Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk (English: /ˌkæŋˈɡɛlskˈkæŋɡɛlsk/, English: /ˈknɡɛlsk/; Russian: Арха́нгельск), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near its mouth into the White Sea. The city spreads for over along the banks of the river and numerous islands of its delta. Arkhangelsk was the chief seaport of medieval and early modern Russia until 1703, when it was replaced by the newly-f…