Place:Arkhangel'sk, Russia

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Name: Arkhangel'sk

Alternate names: Archangel (BHA, Authority file (2003-)); Arhangel'skaja oblast' (Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Times Atlas of the World (1985); USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)); Arkhangel'sk oblast' (BHA, Authority file (2003-); Getty Vocabulary Program); Arkhangel′sk (Family History Library Catalog)

Type: Historical Province, Oblast

Located in: Russia

Also located in: Severo-zapadny, Russia

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Autonomous district: Nenets ( 1930 - )

Historical district: Arkhangel′sk

Inhabited place: Beloshchel'ye; Bereznik; Bestuzhevo; Bor; Bronevskaya; Chekuyevo; Cherevkovo; Chublasa; Dolgoshchel'ye; Fedoseyevskaya; Fominskaja; Ileza; Iljinsko-Podomskoje; Incy; Jarensk; Jazevec; Jemca; Jercevo; Kalgachikha; Kamenka; Kargopol'; Kargopol; Karjepolje; Karpogory; Kega; Kepina; Kerga; Kharitonovo; Kholmogorskaya; Kholmogory; Kimžha; Kiz'oma; Klyuchevaya; Kodino; Kon'ovo; Konosha; Koryazhma; Kotlas; Kovzha; Koyda; Koz'mino; Koz'mogorodskoye; Kozhposelok; Krasino; Krasnoborsk; Krechetovo; Krestovaya; Kuchema; Kuloy; Kushkushara; Kuya; Kuzomen'; L'amca; Lapominka; Lavela; Leshukonskoye; Letnyaya Zolotitsa; Loban; Lomovoye; Lopshen'ga; Loyga; Luza; Lyadiny; Maloshuyka; Malyye Karmakuly; Matochkin Shar; Megra; Mekhren'ga-Konechnaya; Mezen; Mud'yuga; Mys Zhelaniya; Nizha; Nosovshchina; Novodvinsk; Nyandoma; Nyukhcha; Obozerskiy; Oksovskiy; Oktyabrskiy; Olema; Onega; Paluga; Parfen'yevo; Pertominsk; Pinega; Plesetsk; Podyuga; Porog; Privodino; Puksoozero; Rochegda; Russkaya Gavan; Safonovo; Samoded; Savino-Borisovskaya; Savinskiy; Sel'co; Selishche; Semzha; Severodvinsk; Shalakusha; Shalgacheva; Shangaly; Shardonem'; Shegmas; Shegovary; Shenkursk; Shilega; Shozhma; Siya; Solginskiy; Solvychegodsk; Solza; Sovpolye; Soyana; Syloga; Tamitsa; Tarasovo; Tarza; Tokhta; Topsa; Torosozero; Tova; Turchasovo; Uchta; Udimskiy; Uktym; Urdoma; Ust Reka; Ust' Paden'ga; Ust' Pinega; Ust' Vyyskaya; Ust'-Javron'ga; Ust'-Shonosha; Uyemskiy; Vasil'yevskaya; Velsk; Verkhnyaya Toyma; Verkhopuy-Sidorovskaya; Voloshka; Volteva; Vozhgora; Vychegodskiy; Yarenga; Zarečje; Zasul'ye; Zhitel'; Šipicyno

Unknown: Kem′; Nenetskiĭ; Novai︠a︡ Zemli︠a︡; Zemli︠a︡ Frant︠s︡a-Iosifa

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source: Family History Library Catalog

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Arkhangelsk Oblast (Arkhangelskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya islands, and also Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Cape Fligely (the northermost point of Russia, Europe and Eurasia) and Cape Zhelaniya (the easternmost point of Europe) administratively belong to Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Including Nenetsia, Arkhangelsk Oblast has the area of 587,400 km². Population (including Nenetsia):

Arkhangelsk, with a population of 356,051 (2002 Census), is the administrative center of the oblast. Historically, the chief centers were Kholmogory, Kargopol, and Solvychegodsk. One can find medieval wooden chapels and the Antoniev Siysky Monastery lost in impassable woods. The Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea are a World Heritage Site. Severodvinsk is a primary shipyard for the Russian Navy. Plesetsk Cosmodrome is one of three spaceports in Russia (the other two are Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast and Svobodny in Amur Oblast).

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