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Murmansk Oblast
federal subject of Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Murmansk Oblast (Russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, Murmanskaya oblast' ) is a federal subject in northwestern Russia. The administrative centre is Murmansk, where most of the population lives. The oblast has a population of 741,511.
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