Olenegorsk is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle, 112 kilometers south of Murmansk. Population: 23,072 …Olenegorsk is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle, 112 kilometers south of Murmansk. Population: 23,072 ; 25,166 ; 35,584. The railway station of Olenya was opened in 1916, with the construction of the Murman Railway. The station facilities, and the small settlement associated with the station were located to the east of the railroad. Their importance was somewhat increased in the 1930s, as Olenya became a junction for the railway branch to the newly built town of Monchegorsk some 30 kilometers to the southwest.