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Arkhangelsk

Also known as Archangel

Arkhangelsk is a city and port on the Northern Dvina near its mouth on the White Sea, in northern Russia. Founded in 1584 and named after the monastery of the Archangel Michael, it was Russia's chief seaport for trade with western Europe until Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg in 1703. It has remained an important timber port and Arctic base.

Arkhangelsk
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Arkhangelsk. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/arkhangelsk
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