Soviet photo album dedicated to Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic Circle and a vital ice free port in the Kola Peninsula.
Publishing house: Murmansk Book Publishing House
Published: 1989
Pages: N/A*
Circulation: 50,000 copies
Price: 2 Rubles 60 Kopeks
These photobooks were designed to celebrate northern industrial achievement. Some contents include:
-The nuclear icebreaker fleet, including famous vessels like the Lenin.
-The commercial fishing fleet and fish processing industries.
-Local Arctic nature, tundra landscapes, and the Northern Lights.
-WWII history and monuments honoring the Defenders of the Soviet Arctic (Alyosha monument).
*Book does not contain page numbers
