Arkhangelsk Oblast Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
oblast and federal subject in the North-West of Russia
About Arkhangelsk Oblast
Locally called Pomorye, Arkhangelsk Oblast is a very large region (about the same size asFrance) in the Russian north. Sparsely populated (1.5 million for all this area), it is filled with taiga, beautiful lakes, wide rivers, and vast swamps. The nature is kin toFinland, especially its subpolar part. Most famous destinations areArkhangelsk(regional capital) and theSolovetsky Islands, where a beautiful northern monastery/citadel served as a brutal gulag prison during the Soviet years. There are other less-visited, but very picturesque towns in the Oblast (Kargopol,Solvychegodsk), but the main reason to visit the region is to discover its severe beautiful nature mixed with wooden rural architecture. There are 2 national parks and 1 natural reserve, which are truly worth to be seen in Arkhan
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Arkhangelsk Oblast Travel Guide Sections
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