Apatity
Apatity (Russian Апатиты, Finnish Apatiitti ) is a Russian city in the Murmansk Oblast. With 59 672 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) is the second largest city in the oblast.
History
The village was founded in 1935 in connection with the development of apatite - nepheline deposits in the nearby Chibinen, near the existing station since 1926 Bely on the Murmansk railway. From the name of the mineral apatite, the place name is derived. In 1966, the town rights.
Demographics
Note: Census data
Geography and transport
Apatity on the Kola Peninsula lies between Lake Imandra, the largest lake in Murmansk Oblast, and the Chibinen.
The connection from the air via the airport Kirovsk / Apatity, which lies between the cities of Kirovsk and Apatity. Apatity is connected via a station on the railway network and can also be reached via the road in 1378.
Economy
The largest employers in the city include:
- Apatite corporation, the largest metallurgical and mining company in Russia and Europe
- KSC RAS, Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences with eleven institutes
Further education institutions
- Branch of Petrozavodsk State University
- Branch of the State Engineering Academy of Economics Saint Petersburg
Museums
- Historical Museum of the European North of Russia (International Cultural Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences) Section 1 deals with the historical development of the Kola Peninsula
- Section 2 deals with the culture and the life in the region
- Section 3 presents from the local minerals
Events
- " Stone Flower ": Exhibition of stone - work, annual, end of January
- " Imandra ": middle-class economy fair, annual, end of April
- International dance competition, annual, November / December
- "Sun City": Wildlife Festival on Imandrasee, annual, end of August
In Apatity are also various shops, restaurants, bars and dance clubs located.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Vladimir Antipov (born 1978 ), ice hockey player
- Fyodor Fyodorov ( born 1981 ), ice hockey player
- Andrei Malakhov (born 1972 ), TV presenter