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2 unusual facts about Mezen, Mezensky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast


Diocese of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory

Kholmogory and Vazhsky Diocese Council established by decree in 1682, was composed of the north-eastern part of the territory of the Novgorod metropolis, the city of Arkhangelsk and Holmogory with counties, Kevrol, Mezen, Kola, Pustozersk, Vaga, a quarter Vazhsky to award a Ustyanovskimi parishes, the Solovetsky monastery.

Mezensky

Mezenskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of Mezen and five rural localities in Mezensky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as


Adalet Shukurov

After he finished school, he was drafted into Soviet Army and served three years in submarine near the Novaya Zemlya islands in Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia.

Alexander Alexeyevich Borisov

Alexander Borisov was born in the village of Gluboky Ruchey in the north of Russia, now located in the Krasnoborsky District of the Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Arkhangelsky

Arkhangelsk Oblast (Arkhangelskaya oblast), a federal subject of Russia

BILSAT-1

BILSAT-1 was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 132/1, Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia by a Kosmos-3M space launch vehicle on September 27, 2003 at 06:12 UTC in a multiple-satellite payload launch along with six other satellites, namely Mozhayets-4 and Larets of Russia, NigeriaSat-1 of Nigeria, UK-DMC from the United Kingdom, South Korean STSAT-1 and Germany's Rubin 4-DS.

Dvinosaurus

Dvinosaurus was first found near the village of Sokolki in Arkhangelsk and named after the Northern Dvina River, which was close to the locality where it was discovered.

Mezen Airport

There are several weekly flights to Arkhangelsk and several flights per month to the remote locations of Mezensky District — the selos of Koyda, Moseyevo, and Safonovo.

Mezenskaya Pizhma River

The Pizhma River, flowing out of Lake Yamozero, runs to the east in the Pechora River, and the name Mezenskaya Pizhma means literally "The Pizhma which belongs to the Mezen".

Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov

Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov was born into a peasant family of Serbian descent in the village of Medvedki in the Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Nikolsk, Vologda Oblast

There are no railroads around Nikolsk and the closest railway stations with regular passenger service are Kotlas in Arkhangelsk Oblast and Sharya in Kostroma Oblast.

Nyuksensky District

Another paved road branches off in Nyuksenitsa northwest to Tarnogsky Gorodok and further to Oktyabrsky in Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Port of Arkhangelsk

Originate from Arkhangelsk regular passenger line to Murmansk, Dixon, Onega, Mezen, Kandalaksha and Novaya Zemlya.

Sergey Subbotin

Sergey Alekseyevich Subbotin (b. 15 August 1955, Yushkovskaya village, Arkhangelsk Oblast, USSR) is the ex-mayor of the city of Murmansk.

Solovetsky Islands

As an administrative division, the islands are incorporated as Solovetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

Vasily Vasilyevich Galitzine

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.


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