Arkhangelsk
The administrative, industrial and cultural center of the Arkhangelsk Region
situated on the banks of the Northern Dvina, not far from the place where it flows into the White Sea. The population of the city is over 400 thousand people.It was founded in 1584 by the order of Ivan the Terrible, one of the greatest tsars in the history of Russia. The place which was chosen for the foundation of the town was the cape of Pur- Navolok- a little strip of land which stretches out into the waters of the Northern Dvina at the very place where it divides into several streams.
In the 17th century, Arkhangelsk became a major canter of Russian trade with foreign countries, a big sea river port on the Northern Dvina. This period of history of Arkhangelsk is connected with the name of another Great Russian tsar Peter I. He visited the town three times (in 1693, 1694, 1702) and influenced its development and strengthening very much. According to his order, the first Russian merchant seaport and shipyard were built in Arkhangelsk.
Now Arkhangelsk is a major center of education and science in the North of Russia. Its Technical University is one of the largest of its kind in the country. The other two higher schools- the Pomor State University and the Medical Academy- train specialists of different kinds for the Arkhangelsk Region. The city is also a large cultural center of the North. It has three theatres, two concert halls and quite a number of museums, among them the Regional Museum of Local Lore, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Northern Seafaring, which tell the guests of the city about the history and the lifestyle of the locals.
In 2005, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II blessed the construction of a new cathedral in Arkhangelsk in honor of the Archangel Michael, the patron saint of our city.
the main location for historic wooden structures in Arkhangelsk, .
is one of the biggest art museums in Russia. The permanent collection of the museum comprises over 30 thousand works of Russian art.
is one of the oldest in the country. It's exhibitions will introduce you to the rich nature and history of the Russian North.
The Northern Maritime Museum is located in the historical heart of Arkhangelsk – on the Krasnaya pier .
It is one of the main streets of the city of Arkhangelsk. Favorite place of townspeople. A traditional place for festivities during the summer city holidays.
Novodvinsk fortress was the first Russian fortification built in star fort style. Its construction helped to fully control the main fairway to Arkhangelsk that was used by trade and military ships, coming from Europe. The fortress was a corner stone of a fortification complex located in the mouth of the Northern Dvina.
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Here you can see different kind of combination deciduous and coniferous trees as well as bushes. All of these let to locate each monument of the folk architecture at the most good for it nature environment.
In this museum of wooden architecture collected, various types of windmills, household constructions, like as barns, bathhouses, forges.
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Chumbarov-Luchinsky Avenue, popularly nicknamed as Chumbarovka, is the main pedestrian street of Arkhangelsk.The pedestrian part of Chumbarovka has been conceived as an architectural reserve, or an open-air museum, created artificially: historic wooden houses from all parts of the city were brought to the avenue.
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