Sights in Murmansk
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Krayevyedchesky Museum
The varied exhibits of the Krayevyedchesky Museum include good features on Sami and Pomor history and the Anglo-American occupation. There's a good souvenir shop, and museum guides can be hired for city tours in English.
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Lake Semyonovskoe
Atop the hill 2km north of pl Pyat Uglov, Lake Semyonovskoe is the focus of the largest open space near the centre and a favourite playground for Murmansk. The lake is named after the would-be hermit Semyon Korzhnev, an old tsarist soldier who retired at the turn of the 20th century to a cabin on the shore and was the only resident for miles around. Imagine his disappointment when Murmansk appeared on his utopian horizon!
The lake and indeed much of Murmansk are overlooked by Alyosha, a truly gigantic concrete Great Patriotic War soldier from whose feet you can enjoy spectacular views over the city. The lake is frozen for much of the year but in summer people swim and boa…
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Museum of the Northern Fleet
Naval buffs make the trek to the Museum of the Northern Fleet covering the founding of Russia’s first navy in Arkhangelsk, the Murmansk convoys of WWII and the modern fleet. The museum is within a turquoise, somewhat crumbling three-storey cultural centre fronted by anchors. Take bus 10 to the penultimate stop (‘Nakhimova’, opposite ul Admirala Lobova 43), walk on for 300m, then turn left and it’s 80m up ul Tortseva. Shimmy through the building’s foyer and the museum is to the left, within.
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Detsky Gorodok
Detsky Gorodok is a children's attraction consisting of a fake fort with swings, tunnels and climbing frames - plus a café where all ages can get a warming drink or snack. Located just up the street from the Church of the Saviour on the Waters.
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Artistic Craftsmanship Centre
The Artistic Craftsmanship Centre hosts about 30 exhibitions a year of regional crafts. You might come across anything from lacework or Pomor costumes to amulets made from rye dough or items of braided birch bark.
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Regional Studies Museum
The Regional Studies Museum features geology, natural history and oceanography on the 2nd floor, and Kola Peninsula history on the 3rd floor. There’s a reasonable souvenir shop too.
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Lighthouse Monument
The Lighthouse Monument commemorates lost sailors including the 118 crew of the Kursk nuclear submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000.
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Regional Craft Centre
The Regional Craft Centre shows Kola Peninsula art including Apatity-style canvases 'painted' with mineral powders.
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Church of the Saviour on the Waters
The gleaming gold-domed Church of the Saviour on the Waters was built in 2002 from public donations.
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St Nicholas Cathedral
The city's fine churches, include the 1840 neoclassical St Nicholas Cathedral.
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Fine Arts Museum
The 1927 Fine Arts Museum hosts temporary exhibitions of varying quality.
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