Kargopol is connected by a paved road with Nyandoma and further east the principal highway in the region, M8 connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk.
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During its golden age in the 17th century, Kargopol became home to a highly localized brand of medieval Russian architecture.
Kargopolskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of Kargopol and the village of Zazhigino in Kargopolsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as
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For instance, Ivan Bolotnikov, the leader of the peasant insurgence, was sent to Kargopol in 1607, where he was blinded and then drowned.
His life was spared owing to the supplications of his cousin Boris, but he was deprived of his boyardom, his estates were confiscated and he was banished successively to Kargopol, Mezen and Kholmogory, where he died on 21 April 1714.