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Arkhangelsk Oblast (, Arkhangelskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya islands, and also Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Its governor is Nikolay Kiselyov. Including Nenetsia, Arkhangelsk Oblast has the area of 587,400 km². Population (excluding Nenetsia): 1,336,539 (2002 Census); 1,570,256 (1989 Census). Arkhangelsk, with population of 356,051 (2002 Census), is the administrative center of the oblast. Historically, the chief centers were Kholmogory, Kargopol, and Solvychegodsk. One can find medieval wooden chapels and the Antoniev Siysky Monastery lost in impassable woods. The Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea are a World Heritage Site. Severodvinsk is a primary shipyard for the Russian Navy. Plesetsk Cosmodrome is one of two spaceports within the Russian borders (the second, Svobodny, is located in Amur Oblast).
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