Government of the Murmansk region was summed up performance evaluation of municipal units for 2013 on 23d of September. By the decision of the commission chaired by Acting Governor of the region Alexey Tukavin the winner in the group "Urban districts" was declared. The winner will be awarded a grant from the regional budget of 1,6 million rubles. Second and third places were taken by Kirovsk and Monchegorsk. Municipalities were evaluated on 40 indicators defined at the state level, including indicators of economic development, education, culture, physical culture and sports, building industry and housing.

So, the best rating of Murmansk was shown by the number of small and medium business (580 units on the 10 thousand people), far up from the nearest rival - Apatity (with a value of 350 units in the 10 thousand people). In the road transport sector Murmansk was distinguished by the fact that all roads of the city are compliance unlike many other municipalities.

Murmansk showed good results on the level of wages in the field of preschool education, physical culture, providing with libraries (3% above the norm), the share of the population engaged in physical culture and sports (19.4%). The full text of the consolidated report of Acting Governor's is published on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Murmansk region: http://minec.gov-murman.ru/activities/devel_city/sub05/sub01/