Murman Coast
Americannoun
noun
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We are bound for the North Cape and Murman Coast, where we remain until well into the cold weather--at any rate, for three months.
From The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne by King-Hall, Stephen, Sir
By the end of July, 1918, the whole Murman Coast had been occupied by the Allied troops, the German-Finnish forces, amounting to about a division, being too far south to offer any opposition.
On July 7, 1918, it was reported that the people of the Murman Coast had risen against the Soviet Government, declared themselves independent, and appealed to the Allies for protection.
It was realized that practically all other Russian ports would be closed to commerce, but that the Murman Coast could still be reached by an open sea route.
The protest which followed was therefore compelled by German pressure, which was applied so strongly that the Soviet Government made a show of mobilizing a special army for transportation to the Murman Coast.
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