The island is located in Russia, in the Arkhangelsk region. The administrative center of the island is the Primorsky district. It …
Lake Shidozerskoye is located near the village of Zabolotye, in the Arkhangelsk region, in the Kholmogorsk district. Not far from …
The river begins from Lake Lacha. It flows along the plain, but in some places it forms wide streams that reach 450 meters. In som …
The lake is located 30 kilometers from the border zone with Vinogradovsky district. The shape of the lake is an oval, the area in …
Pinega karst caves are a real wonder of the world. This ice kingdom was created by groundwater and consists of several hundred cav …
One of the oldest churches of Arkhangelsk is located on the Obvodny Canal and bears the name of All Saints. Like many temples in t …
The area of Lake Lekshmozero is 54.4 square kilometers. There are no islands on the lake. The lake does not include any major trib …
The lake is located in a wetland in the southern part of the Onega Peninsula, in the eastern part of the headwaters of the Kanda R …
The pig lake belongs to the basin district of Dvinsko-Pechora. The total area of the lake is 17.6 square kilometers. There is only …
The total area of the lake is 2 square kilometers. It has a large tributary called Ilex. The river Vaimuga flows from Lake Obozera …
The island of McCult is located in Russia, in the Arkhangelsk region. Located in the south-east of the archipelago a few kilometer …
The Kalisara River, according to the latest data of the water register of the Russian state, is included in the Dvina-Pechersk Bas …
Lake Severnoe is the second largest lake located on this island, after Lake Melkoy. Lake Melkoye is located on the eastern part of …
The island in its shape is slightly elongated, its length is 250 meters, there are no significant elevations. It is located in the …
The island is located in Russia, in the Arkhangelsk region. The island is named after the German Hohenloe dynasty.This island is l …
The first Holy Trinity Church was built at the first sea fortress founded by Peter the Great at the mouth of the Northern Dvina on …
The Northern Dvina River flows through the city of Arkhangelsk flowing into its own mouth. It is navigable along its entire length …
Zachachievskoe rural settlement is officially called Municipal formation Zachachievskoe and is a municipal formation. Zachachievsk …
Lake Nimenga adjacent to the basin of the river Onega. The length of the Onega River is 416 kilometers. She starts off from Lake L …
Near the temple of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in 2009, a monument to Peter and Fevronia of Murom was erected. These two …
On the coast it is possible to catch fish, such as flounder, shiga, navaga, smelt, etc. Lake Chayachye is the largest on the islan …
On the most beautiful bank of the Pinega River and not far from Arkhangelsk is the Krasnogorsk Bogoroditsky Monastery, known for i …
Kargopol Vvedenskaya church was built in 1802. This is an Orthodox church, made in a strict archaic style. It is a small two-store …
The White Sea is located in the north of the European part of Russia. The sea got its name due to the fact that most of the year i …
The lake is almost 300 meters long and 105 meters wide. Around the lake are Oktyabrskaya Street, Primorsky Boulevard and Butoma Av …
Koetlitsa Island is located in the center of the archipelago, 9 kilometers north of Hooker Island and 6 kilometers west of Nansen …
Since the middle of the XVII century in Arkhangelsk lived numerous foreign merchants, most of whom were Dutch and Germans. In 1683 …
After the siege of Leningrad, Arkhangelsk was the second city in terms of hunger mortality. Despite the fact that tons of food for …
The chapel of St. Sergius of Radonezh is located on the Station Square of Arkhangelsk. Construction of the chapel began in 2007, a …
It is located in the southern part of the Vinogrado district, not far from the border with the Shenkursky district. It is located …
One river flows into Lake Pochozero, called Undosha. The length of the Undosha River is 96 kilometers, the area of its basin is 36 …
The construction of the temple began in 1995 as part of a charitable project and the Blagovest public foundation. The competition …
This monastery was founded around the 1460s by the Monk Alexander Oshevensky, who originally built a small desert among the wild f …
Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov was a naval commander during the most tense period in the history of the Soviet Union. He developed …
The temple of the Monks Zosima, Savvatius and Herman Solovetsky has a very original architectural solution. The building of the te …
St. John theological Sursky Monastery is an Orthodox women’s community. It was founded in the homeland of St. John of Kronstadt in …
Shidrovskoye rural settlement, which includes the lake, is a municipal formation (or rural settlement) in the Arkhangelsk region, …
The famous Russian scientist of world importance Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich was born in the village of Denisovka, in the Arkhan …
The village of Kholmogory is located in the Arkhangelsk region and originally had the name Kolmogory. It became famous in the XIV …
Travel company "Wind of Changes" works in the field of tourism 1999 and specializes in travel and active Rest in the Russian Nort …
Pomors built their unique ships "kochi" and conquered the expanses of the Arctic seas since the XIII century. Now on the shores of …
Arkhangelsk meets the northern freshness and centuries-old history: the port city on the banks of the Northern Dvina River, which since the XVI century was the gateway of Russia to the north and kept the traditions of the Pomors. Here intertwined merchant architecture, wooden architecture and memorial signs of the Soviet and pre-revolutionary era, and the atmosphere of the city combines the solemnity of the sea horizons and warm provincial soul.
Man-made sights of Arkhangelsk tell about the fate of the region - Trinity Avenue and Chumbarov-Luchinsky Avenue pass through the historical core of the city, monuments and memorial obelisks are visible on the embankment, including monuments to Lomonosov and Solovetsky youths. In the center rises St. Ilyinsky Cathedral and St. Nicholas Church, on the shore stands a monument to the victims of the intervention, and ancient manor houses, including the estate of E. K. Plotnikova, and museums reveal the cultural palette of Arkhangelsk.
The natural corners of the region are impressive in diversity: the lakes Saint, Slobodskoe, Butygino, Surzi, Varsh and Lacha, numerous rivers - Solza, Kuropolka, Svid, Tikhmanga and Kovzha - create picturesque landscapes for walking and fishing. In the vicinity there are taiga massifs and unique territories of the Russian Arctic National Park, and the island of Kiy and the island groups of the archipelago add a sea flavor and opportunities for fascinating forays to the northern shores.
On our site, all these points are collected on an interactive map: you can quickly see the location of attractions, read brief descriptions and reviews, and pave a route around the city and surroundings. A convenient interface will help you plan a day walk along the embankment and temples or make a long route through natural lakes and islands, marking places of interest for a future trip.
You choose the format of acquaintance with Arkhangelsk: independent walks along Trinity Avenue and the embankment are perfectly combined with walking and water routes, and if you wish, you can order excursions from local guides. Experienced guides will tell little-known stories, open hidden angles of architecture and show natural places, access to which is more convenient to get accompanied by a connoisseur of the region.
A trip to Arkhangelsk is a chance to touch the northern history, breathe in the sea air and discover new routes and emotions. Come, explore the city and its surroundings, plan your sights and find something to see: each visit here leaves a warm memory and invites you to come back again.
