it is even more impressive than vladivostokskaya between the first and second world wars, the city of the village of polyarny and with the revival of the northern naval forces, it became the main base of the northern fleet during the great patriotic polar war, it became the center of resistance to the forces of the nazis in the north , arctic convoys also came here allies, and now the polar ones are part of a closed administrative-territorial entity, aleksandrovsk was awarded the honorary title of city of military glory july 6, 1935 from arkhangelsk on the icebreaker sadko started the first high. on the expedition of the main northern sea route, led by the legendary geographer georgy ushakov , oceanographer, geologists and polar explorers set a world record for free navigation beyond the arctic circle of six and a half thousand miles traveled, half went beyond the eightieth parallel in the northern part of the kara sea, discovered a large island and named it after your leader. islands. ushakov discovered underwater plains and mountain ranges, studied the composition of water, the char