Cod is considered the most important commercial fish in Murmansk. It is even depicted on the city's coat of arms. And there is also a monument to it there.
The world's first nuclear-powered icebreaker operated along the Northern Sea Route for about 30 years. However, in 1989, it was permanently moored next to the Murmansk seaport. Today, ‘Lenin’ functions as a museum ship.
The Arctic became the only section of the Soviet-German front where the enemy was never able to break through deep into the country. In 1974, a memorial to the ‘Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War’ was unveiled in Murmansk. It is simply known as ‘Alyosha’.
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