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Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast is a region in , which borders to the west, the White Sea to the north, to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.
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is a regional center in , located on both banks of Northern Dvina river near its mouth on the White Sea, about 1250 km by road to the north of Moscow and about 1100 km northeast of Saint Petersburg.

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is a large 83,000-km2 island in Arkhangelsk Oblast, in extreme northern . Its landmass is narrowly separated by the Matochkin Strait into two vast pieces of land, called simply Severny and Yuzhny islands.

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is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, and administratively part of Arkhangelsk Oblast, . The islands have no permanent population, and are among the world's most remote destinations.

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is a city in the north of Arkhangelsk Oblast, , located in the delta of the Northern Dvina, 35 kilometers west of , the administrative center of the oblast.

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is a city in Arkhangelsk Oblast incorporated in 1917. It is located where the Rivers Dvina and Vychegda join. As such, it is the site of an important river port and shipyard.

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The are a group of islands in the White Sea in Arkhangelsk Oblast. It is a true pearl of Russian north. Several sites on the islands are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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is a historically important town in Arkhangelsk Oblast. It is a convenient base for exploring Kenozersky National Park and is a destination in its own right for its traditional wooden architecture.

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The is a vast national park in Arkhangelsk Oblast in the far north of . It was established in 2009 and expanded in 2016, now protecting over 74,000 km2, though most of it is water.

Arkhangelsk Oblast

Latitude of center
63.559° or 63° 33′ 32″ north
Longitude of center
43.1222° or 43° 7′ 20″ east
Population
1,160,000
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6307688872
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
581043
Wiki­data ID
Q1875
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Arkhangelsk Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Oblast Arkhangelsk”
  • Afrikaans: “Archangelsk-oblast”
  • Arabic: “أوبلاست أرخانغلسك”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أرخانغلسك”
  • Armenian: “Արխանգելսկի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Arkhangelsk”
  • Asturian: “Óblast d’Arcánxel”
  • Asturian: “Óblast d’Arkhangelsk”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arxangelsk vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Архангельск өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Arkhangelsk oblasta”
  • Belarusian: “Архангельская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Архангельская вобласьць”
  • Bengali: “আরখানগেলস্ক ওব্লাস্ট”
  • Bosnian: “Arhangeljska oblast”
  • Bosnian: “Arhangelska oblast”
  • Breton: “Oblast Arc’hangelsk”
  • Bulgarian: “Архангелска област”
  • Catalan: “óblast d’Arkhànguelsk”
  • Catalan: “Óblast d’Arkhànguelsk”
  • Catalan: “província d’Arkhànguelsk”
  • Catalan: “Regió d’Arkhangelsk”
  • Cebuano: “Arkhangel’skaya Oblast‘”
  • Cebuano: “Arkhangel’skaya Oblast’”
  • Chechen: “Архангельскан область”
  • Chinese: “Arkhangelsk Chiu”
  • Chinese: “阿尔汉格尔斯克州”
  • Chinese: “阿爾漢格爾斯克州”
  • Chuvash: “Архангельск облаçĕ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Arhangelsk vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Arhangeljska oblast”
  • Croatian: “Arhangelska oblast”
  • Czech: “Archangelská oblast”
  • Danish: “Arkhangelsk oblast”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Arkangelsk”
  • Dutch: “Archangelsk”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Archangelsk”
  • Eastern Mari: “Архангельск вел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ارخانجلسك”
  • Erzya: “Архангелэнь ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Arĥangelska provinco”
  • Estonian: “Arhangelski oblast”
  • Finnish: “Arkangelin alue”
  • French: “Arkhangelsk”
  • French: “oblast d’Arkhangelsk”
  • French: “Oblast d’Arkhangelsk”
  • French: “région d’Arkhangelsk”
  • French: “Région d’Arkhangelsk”
  • Galician: “Óblast de Arjánguelsk”
  • Galician: “Óblast de Arkhanguelsk”
  • Georgian: “არხანგელსკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Archangelsk”
  • German: “Oblast Archangelsk”
  • Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Αρχάγγελσκ”
  • Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Αρχάνγκελσκ”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Αρχάγγελσκ”
  • Gujarati: “અર્ખાંગેલસ્ક ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Arkhangelsk-chû”
  • Hausa: “Arkhangelsk Oblast”
  • Hebrew: “ארכנגלסק”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ארכנגלסק”
  • Hindi: “अर्खांगेलस्क ओब्लास्ट”
  • Hindi: “अर्खांगेल्स्क ओब्लास्ट”
  • Hindi: “आरख़ान्गेल्स्क ओब्लास्त”
  • Hungarian: “Arhangelszki terület”
  • Icelandic: “Arkangelskfylki”
  • Icelandic: “Arkhangelsk-fylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Arhangelsk”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Arkhangelsk”
  • Inupiaq: “Arhangelsk Nutanut”
  • Irish: “Cúige Arkhangelsk”
  • Italian: “oblast‘ di Arcangelo”
  • Italian: “Oblast’ di Arcangelo”
  • Japanese: “アルハンゲリスク州”
  • Kabardian: “Архангелск област”
  • Kalmyk: “Арханҗилин заг”
  • Kannada: “ಆರ್ಖಾಂಗೆಲ್ಸ್ಕ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Аrxangelsk wa’layatı”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Аrxangelsk wálayatı”
  • Karelian: “Arhankelin aloveh”
  • Kazakh: “Архангельск облысы”
  • Komi: “Кардор обласьт”
  • Korean: “아르한겔스크주”
  • Ladin: “Oblast de Arhangelsk”
  • Ladin: “Oblast de Arhanghelsk”
  • Latin: “Regio Archangelopolitana”
  • Latvian: “Arhangeļskas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Archangelsko sritis”
  • Lombard: “Oblast de Arcangiol”
  • Macedonian: “Архангелска Област”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Arkhangelsk”
  • Marathi: “अर्खांगेल्स्क ओब्लास्त”
  • Mazanderani: “آرخانگلسک اوبلاست”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Arkhangelsk Ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Arkhangelsk Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “არხანგელსკიშ ოლქი”
  • Moksha: “Архангельсконь аймак”
  • Mongolian: “Архангельск муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Archangelsk (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Archangelsk”
  • Northern Luri: “آستون آرخانگلسک”
  • Northern Sami: “Archangelsk oblast”
  • Northern Sami: “Arkhangelska guovlu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arkhangelsk oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arkhangelsk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arkhangelsk oblast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arkhangelsk”
  • Norwegian: “Arkhangelsk oblast”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Óblast d’Arkhangelsk”
  • Ossetian: “Архангельсчы облæст”
  • Pampanga: “Arkhangelsk Oblast”
  • Persian: “استان آرخانگلسک”
  • Persian: “اوبلاست آرخانگلسک”
  • Polish: “Obwód archangielski”
  • Portuguese: “Arkhangelsk”
  • Portuguese: “Oblast de Arcangel”
  • Portuguese: “Oblast de Arkhangelsk”
  • Pushto: “د ارخانګلسک ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Arhanghelsk”
  • Russian: “Архангельская область”
  • Russian: “Архангельская Область”
  • Scots: “Arkhangelsk Oblast”
  • Serbian: “Аркхангелск регион”
  • Serbian: “Архангелска област”
  • Serbian: “Архангељска област”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arhangeljska oblast”
  • Sindhi: “آرکينگيلسڪ آبلاسٽ”
  • Sindhi: “ارکانگيلسڪ اوبلاسٽ”
  • Sinhala: “අර්කන්ගේල්ස්ක් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Archangeľská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Arhangelska oblast”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آرخانقلسک اوبلاستی”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Arcángel”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Arjánguelsk”
  • Spanish: “Región de Arkhangelsk”
  • Swahili: “Arhangelsk Oblast”
  • Swahili: “Arkhangelsk Oblast”
  • Swedish: “Archangelsk oblast”
  • Swedish: “Archangelsk”
  • Tagalog: “Arkhangelsk Oblast”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Архангелск”
  • Talysh: “Arxangelski vilojət”
  • Tamil: “அர்காங்கெல்சுக் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “அறகங்கேள்ஸ்க் ஒப்ளாஸ்ட்”
  • Tamil: “ஆர்க்காங்கெல்சிக் ஓபலாசுத்து”
  • Tatar: “Архангельск өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Архангил өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “అర్కాజెల్స్క్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นอาร์ฮันเกลสค์”
  • Turkish: “Arhangelsk Oblastı”
  • Udmurt: “Архангельск улос”
  • Ukrainian: “Архангельська область”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Archangelsk”
  • Urdu: “آرخانگلسک اوبلاست”
  • Uzbek: “Arxangel viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Arxangelsk viloyati”
  • Veps: “Arhangel’skan agj”
  • Vietnamese: “Arkhangelsk”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Arkhangelsk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Arkhangelsk Oblast”
  • Welsh: “Oblast Arkhangelsk”
  • Western Frisian: “Archangelsk (oblast)”
  • Western Frisian: “Archangelsk”
  • Western Panjabi: “آرخانگلسک اوبلاست”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿尔汉格尔斯克州”
  • Yakut: “Архангельскай уобалас”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿爾漢格爾斯克州”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Arkhangelsk Oblast”. Photo: Алексей Задонский, CC BY-SA 4.0.