Nothern Experiments, The Barents Urban Survey
Research, 2009
25 facts about Murmansk
Client: 0047, The Barents Trienale 2009
Buromoscow, Partner in charge:  Andreas Huhn, Olga Aleksakova, Julia Bourdova

Murmansk is a port-based city in the North-West Russia. Surrounded by military and industrial middle-size settlements, Murmansk is an oasis of economic activity, amplified by the immediate vicinity of Norway. Though it has lost about one-third of the population during last 18 years, with its 320.000 inhabitants Murmansk is still the largest city above the Arctic Circle. In few years it will likely start transforming from an artificial Soviet formation into a 'Petropolis', supported by many investments connected to the exploration of the Shtokman gas field and the massive expansion and improvement of the city's port.