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Zaozyorsk
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Coordinates: 69°24′N 32°27′E / 69.400°N 32.450°E / 69.400; 32.450
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Murmansk Oblast
Founded	1958
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)	184310
OKTMO ID	47733000001

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. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
2. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
3. 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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