What is Arkhangelsk?
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{more sources|date=May 2023}} [[Image:Arkhangelsk. Northern Dvina River P7151363 2200.jpg|thumb|250px|Arkhangelsk]] [[Image:Герб Архангельска — основной на светлом фоне.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Arkhangelsk''' ({{lang-ru|Архангельск}}) is a city in [[Russia]]. It is the capital and largest city of [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]] in [[European Russia]]. As of 2012, the city has 350,258 people. == History == Arkhangelsk was founded in 1584 as the fortified monastery of Micheal, a [[Russia]]n archangel, it was the first port of the Russian Empire to trade with [[England]] and later with other countries. The port of Arkhangelsk reached the height of its prosperity in the 17th century but subsequently declined with the foundation of [[Saint Petersburg]] in 1703 and the high customs dues introduced by [[Peter I the Great]] to trade to Arkhangelsk. Arkhangelsk later revived with the building of a railway from [[Moscow]] in 1898. At that time, Arkhangelsk is now the largest timber-exporting port of [[Russia]]. It has big timber-processing industries, including sawmilling, pulp making and papermaking. Shipbuilding and repair are important in Arkhangelsk. Arkhangelsk is home for a fishing fleet and the western terminus of the Russian Northern Sea Route. There are thousands of medicines, planting, managing, caring for forests, [[taiga]]s, and a teachers college. == Geography == Arkhangelsk is located in the northern part of [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]]. It is also the capital and largest city of the [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]]. It borders the [[Arctic Ocean]] on the north. It is 1,242 kilometers north of [[Moscow]], 1,109 kilometers northeast of [[Saint Petersburg]], and 1,271 kilometers north of [[Nizhny Novgorod]]. == Economy == Important [[industry|industries]] (or parts of the [[economy]]) are timber trade, paper industry, [[ship building]], [[machinery]], and industry related to [[microbiology]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Holm-Hansen|first=Jørn|title=Arkhangelsk|date=2023-11-17|url=https://snl.no/Arkha