Severomorsk, known as Vayenga (Ваенга) until April 18, 1951, is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The town is located on the coast of the Barents Sea along the Kola Bay 25 kilometers (16 mi) northeast of Murmansk, the administrative centre of the oblast, to which it is connected by railway and a motorway.
View of the Kola Bay in Severomorsk
A closed city or town is a settlement where travel or residency restrictions are applied so that specific authorization is required to visit or remain overnight. Such places may be sensitive military establishments or secret research installations that require much more space or internal freedom than is available in a conventional military base. There may also be a wider variety of permanent residents, including close family members of workers or trusted traders who are not directly connected with clandestine purposes.
Central entry checkpoint to the closed city of Seversk, Tomsk Oblast, Russia.
A checkpoint in the closed city of Zheleznogorsk, in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
A view of Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, which is home to the Northern Fleet.
A street in Snezhinsk, Russia