Kenozersky park

Arkhangelsk region, Plesetsky district, village. Vershinino

In the old days of Kenozero and Ken river lay an important way from the Onega Lake to the Northern Dvina, so on the shores of Lake today there are numerous Neolithic sites, wooden buildings and other historical monuments and culture.

Kiy Island Arkhangelsk region, Kiy Island Attractions

Kiy Island is located in the Onega Bay of the White Sea in 202 km west of Arkhangelsk. The nearest town on the mainland is Onega. . The island is 2 km, maximum width - 500 m Nature Island pleasing to the eye: the pine on the rocks, a huge variety of plants, including berries

Lomonosovo Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast Attractions

Lomonosovo village 4 km east of Kholmogory and 73 km south-east of Arkhangelsk is known for the fact that an outstanding Russian scientist MV Lomonosov was born here. But few know that Lomonosov is the birthplace of two more remarkable figures: the sculptor-classicist Shubin and the physicist-physicist Golovin.

Malye Korely

ul. Pravda, d. 15

Sightseeing places of Arkhangelsk region 25 km south-east of Arkhangelsk there is a museum of wooden architecture and folk art of the northern regions of Russia "Malye Korely". Formation of exposure began in 1968, and in 1973 opened this unique open-air museum in the vicinity of the village of the same name.

Lake Lacha Arkhangelsk region, Pinega

Lake Lacha is one of the largest lakes in the Arkhangelsk region. In form, it slightly resembles a curved ellipse, elongated in the eastern part. The length of the lake extends more than 30 km, in width - 14 km. The total area of ​​the reservoir is about 334 square meters. .

Onega km Cross Monastery

Kiy Island Sightseeing Attractions Arkhangelsk region Arkhangelsk region in the Bay of the White Sea in the far cue-island stands the medieval temple complex - Onega Cross Monastery. Currently, the monastery has no effect, but still serves as a wonderful architectural monument of ancient Russian architecture.

Church of St. John Chrysostom in Saunino

Arkhangelsk region, Kargopol district, d. Saunino (Kiprovo)

Attractions Arkhangelsk region Until now, many ancient churches of Russian wooden architecture have survived. Unfortunately, not all of them are in good condition, although definitely all have great artistic value. At most, the abandoned churches are designated under the authority of a museum.

The vast territory of the Arkhangelsk region includes the Nenets Autonomous District the size of an average European country, the Russian part of the Arctic - the archipelagos Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land, as well as almost all islands washing it the seas - Barents, White, Kara. In fact, the Arkhangelsk region is the largest region in the European part of Russia

The nature of the sights of the Arkhangelsk region depends on the vastness and cultural diversity of the people inhabiting the region.

Local nature is the topic of many dissertations and multi-page booklets. In total, there are 3 national parks, 20 reserves and the Pinega Reserve, famous for its amazing natural wonder - karst caves, the largest and most numerous in Europe. In total, over a hundred caves over 100,000 years old have been found here. Caves open to visitors are amazing: this is a fantastic realm of ice made up of frozen streams of water, figured icicles and ice grottoes hidden deep under the earth.

Other nature conservation areas first of all preserve the original wealth of the region: taiga northern forests. This is all the more urgent that for decades they were perceived in no other way than as the largest source of timber. Today, according to Greenpeace and WWF activists, there are no such relics of glacial flora in Europe anymore

Arkhangelsk region is not only rich in tundra: the famous Arkhangelsk taiga is spread here, giving so much wood to our country.

One can not fail to mention another reserve of the Arkhangelsk region: it is the national park "Russian Arctic", part of which is the islands of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago, the northern border of our country. Conditions here can not be called comfortable: the endless tundra in winter and the continuous swamp in summer. More truly, the local tundra has yet to be reclaimed - after the islands have been cleared of the stay of the military on them. But then it is planned to develop arctic tourism and scientific activities on the islands.

Not only the tundra is rich in the Arkhangelsk region: here is the famous Arkhangelsk taiga, which gave so much wood to our country. Unlike Buryat and Khanty-Mansiysk forests, the local taiga is more severe. The lands along the Northern Dvina and its tributaries are a land of endless swamps and gloomy thickets.

Developing the tourist direction in the region, the authorities somehow missed the fact that the roads here are simply terrifying. As diplomatically formulated in tourist booklets - "the advantage of travelers on off-road vehicles." Maintaining them in the divine form is complicated by the climate, and swamps, and rivers, bridges from which regularly carry away flood.

In total, there are 70,000 large and small rivers in the Arkhangelsk region and more than 200,000 lakes. The most full-flowing rivers of the region - the Northern Dvina and Pechora - are inferior only to the Volga by their fullness. All of them are incredibly rich in fish (including valuable breeds), and the surroundings and forests are animal, including fur-bearing. That is why many hunters and fishermen come here.

Alloys on rafts, kayaks and catamarans along the rivers of Pinega, Plesetsk, Kargopol, Onega, Kholmogorsky, Kotlas districts, river cruises on wheeled steamers are popular recreational activities in the region.

In addition, the Arkhangelsk region is rich in muds of salt lakes and springs of mineral waters. Its sanatorium-resort centers are the city-museum and the balneological resort of Solvychegodsk, the balneo-mud resort of Soloniha in the Krasnoborsky district (according to the legend, the Ermak's volunteers rebuilt here), as well as the balneo-muddy plain resort Belomorye, located in a coniferous forest, on the shore of a picturesque lake in 40 km from Arkhangelsk.

Despite the fact that the Solovetsky archipelago is mistakenly attributed to Karelia due to the proximity of the Kemi port, this is one of the important sights of the Arkhangelsk region .So lying just outside the Polar circle of Solovki - a beautiful place with an unusual relief of the islands and the bizarre outlines of the banks .The Solovetsky Monastery, founded in the early 15th century, is rich in history: once it survived a siege by state troops as a hotbed of resistance to the innovations of Nikon, and in the 20th century the fate of a special purpose camp fell to him .Its durability lies in the fortress walls with which it is enclosed: their thickness exceeds 4 m, and in their basis - huge boulders, whose size reaches 5 meters .The buildings of the Solovki Monastery are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List .

In addition, on the territory of the monastery found mysterious archaeological sites - stone labyrinths, whose age is close to 4 thousand years. It is assumed that these labyrinths were built by local residents as funerary - so that the souls of the dead could not return from the afterlife to our world.

The first settlers on this territory are primitive hunters and fishermen, who lived here another 14 thousand .years ago, as well as the legendary and no less mysterious tribes of "chudi" and "lopi" on the Vaga, Pinega, Mezeni, Lache Lake .More than 800 monuments of archeology from the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages testify to their life .in the 8th century, the Slavs from the Rostov-Suzdal and Novgorod lands moved here, paving the routes to Scandinavia and the Siberian lands, which in essence founded here the Russian fleet .On the cultural conquest of the region can be said since the XII-XV cc ., when the first Orthodox monasteries began to appear here, and then the monasteries .By the 17th century, more than 60 monasteries had been functioning here, largely contributing to the development of Old Russian art .

Another famous island attraction of the Arkhangelsk region is the Kiy Island in the White Sea. Here stands a monastery built by the patriarch Nikon, surrounded by a fairytale forest, huge boulders and clean sand on the shore, easily giving odds to many foreign beaches ...

On the territory of the Nenets Autonomous District, the Kenozersky National Park is located, to a large extent forming the old Russian image of the Arkhangelsk region. Its goal is to "preserve" for the descendants of the primordially Russian past - from natural complexes and architectural monuments to the way of life in local settlements.

On the territory of the Nenets Autonomous District, there is the Kenozersky National Park, which to a large extent forms the old Russian image of the Arkhangelsk Region.

Another monument to the old way of the Russian North is to this day the existing settlements of Pomors in Mezensky, Pinega, Onega, Leshukonsky districts - Lomonosov's fellow countrymen and famous storytellers Shergin and Pisahov .Pomeranian architecture and ethnography are beautifully demonstrated by the wooden architecture museum "Malye Korely", one of the largest similar museums in Russia, the historical and cultural settlements of Kimzh, Kevrola, Verkola, Uftuga, as well as the Onego-Kyi Historical and Architectural Museum and the ensemble of the Godfather Monastery in Onega, standing on the site of the ancient settlement of Pomors .In addition, ethnographic tourism includes visits to the existing Nenets camps .

Not less ancient cities like Kholmogory, Kargopol and Solvychegodsk, as if frozen in time, sacred culture of Kenozero and other unique monuments of Russian wooden architecture are worth noting.

And fans of "industrial tourism" will be curious to visit the cosmodrome in Plesetsk (however, foreigners are not allowed here, and "their own" must undergo a bureaucratic procedure for obtaining a badge) and in Severodvinsk, the heart of the Russian submarine fleet .Severodvinsk is more accessible: free entry for Russian citizens, foreigners need passes .However, the latter is famous not only for the legendary "Star" and "Sevmash": it is also notable for the ensemble of stone structures of the St. Nicholas-Karelian Monastery, mentioned in the chronicle of 1419 - then there was a military fortification on the northern borders of the Moscow State .

One can not ignore Arkhangelsk itself: it is the most picturesque delta of the Northern Dvina, and famous examples of wooden architecture, and even a famous jazz festival: recently Arkhangelsk has been recognized as one of the most jazz cities in Russia.