Seas and straits near Arkhangelsk

Answer: Start with the Gostiny Dvor of the XVII century - the only surviving shopping complex of the pre-Petrine era in Russia. Then visit the monument to Peter I on the embankment of the Northern Dvina, erected in 1914 according to the project of Mark Antokolsky. The Arkhangelsk Literary Museum in an ancient merchant mansion, where the manuscripts of Mikhail Lomonosov are stored, is mandatory for inspection. Complete the route at the Solovetsky Stone, a memorial to the victims of political repression.

Answer: The architectural appearance of the city is formed by the northern Baroque (the Church of St. Martin the Confessor, 1715), classicism (the building of the former City School, 1820s) and wooden architecture (the House of Sutyagin is the tallest wooden building in the world). Of particular interest is the ensemble of the embankment with samples of industrial modernity of the early XX century, including the building of the exchange with neo-Gothic elements.

Answer: The Northern Maritime Museum with a collection of navigation devices and models of Pomeranian kochas will captivate young researchers. In the Museum of wooden architecture "Little Korely" children will see windmills and tent churches of the XVII century. Interactive expositions of the museum "Arkhangelsk gingerbread" reveal the traditions of Pomor cuisine through ancient forms for baking.

Answer: Unique shots will be obtained at the carved facades of houses on Chumbarovka - a pedestrian street with reconstructed merchant mansions. Picturesque views open from the Red Wharf, where a monument to the seal-savior of besieged Leningrad is installed. For ethnic photo shoots, the interiors of the Old Believer Pomeranian chapel with the iconostasis of the XVIII century are ideal.

Answer: In 1693, Peter I founded here the first state shipyard, where the ship St. Paul was launched - the beginning of the Russian Navy. During the Civil War, the city became the last stronghold of the white movement in the North, as evidenced by the fortifications on Mudyug Island. A unique exhibit of the local history museum is the “Book to the Big Drawing” of 1627 with the first maps of the Russian North.

Answer: The masterpiece of northern architecture is the Ascension Church in the village of Kushereka (1669) with a 22-sided tent. In the village of Nyonoksa preserved the only in Russia five tent temple ensemble of the XVII century. The technique of “nailless” construction is demonstrated in the exposition “Estate of M. T. Kunitsina”, where the interiors of the Pomor house with painted ceilings-heavens are recreated.