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| | Arkhangelsk (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Arkhangelsk Oblast is located in the north of the Eastern European Plain and shares borders with the republics of Komi and Kareliya, as well as Vologda, Kirov, and Tyumen oblasts. |
 | | Over a third of Arkhangelsk's territory is covered by woods, another 24% is pastures, 19% is islands (including Novaya Zemlya, Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa, Solovetskie islands), while lakes, rivers, and swamps occupy 16%. |
 | | The city of Arkhangelsk is the oldest sea harbor in Russia, founded in the late 16th century, and is now the major hub in the country's European North. |
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