Kirovsk

human settlement in Kirovsk Urban Okrug, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Kirovsk is a small town and ski resort in Murmansk Oblast, northwestern Russia.

Understand

A wintry Kirovsk, with Khibiny Mountains in background

The city of Kirovsk was established in the 1930s as an apatite mining town in the Khibiny Mountains. Originally named Khibinogorsk (after the mountains), it was soon renamed Kirovsk, after the Communist politician assassinated in 1934.

Get in

By plane

By rail

  • The nearby city of Apatity has a station on the Moscow-Murmansk railway, with several trains each day in either direction. Kirovsk has a railway station, but it is no longer served by passenger services.

By bus

  • Kirovsk is away from the main St Petersburg-Murmansk highway, and, therefore, is a dead station for the regional bus service. Buses run to Apatity, Monchegorsk, Murmansk, Kandalaksha.

Get around

See

Tropical flora in the exotic greenhouse

Do

Modern ski infrastructure in the sun: one of the few ski resorts above the Arctic Circle.

Kirovsk has a small ski resort open from mid November to mid June. There is also cross country ski infrastructure.

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