Arkhangelsk Oblast

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
The Severodvinsk bridge
The building of design organizations
Svyatoy Ruchey waterfall
The Solovetskiy Islands
Submarine in Severodvinsk
Pevcheskaya estrada cave
Franz Joseph Land
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 of Arkhangelsk Oblast
Flag
Coat of arms of Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coat of arms
Anthem: Anthem of Arkhangelsk Oblast
[3]
Arkhangelsk Oblast, with the constituent Nenets Autonomous Okrug highlighted in light red
Arkhangelsk Oblast, with the constituent Nenets Autonomous Okrug highlighted in light red
Coordinates: 63°30′N 43°00′E / 63.500°N 43.000°E / 63.500; 43.000
CountryRussia
Federal districtNorthwestern[1]
Economic regionNorthern[2]
Administrative centerArkhangelsk[4]
Government
 • BodyAssembly of Deputies[5]
 • Governor[7]Alexander Tsybulsky[6]
Area
[8]
 • Total
413,103 km2 (159,500 sq mi)
 • Rank8th
Population
 (2021 census)[9][10]
 • Total
978,873
 • Estimate 
(2018)[11]
1,155,028
 • Rank53rd
 • Density2.4/km2 (6.1/sq mi)
 • Urban
77.4%
 • Rural
22.3%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[12])
ISO 3166 codeRU-ARK
License plates29
OKTMO ID11000000
Official languagesRussian[13]
Websitehttp://www.dvinaland.ru
The reverse side of the commemorative 10 ruble coin issued by the Bank of Russia, honoring the federal subjects of the Russian Federation; shown is the 10 ruble coin honoring Arkhangelsk Oblast (2007). Coat of arms of the region on the 10 ruble coin of the Bank of Russia.
Archangel Michael in a painting by Raphael. The devil being trampled by the archangel is a common attribute of the archangel in both Catholic and Orthodox depictions.

Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russian: Архангельская область, IPA: [ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ]) 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.[15]

The city of Arkhangelsk, with a population of 301,199 as of the 2021 Census,[16] is the administrative center of the oblast.[4] 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).

  1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  2. ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  3. ^ Law #413-21-OZ
  4. ^ a b Charter, Article 5
  5. ^ Charter, Chapter IV
  6. ^ Official website of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Alexander Tsybulsky Archived December 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast (in Russian)
  7. ^ Charter, Chapter V
  8. ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  9. ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  10. ^ both the total population and the percentages are given without the Nenets Autonomous Okrug
  11. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  12. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  13. ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  14. ^ "Административно-территориальное деление Архангельской губернии в XVIII-XX вв" (in Russian). Архивы России. 2000. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  15. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  16. ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved September 1, 2022.