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Topic: Arkhangelsk region


  
  The Arkhangelsk Region
The strategic importance of Arkhangelsk is its proximity to the Northern Atlantic.
The main cargo ports are Onega, Mezen, and Naryan-Mar. The Arkhangelsk seaport is the oldest seaport in Russia.
A regional law on the Bond Loan of the Arkhangelsk region in 1998-2000 was passed by the Arkhangelsk Regional Assembly of the Deputies in July 1998.
www.russianamericanchamber.org /regions/arkhangelsk.html   (2378 words)

  
 Region Overview
Arkhangelsk Region borders the Karelia Republic in the west, the Vologda and Kirov regions in the south, the Komi Republic in the southeast, and the Tyumen Region in the east.
Arkhangelsk Region has gone through these difficulties and is now on the path to economic stability, but its economic growth will probably be limited by an outdated infrastructure, which requires huge investments to continue proper functioning.
In December of 2002 the average salary in the region was 6,500 rubles ($200).
www.arkhangelsk.org /overview.htm   (4313 words)

  
 About russian city Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk is an administrative centre of the Arkhangelsk region.
The territory of Arkhangelsk is 29 442 hectares.
Arkhangelsk is not only an industrial centre of the region, but also a cultural and historical capital of this region, it is a motherland of north culture, tradition, history.
www.eecl.org /cities/arkhangelsk   (260 words)

  
 Russia and the Arkhangelsk region
The Arkhangelsk region is situated in the north of the European part of Russia and it’s 1100 km distance from Moscow.
The main region of fishing is in the Barrens Sea and the White Sea.
Arkhangelsk is an administrative and communication center of the region.
www.agtu.ru /russia_and_the_arkhangelsk_region.html   (790 words)

  
 Russian American Chamber of Commerce
Because vast minerals are hidden in the interiors of the region, its new economy is aimed at the countries of the Asian Pacific Rim.
The region extends to 75,500 square kilometers, which is a little over 4% of the total landmass of the Russian Federation (in simplistic terms it is the combined size of Holland and Denmark, or approximately the same size as the Irish Republic).
The region covers approximately 13,700,000 acres (55,500 square km) and supports a population of 841,000, 64 percent of whom live in urbanized areas.
www.russianamericanchamber.org /citiesregions.htm   (1448 words)

  
 Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk Region is situated in the North-West of the European part of Russia.
The Island the Novaya Zemlya, Franz Joseph Land and Nenets Autonomous District are the territories of Arkhangelsk Region.
An administrative center of the Region is the City of Arkhangelsk founded in the mouth of the Northern Dvina River in accord with the Decree of Csar Ivan the Terrible dated of March 5, 1584.
www.beac.st /?id=286   (245 words)

  
 Russia's Northwest Regional Overview -- U.S. Commercial Service Russia
It is situated in the far northwest region of Russia, bordering on the White Sea, the Republic of Karelia, the Nenets Autonomous Region, the Vologda region and the Komi Republic.
Arkhangelsk also has commercial sea and river ports, and the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the region is the location where almost three-fourths of all Russian scientific, military and commercial space vehicles are launched.
Karelia borders Finland in the west, Murmansk region in the north, Arkhangelsk region in the east and Vologda and Leningrad regions to the south.
www.buyusa.gov /russia/en/overview_nw.html   (3806 words)

  
 Energoresource limited company
The climate of the region is strongly influenced by its location close to northern seas and oceans so it is characterized as transitive between sea and continental.
The Arkhangelsk seaport is the first commercial port of Russia, the cradle of the Russian shipbuilding and seafaring.
The development of the Arkhangelsk port is a complex task connected with both modernizing the structure of the port itself with creating conditions for large-tone transit container transportation and the more active involvement of the port into the transport infrastructure of the North-West of Russia.
www.pkfers.ru /eng/location.htm   (916 words)

  
 Nordic Travel. Travel to Russia :: Arkhangelsk Region
The town of Arkhangelsk was founded in 1584 on the bank of the Severnaja Dvina River, close to the eastern shore of the White Sea.
During the Second World War, Arkhangelsk was a destination of convoys that delivered lend-lease goods and equipment from the USA and Great Britain to the Soviet Union.
Arkhangelsk is the capital of the Arkhangelsk Region, with vast taiga and deserted tundra, villages of Pomor people and Nenetsky reindeer herds.
nordictravel.ru /arkhangelsk/index.html   (153 words)

  
 Arkhangelsk region :: Russia-InfoCentre
Arkhangelsk Region borders with Kirov and Vologda Region, Republics of Karelia and Komi, and is washed by three Arctic seas: the White, the Barents and the Kara Seas.
Thanks to its huge territory Archangelsk Region comprises different climatic zones, with arctic and sub-arctic climate represented on the north-eastern territories and with temperate climate prevailing in the center and on the south of the region.
Arkhangelsk Region is often called a “land of the white nights”.
www.russia-ic.com /rc/?region=1459   (752 words)

  
 Mercury in Russia
Description: In the Arkhangelsk Region of northern Russia, near the city of Novodvinsk, the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Combine accidentally emitted 16 tons of mercury into the Svernaya Dvina River.
The Environment Department of the Arkhangelsk Region Administration is monitoring the situation and has advised residents of the area to purchase water filtration devices.
One, it is a large employer, and two, it serves as the primary filtration center for the regions raw sewage.
www.american.edu /ted/mercury.htm   (1155 words)

  
 Port
The Governor of the Arkhangelsk region decision on including LFBZ into the RFBZ or refusal should be agreed with RFBZ supervising council and taken within 15 working days from the moment of the official proposal receipt.
Arkhangelsk region administration RFBZ department is an administration department which fulfils organization of RFBZ participants' activity in accordance with mutual agreements.
Arkhangelsk RFBZ is based on constitution rights of RF regions-members and municipal bodies on beneficial taxation and it doesn't depend on federal center changeable political conjuncture.
www.arh.ru /~seaport/eng/rfbz.htm   (1826 words)

  
 Russia - Arkhangelsk Region - RussiaTrek.com
During World Wars I and II Arkhangelsk's strategic position again contributed to its being one of the most important Russian sea ports and it was this port through which the country was receiving Allied aid.
For centuries of the Arkhangelsk's existence its administrative and territory status has gone through a range of changes and present Arkhangelsk Region was created 23 of September, 1937, in the result of the Northern Region division into Arkhangelsk and Vologda Regions.
Today the Arkhangelsk Region is an important industrial and cultural center of the Russian North.
www.russiatrek.com /r_arkhangelsk.shtml   (506 words)

  
 Arkhangelsk - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Arkhangelsk was Russia's principal port until the founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703; it regained importance after the rail line to Moscow was completed in 1898.
A supply port during World War I, Arkhangelsk was occupied from 1918 to 1920 by Allied forces (including Americans) and by the White Army; it served as their base for unsuccessful campaigns against the Bolsheviks.
THE ARKHANGELSK REGION RENDERS ITS TERRITORY FOR FLOTSAM OF ROCKETS
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-arkhange.html   (367 words)

  
 Russian Government & Geography, New Regions - Johnson's Russia List 6-21-03
The Irkutsk region is a donor region and the area within it is obviously interested in the merger, all the more so since the area was part of the Irkutsk region (with the rights of a national autonomy) before 1993.
During her visit to Arkhangelsk at the end of April, she said at a press-conference that the federal Centre would support the unification of the Nenets autonomous area and the Arkhangelsk region.
The population of the Tyumen region (without the autonomous areas) is double that of the Khanty-Mansi autonomous area and the Yamal-Nenets autonomous area taken together.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/7231-12.cfm   (2682 words)

  
 Russian Corruption - JRL 7-14-03
Thus, according to respondent opinions, the most corrupt regions are the Krasnodar territory, the Saratov region, Udmurtia, Primorye, and Karelia; the least corrupt are Bashkortostan, the Arkhangelsk region, the Kemerovo region, the Tyumen region, and the Yaroslav region.
In business corruption, the Saratov region, the Kemerovo region, and the Chelyabinsk region have the highest average number of bribes per year; lowest in this category are the Amur region, the Perm region (though it is one of the highest for annual volumes of bribes paid in daily life), and the Khabarovsk region.
The most corrupt regions in Russia, according to this study, are the Altai territory, the Volgograd region, the city of Moscow, the Rostov region, the city of St. Petersburg, the Saratov region, the Khabarovsk region, and the Chelyabinsk region.
www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/7246-19.cfm   (1228 words)

  
 Barentsinfo : Ulapland.fi/Kotisivut/Barents portal/Barents region/Fact sheet/Regions/Arkhangelsk
The total population of the region as of January 2001 was 1.44 million.
With the total population of some 1.4 million people, the region is not an attractive or large consumer market.
According to statistics produced by the regional branch of the State Statistical Committee (Goskomstat), the average salary in Arkhangelsk Region in 2002 was 5,000 rubles per month (approximately $160), increasing by 33% year-on- year in nominal terms and by 14% in real terms.
www.barentsinfo.org /?deptid=16384   (1912 words)

  
 The Moscow Kremlin - Virtual exhibitions
The Arkhangelsk Region, Republic of Bashkortostan, Bryansk Region, Republic of Buryatia, Vladimir Region, Volgograd Region, Vologda Region, Ivanovo Region, Irkutsk Region
The Murmansk Region, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Novgorod Region, Novosibirsk Region, Perm Krai, Primorsky Krai, Rostov Region.
The Samara Region, Saratov, Sverdlovsk Region, Smolensk Region, Republic of Tatarstan, Tver Region, Tula Region, Ukraine, Republic of Khakassia, Chelyabinsk Region, Chita Region, Chuvash Republic, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yaroslav Region.
www.kreml.ru /en/main/virtual/exposition/HappyBirthdayKremlin/A-I   (100 words)

  
 POMOR TUR
Arkhangelsk is a capital of the Russian North.
Arkhangelsk is one of the oldest Russian cities.
Arkhangelsk is a town with interesting history, original culture and wonderful nature.
www.pomortur.atnet.ru /2005/E_Default.shtml   (682 words)

  
 HARVESTING OF NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS
Paal (1998) also describes how the local and regional forestry enterprise and districts collected most of the honey produced in the Soviet time and how they owned processing plants for jam, alcoholic beverages, herb tea mixtures, natural oils and extracts in which mainly small quantities were produced to local traditional recipes.
In the 1930's the local population gathered on the average 1830 tons of berries and 2040 tons of mushrooms in a year in the Arkhangelsk region.
Regional Administration and Forest Service, who are responsible for decisions adoption on sustainable forest management, have to support the creation of different associations of harvesters,.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/Y4496E/Y4496E38.htm   (12143 words)

  
 Digital Media Asia: News - NW Telecom reviews progress in Arkhangelsk Oblast region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Regional Russian telco North-West Telecom has invested RUR 473m in the development and renovation of communications in the Arkhangelsk Oblast region of Russia.
Representatives of North-West Telecom and the Administration of Arkhangelsk Oblast met on 1 September to discuss the progress the telco was making in the region since the two parties signed an Agreement of Cooperation on 2 February 2005.
Since the beginning of the collaboration, North-West Telecom has invested RUR 473m in the development and renovation of communication networks in Arkhangelsk Oblast, 74 per cent of which are for business expansion and 26 per cent of which are for infrastructure support.
www.digitalmediaasia.com /default.asp?ArticleID=18027   (510 words)

  
 Subdivisions of Arkhangelsk Region (Russia)
Municipality "Novaya Zemlya"; (New Land) in Region of Arkhangelsk on archipelago New Land Isls in Russian sector of Arctic Ocean.
Flag and coat of arms of New Land Isls are disigned by Heraldic Chamber of the Congress of municipalites of Russia under management Mr.
Flag of Ust’janskiy region of Arkhangelskaja Oblast’;, adopted 28/04/1999.
flagspot.net /flags/ru-ark-.html   (196 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Epidemic of proletarian mutinies in the Arkhangelsk region
Pravda.RU Epidemic of proletarian mutinies in the Arkhangelsk region
Epidemic of proletarian mutinies in the Arkhangelsk region
The governor of the Arkhangelsk region, Anatoly Yefremov, made a statement to the local press, declaring that he could only acknowledge the legal solution of the issue.
newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/07/10/32188.html   (2473 words)

  
 Arkhangelsk region: Hotels & Resorts
Russia, 1645000, Arkhangelsk Region, Severodvinsk, Sedov Str., 8
Russia, 164537, Arkhangelsk Region, Holmogorski district, Emeck Village, Rehacheva, 26a
Russia, 165210, Arkhangelsk Region, Ustyanski District, Oktyabrski Village, Magistralnaya Str., 1a
all-hotels.ru /index.en.html?r=11087   (212 words)

  
 Interfax > Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
May 6 (Interfax) - H5 bird flu antibodies have been found in the blood of a wild goose shot for testing outside Arkhangelsk, Nikolai Yuferev, the chief expert from the Arkhangelsk regional veterinary department, told Interfax.
The combination of H5 and N1 antibodies are dangerous to humans, but the laboratory equipment in Arkhangelsk is inadequate for more specific tests, Yuferev said.
The hunting season in the Arkhangelsk region opens on May 7.
www.interfax.ru /e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11511963   (275 words)

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