Arkhangelsk

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Arkhangelsk

Total population

298,617

Coordinates64.54°, 40.53°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Arkhangelsk, historically called in English Archangel and later Archangelsk, is the administrative center and largest city of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River, near its mouth into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometres (25 mi) 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Lev Gartman

Russian politician

Nikolay Ivanovsky

Russian religious studies scholar

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Konstantin Kozmin

Nikolai Latkin

Russian local historian (1832-1904)

Vladimir Obruchev

Viktor Panov

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Vladimir Syromyatnikov

Russian scientist (1933–2006)

Tatiana Pokrovskaia

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Dmitry Grigorievich Ponomarev

Soviet military personnel (1908-1982)

Viktor Radus-Zenkovich

Bolshevik politician (1877–1967)

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Nina Rezvaya

Nikolay Sibirtsev

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Mikhail Sidorov

Russian explorer (1823–1887)

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Khaim Sokol

Russian painter

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Vera Petrovna Solomina

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Boris Spasennikov

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Arkhangelsk Oblast

• Novodvinsk
  12.1 mi away · pop. 39,222
• Severodvinsk
  21 mi away · pop. 157,213
• Kholmogory
  39.9 mi away · pop. 4,150
• Emetsk
  82.8 mi away · pop. 1,441
• Onega
  85.1 mi away · pop. 19,381
• Pinega
  85.5 mi away · pop. 3,789
• Savinskiy
  111.7 mi away · pop. 7,127
• Karpogory
  123.1 mi away · pop. 4,443
• Plesetsk
  126.8 mi away · pop. 10,421
• Bereznik
  134.2 mi away · pop. 5,552
• Mezen'
  140.3 mi away · pop. 3,267
• Leshukonskoe
  156.5 mi away · pop. 4,406

Browse all places in Arkhangelsk Oblast →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelʹskai͡a︡ oblastʹ

N. P. Rybakov · 1984

Arkhangelsk Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide

USA International Business Publications · 2001

Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ

Marii︠a︡ Aleksandrovna Amosova · 1992

Arkhangelsk Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)

USA International Business Publications · 2000

Goroda Arkhangelʹskoĭ oblasti

S. I︠A︡ Komissarova · 1998

Sudebnye postanovlenii͡a Arkhangelʹskogo oblastnogo suda i Arbitrazhnogo suda Arkhangelʹskoĭ oblasti

Arkhangelʹskai͡a oblastʹ (Russia). Oblastnoĭ sud. · 2002

I tsjudenes fotspor

Natalia Drannikova · 2007

Rossii͡a--Sever--More

Solovet͡skiĭ forum (5th 1993 Arkhangelʹskai͡a oblastʹ, Russia) · 1993

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Treecreeper

Certhia familiaris

Seen 2026-09-23

Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Seen 2026-09-21

ostrich fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Seen 2026-09-13

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula

Seen 2026-09-10

Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Seen 2026-09-10

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Seen 2026-09-04

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Seen 2026-09-04

Redpoll

Acanthis flammea

Seen 2026-09-01

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-08-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).