Arkhangelsk Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya island, and also the autonomous district of Nenetsia. Its governor is Nikolay Kiselyov.

Arkhangelsk Oblast has an area of 587,400 km² (including Nenetsia) and a population of 1,336,539 (2002 All-Russian Population Census).

Arkhangelsk is the administrative center of the region, with a population of around 350,000. Historically, the chief centers were Kholmogory, Kargopol, and Solvychegodsk. One can find medieval wooden chapels and the Antoniev Siysky Monastery lost in impassable woods. The Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea are a World Heritage Site. Severodvinsk is a primary shipyard for the Russian Navy. Plesetsk Cosmodrome is one of two spaceports within the Russian borders (second, Svobodny, is located in Amur Oblast).

Geography

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Time zone

Arkhangelsk Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Administrative divisions

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Districts

Arkhangelsk Oblast consists of the following districts (районы):

• Kargopolsky (Каргопольский)
• Kholmogorsky (Холмогорский)
• Konoshsky (Коношский)
• Kotlassky (Котласский)
• Krasnoborsky (Красноборский)
• Lensky (Ленский)
• Leshukonsky (Лешуконский)
• Mezensky (Мезенский)
• Nyandomsky (Няндомский)
• Onezhsky (Онежский)
• Pinezhsky (Пинежский)
• Plesetsky (Плесецкий)
• Primorsky (Приморский)
• Shenkursky (Шенкурский)
• Solovetsky (Соловецкий)
• Ustyyanovsky (Устьяновский)
• Velsky (Вельский)
• Verkhnetoyemsky (Верхнетоемский)
• Vilegodsky (Вилегодский)
• Vinogradovsky (Виноградовский)

Islands

• Franz Josef Land (Земля Франца-Иосифа)
• Kolguyev Island (Колгуев)
• Novaya Zemlya Island (Новая Земля)
• Solovetsky Islands (Соловецкие острова)

Major settlements

These urban areas are not part of any district:

• Arkhangelsk
• Koryazhma
• Kotlas
• Mirny
• Novodvinsk
• Onega
• Severodvinsk

Arkhangelsk Oblast

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