Arkhangel’sk
Arkhangelsk, historically called in English Archangel and later Archangelsk, is the administrative center and largest city of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
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.
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Worth seeing in and around Arkhangel’sk
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Northern (Arctic) Federal University
Northern Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov Федеральный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова), or NArFU for short, is a Federal University established in Arkhangelsk pursuant to Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev’s decree dated 8 June 2010 on the basis of Arkhangelsk State Technical University [3].
1.3 km · university and academic publisher in Russia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Arkhangelsk had been founded in 1584, but until the 20th century nearly all buildings were wooden. That is why there are not so many examples of old architecture here. Outside of the centre, buildings become very typical, but the core part of the city has some diversity. Orientation is easy from Lenin Square, where Arkhangelsk's only skyscraper is built.
- 01Northern Dvina's embankment
Arkhangelsk is the theme of the Russian 500-ruble banknote, and walking through the embankment you can find all the sites printed on it.
- 02Wooden Arkhangelsk
Wooden buildings are being gradually moved out of the city, but still Arkhangelsk contains many sections of such 1- to 2-floor houses.
- 03Solombala Island
Northern Dvina's delta is full of flat islands, several of them form parts of Arkhangelsk, and Solombala is the most known of such parts.
- 04Malye Korely
An open-air museum of Russian North's wooden architecture.
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Things to do
Walk through Northern Dvina embankment, see kilometers of water and feel strong wind in any season. Have something to drink in city cafes. Visit one of the city festivals (summer: street theatres from all Europe, winter: ice sculpture festivals) Arkhangelsk is called to be cultural capital of Russian North, so plunge into local culture: pay attention to the natural history museum and the gallery of arts, spend an…
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Where to eat
- 01Biblio-cafe
A nice caffeterie in the heart of the city.
- 02Treskoed
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Getting to Arkhangel’sk
- Moscow → Arkhangel’sk991 km · quickest by road, 22h 54m · ₽4,480–5,950
- Murmansk → Arkhangel’sk590 km · quickest by road, 28h 40m · ₽5,850–7,800
- St. Petersburg → Arkhangel’skTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Arkhangel’sk
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Arkhangel’sk. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundPublic transportation is represented with buses and marshrutki (shared minibuses).
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