Авторские фотографии города Архангельск

ARKHANGELSK, RUSSIA
АРХАНГЕЛЬСК, РОССИЯ

Arkhangelsk is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Region, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near its mouth into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometres along the banks of the river and numerous islands of its delta. Arkhangelsk was the chief seaport of medieval and early modern Russia until 1703, when it was replaced by the newly founded Saint Petersburg. Vikings knew the area around Arkhangelsk as Bjarmaland.[17] Ohthere of Halogaland told circa 890 of his travels in an area by a river and the White Sea with many buildings. This was probably the place later known as Arkhangelsk. In the 12th century, the Novgorodians established a monastery dedicated to Archangel Michael in the estuary of the Northern Dvina. In 1584, Russian Tsar ordered the founding of New Kholmogory which would later be renamed after the nearby Archangel Michael Monastery. Nowadays Arkhangelsk is the largest industrial and cultural center in the North of Russia. The city is included in the list of the seven most popular tourist destinations in Russia.

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