Arkhangelsk Oblast - Definition and Overview

Arkhangelsk Oblast (Арха́нгельская о́бласть) is a regional subdivision of Russia. It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya island, and also the autonomous district of Nenetsia.

Excluding Nenetsia, Arkhangelsk Oblast has an area of 587,400 km&sup2 and a population of 1336539 (2002 All-Russian Population Census).

Arkhangelsk is the administrative center of the region, with a population of around 350,000.

Administrative Division

Districts

Arkhangelsk Oblast consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

• Kargopolsky (Каргопольский)
• Kholmogorsky (Холмогорский)
• Konoshsky (Коношский)
• Kotlassky (Котласский)
• Krasnoborsky (Красноборский)
• Lensky (Ленский)
• Leshukonsky (Лешуконский)
• Mezensky (Мезенский)
• Nyandomsky (Няндомский)
• Onezhsky (Онежский)
• Pinezhsky (Пинежский)
• Plesetsky (Плесецкий)
• Primorsky (Приморский)
• Shenkursky (Шенкурский)
• Solovetsky (Соловецкий)
• Ustyyanovsky (Устьяновский)
• Velsky (Вельский)
• Verkhnetoyemsky (Верхнетоемский)
• Vilegodsky (Вилегодский)
• Vinogradovsky (Виноградовский)

Islands (not a part of any district)

• Franz Josef Land (Земля Франца-Иосифа)
• Novaya Zemlya Island (Новая Земля)

Major cities and towns

• Arkhangelsk
• Koryazhma
• Kotlas
• Novodvinsk
• Severodvinsk

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