Murmansk

Murmansk is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland. Despite its rapidly declining population, Murmansk remains the largest city north of the Arctic Circle.

Murmansk in The War That Came Early
Murmansk was a major Russian port on the Barents Sea. After the 'Big Switch' of 1940, the Royal Navy attempted to get at the Soviet Fleet, but mines and aircraft kept them at bay. In January of 1941, Pe-8 heavy bombers of the Soviet Air Force used air bases at Murmansk to bomb the British naval base of Scapa Flow.