Romanov-on-Murman

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Romanov-on-Murman was the original name of the Russian Arctic port city now known as Murmansk, established during the late Imperial period.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Romanov-na-Murmane 2
Romanov-on-Murman canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former name of city ⓘ
historical city name ⓘ
connectedBy Murman Railway ⓘ
linked to: Murmansk Railway
coordinateLocation 68.97°N 33.08°E ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
endTime 1917 ⓘ
foundedAs ice-free Arctic port ⓘ
foundedDuringReignOf Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Romanov-na-Murmane ⓘ
linked to: Romanov-on-Murman
hasAlternativeTransliteration Romanov-na-Murmane ⓘ
linked to: Romanov-on-Murman
hasCharacteristic ice-free port in winter ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasFunction commercial port ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
seaport ⓘ
hasHarborType deep-water harbor ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod World War I era ⓘ
linked to: World War I
hasPoliticalContext late Imperial Russia ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
locatedIn European Russia ⓘ
Far North of Russia ⓘ
Kola Peninsula ⓘ
Murmansk Governorate ⓘ
Russian Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region
locatedInTimeZone MSK ⓘ
locatedNear Norwegian Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Barents Sea ⓘ
Kola Bay ⓘ
namedAfter House of Romanov ⓘ
partOf Murman Coast ⓘ
linked to: White Sea coast

Russian Empire ⓘ
portFor Allied supplies in World War I ⓘ
presentName Murmansk ⓘ
railConnectionTo Petrograd ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad
reasonForNameChange Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
replaced earlier small fishing settlements on Kola Bay ⓘ
replacedBy Murmansk ⓘ
startTime 1916 ⓘ
strategicImportance northernmost ice-free port of Russian Empire ⓘ
usedBy Allied navies during World War I ⓘ
Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
usedFor World War I military logistics ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murmansk → foundedAs → Romanov-on-Murman ⓘ
Romanov-on-Murman → hasAlternativeName → Romanov-na-Murmane ⓘ
linked to: Romanov-on-Murman
Romanov-on-Murman → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Romanov-na-Murmane ⓘ
linked to: Romanov-on-Murman