Deer Guba is a village in the Murmansk region, located on the shores of the bay of the same name. The lip from Pomeranian is a bay, but it’s a deer, because in those places there were herds of commercial deer. According to archives, at the beginning of the last century, namely on May 3, 1920, a reindeer herding fishing village with the name Deer Guba was formed.
Geographic location
Geographically, the bay called Deer Lip has a very convenient location. The bay in which it is located has sufficient depth (up to 60 meters), as well as protection by means of the peninsula from piercing northerly winds, and hence from excessive wave formation.
The convenient location of the bay, namely, the proximity of the exit to the Barents Sea and the Kola Bay, as well as good depth, became an excellent reason to place the Northern Fleet base in Olenya Guba Bay, Murmansk Region.
History of the village
The village of Oleniya Guba was first mentioned in Soviet Russia. The settlement belonged to the Aleksandrovsky village council, the center of which was listed in the city of Aleksandrovsk, Aleksandrovskaya volost. From this date, the age of the village is counted.
In the late thirties, after the order on the formation of the Northern Fleet in the village of Olenya Guba, Murmansk Region, the construction of moorings for warships began, the construction of which progressed with great difficulty, since in those days there was no road to the village. All possible cargoes were sent to Olenaya Guba by sea from Aleksandrovsk (now Polyarny).
By the beginning of 1940, moorings on the western and eastern shores of the bay were ready, as well as warehouses, barracks (and even a recreation center for sailors) and a hospital were built.
