Ura-Guba (), also known as Ura (),Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 67 is a rural locality (a selo) in Kolsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located beyond the Arctic Circle at a height of above sea level. Population: 517 (2010 Census).
History It was founded in the 1860s—the decade when the Murman Coast was actively being settled.Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 23
By the April 20, 1921 Decision of the Plenary Session of Murmansky Uyezd Executive Committee, Ura-Guba was transferred from Novozerskaya to Alexandrovskaya Volost and became the administrative center of Ursky (Ura-Gubsky) Selsoviet.
On September 11, 1938, Ura-Guba was made the administrative center of Polyarny District by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR.Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 62 When Polyarny District was abolished on July 9, 1960,Decree #741/18 Ura-Guba became a part of Kolsky District.
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