Apatity

Apatity is a city in the Murmansk region of Russia, a regional subordination, 185 km south of Murmansk. Located on the Kola Peninsula, between Lake Imandra and the Khibiny mountain range, 23 km west of Kirovsk. Railway station on the line Murmansk - Belomorsk (October railway).

Population: 55,713 (2018)

The city appeared in 1935 as a settlement in connection with the discovery and development of the Khibinsky deposits of apatito-nepheline ores (before that, since 1926, it existed as a railway crossing Bely). It was transformed into a city in 1966.

Apatite is located beyond the Arctic Circle: the polar day lasts from May 20 to July 27, the polar night - from December 15 to December 28. The subarctic climate is temperate, summer is cool (average air temperature + 13 C. + 16 C), winter is relatively warm and long (average air temperature -13 C. -15 C).

Tourists travel to the city to see the spectacular aurora and picturesque Lake Imandra, visit the Geological Stone Garden and the Lapland Biosphere Reserve.

Famous natives: Sergey Fedorov - hockey player, NHL player and national team of Russia, Andrei Malakhov - TV presenter, Evgeny Rudin - DJ, composer (DJ Groove), Maxim Kononenko - journalist, Alexey Korzin - singer, graduate of the Factory of Stars-6.