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Zaozyorsk (Template:Lang-ru), formerly called Murmansk-150 (Му́рманск-150), is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 12,687 (2002 Census).

Zaozyorsk was originally formed in 1958 as a settlement called Zaozerny Village. The aim of the settlement was to be a base for a nuclear underwater fleet that was to protect Soviet's northern sea border. The base was renamed in 1959 as Zapadnaya Litsa.

References

1. Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (in Russian).

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