settlement. On , 1916, the petition was approved and the town was named Romanov-on-Murman (???????-??-???????, Romanov-na-Murmane), after the Imperial Russian dynasty, the Romanovs. On , 1916, the official ceremony was performed, and the date is now considered the official date of the city's foundation. After the February Revolution of March 1917, on , 1917, the town was given its present name.

In the winter of 1917 the British North Russia Squadron