Revda, Murmansk Oblast

Rewda (Russian Ревда ) is an urban-type settlement in Murmansk Oblast in northwestern Russia, with 8414 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

History

The settlement was founded in 1950 for the ( main ) Extraction of loparite ores ( including for the procurement of tantalum or niobium) and still lives mainly from mining. In addition, it often serves as a starting point for tours to the relatively pristine nature of the Lovozero Tundra.

Near the village there is a transmitter of Russian RSDN -20 radio navigation system.

Population Development

The following overview shows the evolution of populations of Rewda.

Census data

People

The Sami writers and poets Askold Baschanow lived in Rewda.

Traffic

From Rewda is bus service to Olenegorsk and Murmansk and Lovozero after.

Since 1967, the settlement was the end point of an industrial railway line at almost 90 kilometers away from the Kirovsk also non-public route Apatity - teed Kirovsk. In the first third of the way they took the route of the beginning of the 1950s unfinished Kolabahn and went on along the east bank of the lake Umbosero after Rewda. Passengers, it was never on the track. In 2007, she was decommissioned and dismantled.

In the city