Arkhangelsk Oblast

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Arkhangelsk Oblast (Арха́нгельская о́бласть) is a regional subdivision of Russia. It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya island, and also the autonomous district of Nenetsia.

Excluding Nenetsia, Arkhangelsk Oblast has an area of 587,400 km² and a population of 1336539 (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 the only spaceport within the Russian borders.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Time zone
2 Administrative divisions

Geography

Time zone

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

Administrative divisions

Districts

Arkhangelsk Oblast consists of the following districts (Russian: 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 (not a part of any district)

Franz Josef Land (Земля Франца-Иосифа)
Novaya Zemlya Island (Новая Земля)

Cities and towns

These urban areas are not part of any district:

Administrative subdivisions of Russia

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Federal subjects

Republics	Adygeya \| Altai \| Bashkortostan \| Buryatia \| Chechnya \| Chuvashia \| Dagestan \| Ingushetia \| Kabardino-Balkaria \| Karelia \| Khakassia \| Komi \| Kalmykia \| Karachay-Cherkessia \| Mari El \| Mordovia \| North Ossetia-Alania \| Sakha \| Tatarstan \| Tuva \| Udmurtia
Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk² \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita \| Irkutsk⁴ \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka³ \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Perm¹ \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tver \| Tula \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblasts	Jewish
Autonomous districts	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia² \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia³ \| Nenetsia \| Permyakia¹ \| Taymyria² \| Ust-Orda Buryatia⁴ \| Yamalia

1. On December 1, 2005, Perm Oblast and Permyakia will be merged to form Perm Krai.

2. On January 1, 2007, Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai.
3. On 23 October, 2005, a referendum was held on the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryakia to form Kamchatka Krai. The result was in favour, but no official date has been set yet for the merger; it is likely to occur in 2007, possibly also on 1 January.
4. A referendum is to be held on 16 April 2006 on the merger of Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryatia.