Arkhangelsk (UK: / ˌ ɑːr k æ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɛ l s k, ɑːr ˈ k æ ŋ ɡ ɛ l s k /, US: / ɑːr ˈ k ɑː n ɡ ɛ l s k /; Russian: Арха́нгельск, IPA: [ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk]), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near its mouth into the White Sea. ...

Этимология. В первые десятилетия существования город называли Новый город, Новые Холмогоры, Новый Холмогорский город.Эти названия были связаны с тем, что к создаваемому городу перешла от села Холмогоры роль ...

On 28 July 2016 Crimean Federal District (which contains the Republic of Crimea and the Federal city of Sevastopol) was abolished and merged into Southern Federal District in order to "improve the governance". Crimean Federal District was established on 21 March 2014 after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. The federal district includes both the …

Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk, Russia 73°12′N 54°42′E  /  73.2°N 54.7°E  / 73.2; 54.7  ( Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk The second Soviet nuclear test site, specializing in the very large air dropped tests, including the largest ever, Tsar Bomba .

The Standart was an Imperial Russian yacht serving Emperor Nicholas II and his family, being in her time (late 19th/early 20th century) the largest Imperial Yacht afloat. After the Russian Revolution the ship was placed in drydock until 1936, when she was converted to a minelayer.During World War II, she participated in the defence of Leningrad

Biography Early years and career. Kuznetsov was born into a Serbian peasant family in the village of Medvedki, Velikoustyuzhsky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia).. In 1919, Kuznetsov joined the Northern Dvina Naval Flotilla, having added two years to his age to make himself eligible to serve.

アルハンゲリスク（ Архангельск [arˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk] アルハーンギェリスク；Arkhangel'sk）は、ロシア北西部の都市。 白海に注ぐ北ドヴィナ川の河口近くに位置する。 アルハンゲリスク州の州都。 人口は343,000人（2004年）。17世紀末にピョートル大帝（ピョートル1世）によって海軍軍事基地とし ...

Russia, the largest country in the world, has international land borders with 14 sovereign states as well as 2 narrow maritime boundaries with the United States and Japan.There are also two breakaway states bordering Russia, namely Abkhazia and South Ossetia.The country has an internationally recognized land border running 22,407 kilometres (13,923 mi) in total, and has …

Origin. The Russian Blue is a naturally occurring breed that may have originated in the port of Arkhangelsk in Russia. They are also sometimes called Archangel Blues. It is believed that sailors took them from the Archangel Isles to Great Britain and Northern Europe in the 1860s. The first reference to an Archangel Cat appears in British print in 1862. The first recorded …

The Arkhangelsk–Astrakhan line, or A–A line for short, was the military goal of Operation Barbarossa.It is also known as the Volga–Arkhangelsk line, as well as (more rarely) the Volga–Arkhangelsk–Astrakhan line. It was first mentioned on 18 December 1940 in Führer Directive 21 (Fall Barbarossa) which enunciated the set goals and conditions of the German …