Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast (Roushie: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, Arkhangelskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). It includes the Arctic airchipelagos o Franz Josef Land an Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea.

Arkhangelsk Oblast
Oblast
Архангельская область
Banner Coat airms
Anthem: Anthem o Arkhangelsk Oblast[1]
Coordinates: 63°30′N 43°00′E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Northwastren[2]
Economic region	Northren[3]
Established	23 September 1937[4]
Admeenistrative center	Arkhangelsk[5]
Govrenment
• Bodi	Assembly o Deputies[6]
• Govrenor[7]	Igor Anatolyevich Orlov[8]
Area [9]
• Total	587400 km2 (226,800 sq mi)
Area rank	8t
Population  (2010 Census)[10][11]
• Total	1,185,536
• Estimate  (2018)[12]	1,155,028 (−2.6%)
• Rank	43rd
• Density	2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
• Urban	76.0%
• Rural	24.0%
Time zone	UTC+3 (Moscow Time [13])
ISO 3166 code	RU-ARK=
License plates	29
OKTMO ID	11000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie[14]
Website	http://www.dvinaland.ru/

Arkhangelsk Oblast an aw haes admeenistrative jurisdiction ower Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Nenetsie). Includin Nenetsie, Arkhangelsk Oblast haes an aurie o 587,400km². Population (includin Nenetsie): 1,227,626 (2010 Census).^[10]

The ceety o Arkhangelsk, wi a population o 348,716 as o the 2010 Census,^[15] is the admeenistrative center o the oblast. The seicont lairgest ceety is the nearbi Severodvinsk, hame tae Sevmash, the main shipyard for the Roushie Navy.

Amang the auldest ceeties o the region are Kholmogory, Kargopol, an Solvychegodsk; thare are a nummer o Roushie Orthodox monasteries, includin the Antoniev Siysky Monastery an the Warld Heritage Steid o the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome is ane o three spaceports in Roushie (the ither twa are Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast an Svobodny in Amur Oblast).