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It was founded in 1896 and named Alexandrovsk () in honor of Tsar Alexander III.
Town status was granted to it on, 1899.
At the same time, Alexandrovsk became an uyezd town, for which reason Kolsky Uyezd was renamed Alexandrovsky.
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