Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, romanized: Arkhangelʹskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea. Arkhangelsk Oblast also has administrative jurisdiction over the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO). Including the NAO, Arkhangelsk Oblast has an area of 587,400 square kilometres (226,800 sq mi), it's the largest of first-level administrative divisions in Europe. Its population (including the NAO) was 1,227,626 as of the 2010 Census.

This article is about the modern federal subject of Russia. For the administrative division of the Russian Empire, see Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Empire.
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Oblast
Архангельская область
Top-down, left-to-right: The Severodvinsk bridge; The building of design organizations; Svyatoy Ruchey waterfall; the Solovetsky Islands; submarine in Severodvinsk; the Pinega caves; Franz Josef Land
Flag
Coat of arms
Anthem: Anthem of Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast, with the constituent Nenets Autonomous Okrug highlighted in light red
Coordinates: 63°30′N 43°00′E
CountryRussia
Federal districtNorthwestern
Economic regionNorthern
Administrative centerArkhangelsk
Government
 • BodyAssembly of Deputies
 • GovernorAlexander Tsybulsky
Area
 • Total413,103 km2 (159,500 sq mi)
 • Rank8th
Population
 (2021 Census)
 • Total978,873
 • Estimate 
(2018)
1,155,028
 • Rank53rd
 • Density2.4/km2 (6.1/sq mi)
 • Urban
77.4%
 • Rural
22.3%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
ISO 3166 codeRU-ARK
License plates29
OKTMO ID11000000
Official languagesRussian
Websitehttp://www.dvinaland.ru

The city of Arkhangelsk, with a population of 301,199 as of the 2021 Census, is the administrative center of the oblast. The second largest city is the nearby Severodvinsk, home to Sevmash, a major shipyard for the Russian Navy. Among the oldest populated places of the oblast are Kholmogory, Kargopol, and Solvychegodsk; there are a number of Russian Orthodox monasteries, including the Antoniev Siysky Monastery and the World Heritage Site of the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome is one of three spaceports in Russia (the other two are Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast and Yasny in Orenburg Oblast).

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