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unusual facts about Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast



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.

Boris Stepanovich Lukoshkov

He died in 1989 in Arkhangelsk, and was buried in a village of Izhma, Primorsky District.

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.

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.

Onega Bay

Administratively, the coast and the islands are shared between Kemsky and Belomorsky Districts of the Republic of Karelia, and Onezhsky, Primorsky, and Solovetsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

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.

Solovetsky, Arkhangelsk Oblast

Municipally, it is the administrative center of Solovetskoye Rural Settlement of Primorsky District.


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