov, General Director of Gazprom Neft.
The development of territories located beyond the Arctic Circle on land and on the shelf is part of the Gazprom Neft strategy until 2025, the joint program "Arctic Time". The flagship projects of the program today are the development of the Prirazlomnoye and Novoportovskoye fields. In the future, its perimeter may include other elements of the Gazprom Neft production cluster, which is being formed in the north of the YNAO, and new offshore assets.
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation:
Today we are starting a new stage in the development of Yamal, in fact, a new stage in the development of the Novoportovskoye field. This is a significant, great event, as the project is one of the most capital-intensive in the Russian oil and gas industry. Over the past three years, 186 billion rubles have been allocated for its implementation, and the latest technical solutions have been applied to work in the harsh conditions of the northernmost point of the Yamal Peninsula. For the first time, oil will be shipped not by pipeline, but by sea. I would like to congratulate and thank the management of Gazprom and Gazprom Neft, as well as the engineers and workers who took part in the implementation of this project. This is a very good step forward!
Alexander Dyukov, General Director of Gazprom Neft:
The Novoportovskoye field was discovered more than 50 years ago and became the first hydrocarbon field discovered on the Yamal Peninsula. For a long time, the lack of technologies for the development of such complex fields as Novoportovskoye, the lack of the possibility of exporting and transporting oil did not allow starting the development of the asset. The use of new modern technologies of the 21st century made it possible to start developing this field.
We continue to build high-tech horizontal wells at the field. We are expanding and developing ground infrastructure. A powerful power plant is under construction. At the Vyborg Shipyard, we started building new, modern, powerful icebreakers for Novy Port. The start of full-scale development of the asset opens up a new production region for Gazprom Neft and brings the company significantly closer to its strategic goal of 100 mmtoe. by 2020.
The command to start loading the tanker with oil from the Novoportovskoye field through the new terminal was given via video link
Russian President Vladimir Putin
Arctic terminal
Oil transportation scheme
8.5 million tons per year capacity of the Gates of the Arctic terminal for oil transshipment
Vadim Yakovlev, First Deputy General Director of Gazprom Neft:
Construction Arctic terminal at the Novoportovskoye field is the most complex project implemented in extreme climatic conditions. However, the commissioning of the Gates of the Arctic is a valuable event not only in terms of demonstrating the technological capabilities of Gazprom Neft. This is a major milestone in Novoportovskoye's road to full capacity, a journey the company has traveled from virtually zero to the discovery of a new Russian oil province in Yamal.
May 26, 2016 on the Yamal Peninsula (Cape Kamenny village) began year-round shipment of Yamal oil through the Arctic oil terminal "Gate of the Arctic".
The command to start loading the tanker with oil from the Novoportovskoye field was given by video link by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Novoportovskoye oil and gas condensate field is considered the largest in terms of oil reserves in Yamal - it is located 700 kilometers from the existing pipeline infrastructure. Therefore, it was decided that for the first time in the history of the Russian oil and gas industry, the export of Yamal oil will be carried out by sea.
Oil of the Arctic >>
The latest technologies in the creation of production, transport and offloading infrastructure made it possible to organize commercial oil production at the field in just 4 years. Already in 2018, it is planned to extract about six million tons of “black gold” here.
Oil from the Novoportovskoye field is delivered via an oil pipeline with a length of more than a hundred kilometers to the coast of the Gulf of Ob. It has a critically shallow navigation fairway depth - 11 meters, in connection with which the oil terminal is located directly at sea - 3.5 km from the coast.The terminal's oil transshipment capacity is up to 8.5 million tons per year. It allows year-round shipment of oil produced in Yamal to tankers for further transportation along the Northern Sea Route.
The Gates of the Arctic sea terminal is the only facility in the world in the Arctic. The terminal is designed to work in extreme natural and climatic conditions: the temperature in the region drops below -50ºС, the ice thickness can exceed 2 meters. It has a two-level protection system and meets the most stringent requirements in the field of industrial safety and environmental protection.
The second arc7 class tanker "Shturman Malygin" was launched >>
The terminal equipment is fully automated and reliably protected from water hammer. A special system allows you to instantly undock the terminal and the tanker, while maintaining the tightness of the disconnected elements. The "zero discharge" technology excludes the ingress of any foreign substances into the water area of the Gulf of Ob, which is very important for preserving the ecology of the Arctic. In addition, the subsea pipeline connecting the terminal to the offshore tank farm is protected by a concrete shell.
" " is consistently developing the Arctic. Oil is being successfully produced at the Prirazlomnoye field, the only hydrocarbon development project on the Russian Arctic shelf. A gas production center that has no analogues in the world is developing at full speed on the Yamal Peninsula. Now, together with the gas center, a new oil province is being created here.
This project is the most important for increasing cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route and developing Arctic offshore fields. It brings Russia closer to the task - to increase the volume of cargo along the Northern Sea Route by 2030 to more than 80 million tons, that is, twenty times compared to 2015.
Due to the year-round oil shipment, accompanied by icebreakers, the Yamal-Europe route will become one of the first constantly used sections of the Northern Sea Route. There will already be a certain schedule on this segment, which will make the NSR more convenient and accessible for shippers.
New icebreaking supply vessel >>
Oil deliveries via the Northern Sea Route will give Russian oil companies useful experience and impetus to further expand the geography of deliveries along this route, and will allow other companies to be involved in the transportation of various cargoes that are not profitable for shipment by land. And it could also revive the economies of now-depressed coastal cities.
Terminal "Gate of the Arctic" is another important step towards the development of the shelf vector. The fact of organization of year-round operation of a specialized large port located beyond the Arctic Circle confirms once again that Russian interests in the Arctic are also backed up by technical capabilities.
In addition to production on the Arctic shelf, another aspect is also important for Russia - the organization of uninterrupted supplies of oil and gas to Europe. The use of oil and gas pipelines is significantly more profitable, since it does not impose additional costs on the development of the transport fleet, liquefaction and regasification of LNG, however, in the current geopolitical conditions, the “pipe” should have an alternative. In this vein, of course, the possibility of organizing deliveries by sea is an indisputable advantage.
No matter what European politicians say and no matter how they try to get rid of Russian hydrocarbons, demand for Russian energy resources in Europe last years just grew up. In the first quarter of this year alone, Europe purchased 15% more Russian gas than a year earlier. The same situation is observed with oil. It is hardly worth expecting a rebound in demand specifically for Russian oil. Oil deliveries from Yamal have already been contracted for years to come, and with the expansion of the geography of transportation and opportunities, they, of course, will only grow.
Gazprom Neft launched the first project to study the Bazhenov Formation in the YaNAO >>
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The Novoportovskoye oil and gas condensate field is located in the southeastern part of the Yamal Peninsula, 250 km north of the city of Nadym and 30 km from the coast of the Gulf of Ob. The recoverable reserves of C1+C2 category liquid hydrocarbons are more than 250 million tons. The field development operator is Gazprom Neft PJSC.
Oil of a new grade, called Novy Port, according to its properties belongs to the category of lungs, and according to low content sulfur (about 0.1%) exceeds in quality not only the Russian blend Urals, but also the Brent grade.
The possibility of exporting oil by sea was confirmed in 2011 after pilot escort of a nuclear-powered icebreaker from the port of Sabetta (northeast of the Yamal Peninsula) to Cape Kamenny. First in Russian history the experience of exporting oil from Yamal by tanker by sea was obtained in July 2014.
The volume of investments in the development of the Novoportovskoye field amounted to 180 billion rubles, the expected tax revenues during the implementation of the project will exceed 1.5 trillion rubles.
The peculiarity of the Novoportovskoye field is that its gas part is really very large. In terms of gas reserves - 324 billion m3 (including Paleozoic deposits) - it can be classified as large. The full use of this resource base can pay for the creation of a gas pipeline to deliver gas from the field to the unified gas supply system. In addition, this will allow the efficient operation of the field to continue after 2022–2023, when oil production starts to decline.
For this, a unique infrastructure complex is being built in Novy Port for the effective monetization of all types of hydrocarbons: oil, condensate, and gas. The creation of such a complex will make it possible to involve the reserves of both the Novoportovskoye field and a number of others in the development with maximum efficiency. These are Yuzhno-Kamennomyssky, Yuzhno-Novoportovsky, Surovy license areas. While they are in the search stage. The key object of the new gas infrastructure will be the gas pipeline from the Novoportovskoye field to the main gas pipeline Yamburg-Tula. Investments in its construction will amount to more than 70 billion rubles.
You will meet with the incredible beauties of the Russian Arctic! Hospitable Sámi village, affectionate deer, impressive mining quarries and snow labyrinths of ice castles, metal bowels of submarines and colossal nuclear icebreakers. The gray-haired Barents Sea, the spirit of which fills all the paths of the Kola Peninsula. The largest city in the world located above the Arctic Circle. Ice and snow. The wonders of science and technology. And a whole ocean of impressions!
Price: from 16000 RUB
Russian Normandy, the gates of the Arctic, the Russian Arctic - a harsh, but such an attractive land, where northern ice Arctic Ocean meet with the Apatity and Khibiny mountain ranges and the fearless character of a person. The skies above this earth are painted in the fabulous colors of the famous aurora. The ancient settlements of the Sami are still inhabited by representatives of this amazing pagan people, who still worship idols, conduct shamanic rituals and breed deer. The nature of the Kola Peninsula generously gives a person forests, fish and the richest collection of its earthly riches - gold, diamonds, topazes, rubies, emeralds, amber, iron ores and hundreds of other minerals are mined here. And there is so much snow here that every year local craftsmen build an entire Snow Village out of it, "painted" with ornate patterns and attracting thousands of tourists from all over the world to its labyrinths. Dozens of sea routes begin here, and huge tankers huddle together in the port of Murmansk, like sea lions on a rookery. Here you can see the Arctic nuclear icebreakers with your own eyes and be on board a real submarine. You will find a rare for residents central Russia meeting with the incredible beauties of the Russian Arctic! The hospitable Sami village will warm you with its warmth, games and traditional national treats from seafood and forest products. Affectionate deer will be happy to chat with guests, and real sea hares will surprise you with acrobatics and dexterity. You will see impressive mining quarries and snow labyrinths of ice castles, the metal bowels of submarines and colossal nuclear icebreakers. The gray-haired Barents Sea, the spirit of which fills all the paths of the Kola Peninsula. The largest city in the world located above the Arctic Circle. Ice and snow. The wonders of science and technology. And a whole ocean of impressions!
Attention! The site indicates the date of departure from Apatity.
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1st day |
08:30 Arrival of the group in Apatity. Meeting with the guide at the railway station. ( Vasilyeva Julia - 8 902 282 89 75). Transfer to Kirovsk(35 km). Breakfast at the cafe Visit to the "Snow Village"- a unique place of rest for adults and children. The fairy tale, into which the visitors of the snow halls find themselves, makes people a little kinder, melts their hearts. The appearance in the middle of the forest on a snowy meadow of a huge structure made of snow is a real miracle, which you definitely need to see at least once in your life. The excursion and tourist center "Snow Village" is a unique project that has been successfully implemented since 2008. As soon as the first snow falls in the Khibiny, snow construction begins at the foot of Mount Vudyavrchorr. Every year "Snow Village" implements the most daring ideas and plans, more and more ice and snow structures appear. Game program, riding on "cheesecakes". Warming hot tea with sweets in a cafe for an extra charge. fee. Sightseeing tour of the city "Kirovsk - the heart of the Khibiny". The beauty and pride of the Kola Peninsula are the Khibiny Mountains, low, harsh and extremely picturesque. In the center of the peninsula, on the southern outskirts of the mountain range, near Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, Kirovsk is located, the northernmost ski resort in Russia. A settlement in the mountains for the Far North is a rarity. Neighbors from the plain jokingly call this city "village". In polar Kirovsk, every street offers a picturesque view of the mountains. You will feel the unhurried rhythm of life in a small town and the power of the harsh northern nature. Excursion to the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute. N. A. Avrorina- a unique complex, the northernmost botanical garden in our country! Blooming tropical plants in the middle of the hills and undersized shrubs - it's worth seeing! Lunch at the cafe Visit to the Museum and Exhibition Complex "Apatit". The richest collection of minerals from the Khibiny and the Kola Peninsula, models of open pit, underground mining and processing plants. The systematic collection of minerals features 850 mineral varieties, including precious specimens of gold, diamond, topaz, ruby, emerald, amber and more. Mining and enrichment layouts have sound effects and dynamic lighting. Check-in at the hotel "Khibiny". Free time for those who wish to ski in the Snow Park (cheesecakes, skis, etc.). Overnight at the hotel. |
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2nd day |
Breakfast in the hotel. Release of rooms. Departure to ethnographic complex Loparskaya(180 km). With favorable weather conditions, check-in is possibleOlenegorsk(110 km) - observation deck of the Komsomolsk quarry. The most accessible operating quarry is located near Olenegorsk. Iron ore is mined here. It is located on the site of the Olenegorsk iron ore deposit and has been operating since 1998. From the observation deck you can look at the work of mining excavators and Belaz, which, against the backdrop of a giant quarry, seem like just mice. Ethnographic complex Loparskaya - excursion to the Sami village. You can plunge into the world of Sami culture and feel the flavor of the Lovozero tundra. You will get acquainted with the customs and traditions of the Kola Saami, see and feed the deer, ride a sleigh behind a snowmobile, show strength and dexterity in the Saami national games. There are 2 fire pits on the territory of the complex, where you can warm up after entertainment, a wooden tent, decorated in the national Sami style, with barbecues, where you will be offered hot tea with sweets. You will see a genuine kuvaksa - a Lappish hut (tarpaulin summer dwelling) and a winter tupa - a Lappish winter dwelling (earthen house). Transfer to Murmansk(50 km). Murmansk is the capital of the Russian Arctic, the largest city in the world, located beyond the Arctic Circle. Dozens of sea routes start from here. Everything here is saturated with the sea and subject to its laws. Monuments, architecture, museums - everything in this city is special, reminiscent of and tells about sailors and fishermen, scientific discoveries in the ocean and naval exploits. Visit to the Oceanarium. This research center is the only complex in Europe for the study of Arctic seals. It is located on Lake Semenovskoye, within the city, and takes visitors to entertaining performances with the participation of pinnipeds: gray and harp seals, bearded seals and ringed seals. Check-in at the hotel "Meridian" Free time. Overnight at the hotel. |
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Breakfast at the hotel - buffet. Release of rooms. Visit to the Regional Museum of Local Lore in Murmansk The museum has 17 exhibition halls. The Nature section contains the only exposition of the seabed in Russia - a dry aquarium, a unique geological collection extracted from depths from 100 m to 12 km when drilling the Kola ultra-deep well. Sightseeing bus tour - "Murmansk - the capital of the Arctic": during the tour you will visit the main sights of the city (Memorial to the submariners who died in peacetime, the Church of the Savior on the Waters, the Lighthouse, the wheelhouse of the nuclear submarine "Kursk", the Memorial to the Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Second World War, the monument "Waiting"). Visit to the first nuclear icebreaker "Lenin". "Lenin" is the world's first surface ship with a nuclear power plant. The icebreaker was built in the USSR, primarily to serve the Northern Sea Route. Now it is a unique museum ship. Lunch at the cafe Transfer to Severomorsk(31 km). Visit to the Museum "Submarine K-21". This legendary submarine, famous for its combat exploits during the Second World War, today gives everyone the opportunity to immerse themselves in the real world of submariners. In the four compartments of the submarine, the combat situation has been preserved, here you can literally touch the history - batten down the rack, look into the periscope. There are also expositions that describe the actions of the Second World War and the formation of submarine forces in the North in the post-war period. Personal belongings, photographs, awards of submariners and presented documents of that time will tell better than any historian about the heroism of the people who went to battle on this boat. Visit to the Air Force Museum of the Northern Fleet in Safonovo. The museum has three halls: wartime, memory of the dead, post-war period. The house-museum of Yuri Gagarin - it was in it that the first cosmonaut, at that time still a simple soldier, lived with his family. Hangar of military equipment: planes, tanks. 16:30 Transfer to Murmansk. 21:15 Departure to Moscow. |
The cost of the tour per person when placed in a double room: 16,000 rubles.
The cost for accommodation in a single room is 17,500 rubles.
The cost for accommodation in a 3-bed room is 15,600 rubles.
The tour price includes:
Accommodation in the hotel "Khibiny" (1 night);
- accommodation in the hotel "Meridian" (1 night);
- meals (3 breakfasts, 3 lunches);
- sightseeing tours around Kirovsk and Murmansk;
- entrance tickets to museums according to the program;
- bus transfers according to the program;
- visiting the "Snow Village";
- visiting a Saami settlement;
- game and entertainment programs according to the program;
- the work of an attendant and guide.
Important! Due to the fact that the tour program includes a visit to the closed city of Severomorsk, when buying a tour, it is required to provide the agency with the full data of Russian passports of all participants in the trip.
Attention!
Specify information on the contact details of the accompanying person and current route adjustments on the website 1-2 working days before the start of the program or with the lead manager.
How to get there.
Recommended options:
Moscow - Apatity train 016A "Arktika", departure at 00:41, arrival at 08:22 the next day.
Murmansk - Moscow train 091A, departure at 20:45, arrival at 11:38 the next day.
Estimated cost of railway tickets - reserved seat from 5000 rubles, coupe from 6700 rubles. (one way). The final cost of tickets can be clarified on our website in the section "Air and railway tickets" or clarified with the manager on the day of purchase of the tour.
Attention, train tickets should be purchased with a departure date one day earlier than the tour start date. That is, in order to arrive at the beginning of the tour, for example, on February 23, you should buy tickets with departure on February 22.
Dear customers, if the ticket offices for the trains you are interested in run out of, contact us and we will be able to get almost any tickets for your trip. This service is paid additionally (400 rubles to the cost of the fare for one ticket).
The information on the site is not a public offer and is informative: for clarification, please contact the managers.
The travel time and duration of the tour are indicative.
On all excursions, you must have a passport with you, for children - a birth certificate.
Foreign citizens must have a migration card with them.
For a group of more than 19 people, a Mercedes, Man, Neoplan, Setra, Yutong, ShenLong bus or equivalent is provided. For a group of up to 19 people, a Mercedes Sprinter minibus or equivalent is provided, the preliminary seating arrangement in the cabin may differ.
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