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Kholmogory (Russian: Холмого́ры) is a historic rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on the left bank of the Northern Dvina, along the Kholmogory Highway, 75 kilometers (47 mi) southeast of Arkhangelsk and 90 kilometers (56 mi) north of the Antonievo-Siysky Monastery.
Cholmogory (in russo Холмогоры?) è un centro abitato situato nell'oblast' di Arcangelo, nella Russia nordoccidentale, capoluogo del Cholmogorskij rajon. Fondato sulle rive della Dvina settentrionale, fu il principale centro urbano dei Pomorye fino al 1925 ebbe lo status di città.
Kholmogory, village, port, and administrative centre of Kholmogory rayon (sector), Arkhangelsk oblast (region), northwestern European Russia. It lies along the Northern Dvina River, 47 miles (75 km) southeast of the city of Arkhangelsk.
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The district is elongated from south to north and is crossed by the Northern Dvina River which divides it into two roughly equal parts. Almost the whole of the district belongs to the basins of the Northern Dvina River and its major tributaries. The main Northern Dvina tributaries within the district are the Yemtsa (left), the Pukshenga (right), an...
The area was populated by speakers of Uralic languages and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Kholmogory (then Kolmogory) was known since the 14th century and quickly established itself as one of the most important trading settlements in the North of Russia. Afte...
Administrative divisions
Administratively, the district is divided into eighteen selsoviets. One locality which previously had urban-type settlement status, Lukovetsky, was downgraded to rural locality in 2005. The following selsoviets have been established (the administrative centersare given in parentheses): 1. Belogorsky (Belogorsky) 2. Dvinskoy (Dvinskoy) 3. Kekhotsky (Grigorovskaya) 4. Khavrogorsky (Pogost) 5. Kholmogorsky (Kholmogory) 6. Koydokursky (Khomyakovskaya) 7. Kopachevsky (Kopachevo) 8. Leunovsky (Kuzo...
Municipal divisions
Municipally, the district is divided into seventeen rural settlements (the administrative centers are given in parentheses): 1. Belogorskoye Rural Settlement(Belogorsky) 2. Dvinskoye Rural Settlement(Dvinskoy) 3. Kekhotskoye Rural Settlement(Markovskaya) 4. Khavrogorskoye Rural Settlement(Pogost) 5. Kholmogorskoye Rural Settlement(Kholmogory) 6. Koydokurskoye Rural Settlement(Khomyakovskaya) 7. Kopachevskoye Rural Settlement(Kopachevo) 8. Leunovskoye Rural Settlement(Kuzomen) 9. Lukovetskoye...
Industry
Timber industry is the main industry of the district. Food industry is also present.
Agriculture
In 2010, there were eleven large-scale farms and four small private farms in the district.These produced meat (beef and pork), milk, cereals, and potatoes. In the past, the area around Kholmogory was famous for a special cattle breed, Kholmogory cattle, which was bred in Kholmogory and Arkhangelsk countryside. This breed, mostly black and white, was particularly stable against the cold climate of Northern Russia and eventually spread well beyond this region. Incidentally, the Kholmogory geese...
Transportation
A railway line connecting Arkhangelsk and Karpogory passes through the northern part of the district. This line is expected to become a part of the Belkomur project—a railway line connecting Arkhangelsk via the Komi Republic with Perm Krai and the Ural Mountains. The stretch between Arkhangelsk and Karpogory was built in the 1970s. Kholmogorskaya railway station on the railroad between Moscow and Arkhangelsk is located in Plesetsky District. The Northern Dvina and the Pinega Rivers are naviga...
The district contains forty objects classified as cultural and historical heritage by Russian Federal law, and additionally four objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance. Most of these are churches built prior to 1917. These include the ensemble of the Antonievo-Siysky Monastery of the 17th century (the oldest surv...
Mikhail Lomonosov, a Russian polymath, generally considered to be the creator of the basis of the modern literary Russian language, was born in 1711 in the village of Denisovka (later renamed Lomon...
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Kholmogory is a historic rural locality and the administrative center of Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on the left bank of the Northern Dvina, along the Kholmogory Highway, 75 kilometers southeast of Arkhangelsk and 90 kilometers north of the Antonievo-Siysky Monastery. Map. Directions.
7 mar 2014 · Kholmogory is also known as the birthplace of the renowned Russian scientist and author Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765). And in the mid-18th century it served as a place of exile during Romanov...
Kholmogory (Russian: Холмого́ры) is a historic rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on the left bank of the Northern Dvina, along the Kholmogory Highway, 75 kilometers (47 mi) southeast of Arkhangelsk and 90 kilometers (56 mi) north of the Antonievo ...
