Roslyakovo, Murmansk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Roslyakovo.

Roslyakovo (Russian: Росляко́во) was an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed-administrative territorial formation of Severomorsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula on the Kola Bay, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) west of Severomorsk proper. It was abolished, with its territory merged into the city of Murmansk, on January 1, 2015.^[3] Population: 8,696 (2010 Census);^[4] 9,458 (2002 Census);^[7] 11,981 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Roslyakovo Росляково
Urban-type settlement[1] (abolished)
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Coordinates: 69°02′46″N 33°12′40″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Murmansk Oblast[1]
Founded	1896[2]
Urban-type settlement status since	1959[2]
Abolished	January 1, 2015[3]
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	8,696
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Severomorsk Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	184635
Dialing code(s)	+7 81537
OKTMO ID	47730000056

History

It was founded in 1896.^[2] The colony of Roslyakovo was one of the twenty-one included into Alexandrovskaya Volost of Alexandrovsky Uyezd, Arkhangelsk Governorate upon its establishment on July 1, 1920.^[9] Urban-type settlement status was granted to Roslyakovo in 1959.^[2]

Roslyakovo was in jurisdiction of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk until January 1, 2015,^[1] when it was abolished, with its territory merged into the city of Murmansk.^[3]

There is no restaurant or cafe in town. Formerly, there was a medical clinic. There are "a few 7-Eleven-sized grocery stores."^[10] The Church of St. Michael the Archangel, founded in 1991, is the only church in the town.^[11]

Most of the population are in the Russian Navy, or work as navy contractors. Shipbuilding is a local industry. After merging and enlarging two graving docks for the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, Roslyakovo has the largest drydock in European Russia.^[12] Rosneft, the state owned oil company, is opening facilities in the town.^[10]