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Arkhangelsk Oblast is one of 11 northwest Russian federal districts. It is located along the White Sea and borders the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Komi Republic in the east, Vologda Oblast in the south and the Republic of Karelia in the west.
Arkhangelsk Oblast includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya. Also Nenets Autonomous Okrug is formally a part of Arkhangelsk, although it at the same time has status as federal subject.
The region covers a territory of more than 589,000 square kilometers, which makes up 35 percent of Northwest Russia and 3,5 percent of all of the Russian Federation.
Population in the region is 1,27 million (2007). About 94 percent of the population is ethnically Russian.
The administrative centre of Arkhangelsk has a population of 348,000 (2007), is the administrative center of the oblast. The second-biggest city, Severodvinsk, has a population of about 200,000.
Arkhangelsk Oblast has a powerful timber and forestry processing industry. It also has several major shipyards, first of all the Sevmash and Zvezdochka yards in Severodvinsk. The food processing industry also plays a key role for the regional economy.
Gasification comes closer in Arkhangelsk
Russian gas
The construction of a sixth gas distribution complex outside the city of Arkhangelsk allows for the full conversion of the local thermal power plant from black oil to gas.
The complex includes two stations, one for Arkhangelsk and one for Severodvinsk, a press release from the regional administration reads.
The new gas infrastructure will enable the thermal power plants in Arkhangelsk city and Severodvinsk to turn from use of oil to gas by the next heating season, the regional administration informs.
Arkhangelsk Oblast has until recently been one of Russian regions with the lowest level of gasification. Gazprom’s construction of the Nyuksenitsa-Arkhangelsk pipeline has changed that situation, and the region’s economy will now gradually turn towards the use of gas.
