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Shenkursk
Шенкурск
Town[1]
Coat of arms of Shenkursk
Coat of arms
Location of Shenkursk
Map
Shenkursk is located in Russia
Shenkursk
Shenkursk
Location of Shenkursk
Shenkursk is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Shenkursk
Shenkursk
Shenkursk (Arkhangelsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 62°6′N 42°54′E / 62.100°N 42.900°E / 62.100; 42.900
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast
Administrative districtShenkursky District[2]
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2010)[3]
5,736
 • Capital ofShenkursky District[2]
 • Urban settlementSkenkurskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
165160Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID11658101001

Shenkursk (Template:Lang-ru) is a town and the administrative center of Shenkursky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vaga River. Municipally, it is incorporated as Shenkurskoe Urban Settlement. Population: 5,736 (2010 est.);[3] 6,151 (2002 Census);[6] 7,424 (1989 Soviet census).[7]

History

Panoramic view of pre-revolutionary Shenkursk with the Holy Trinity Church (currently in ruins).

Shenkursk was first mentioned in documents of Novgorod merchants in 1315. Ivan the Terrible referred to this location as the town of Vaga and included it into his oprichnina. At that time, there was a timber fort and a residence of local bishops.

Feodor I made a grant of Shenkursk to his brother-in-law, Boris Godunov, who bequeathed it to his own son-in-law, Johan of Schleswig-Holstein. The Romanovs presented the district to Prince Dmitry Troubetskoy as his votchina. Upon his death, the town reverted to the crown. In 1640–1643, the tsar ordered a new fortress to be built in Shenkursk. Catherine the Great chartered Shenkursk in 1780, and Shenkursk became the administrative center of the newly established Shenkursky Uyezd in the Vologda Viceroyalty (from 1796, in the Arkhangelsk Governorate).

Shenkursk played a prominent role in the Russian Civil War. In the autumn of 1918, British and American troops (about 6000) advanced south of Shenkursk. January 19-25 the Bolshevik troops staged a counteroffensive, known as the Battle of Shenkursk. 3000 troops, split into three armies, advancing from three sides, cut Shenkursk off, and moved the front area 90 kilometres (56 mi) km north of Shenkursk.[8]

Shenkursky District remained in the Arkhangelsk Governorate until 1929, when several governorates were merged into Northern Krai. In 1936, the Krai was transformed into Northern Oblast. In 1937, Northern Oblast was split into Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast, with Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Economy

Industry

There is timber industry and food industry, including milk production.[9]

Transport

Shenkursk is located several kilometers east from one of the principal highways in Russia, M8 connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk, however, it lies on the other bank of the Vaga, and is only connected with the highway by a ferry crossing. The roads on the right bank of the Vaga are of minor importance and unpaved.

The Vaga is navigable, but there is no passenger navigation.

Culture and recreation

The town contains 21 objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance.[10] Most of these are merchant houses built prior to 1917 and the remains of the former Holy Trinity Monastery .

Shenkursk hosts the Shenkursky District Museum.[11]

References

  1. ^ Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 11 258 501 008», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 11 258 501 008, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  2. ^ a b c Архангельское областное Собрание депутатов. Областной закон №258-внеоч.-ОЗ от 23 сентября 2004 г. «О статусе и границах территорий муниципальных образований в Архангельской области», в ред. Областного закона №224-13-ОЗ от 16 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении отдельных населённых пунктов Соловецкого района Архангельской области и о внесении изменения в статью 46 Областного закона "О статусе и границах территорий муниципальных образований в Архангельской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Волна", №38, 8 октября 2004 г. (Arkhangelsk Oblast Council of Deputies. Oblast Law #258-vneoch.-OZ of September 23, 2004 On the Status and Borders of the Territories of the Municipal Formations in Arkhangelsk Oblast, as amended by the Oblast Law #224-13-OZ of December 16, 2014 On Abolishing Several Inhabited Localities in Solovetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and on Amending Article 46 of the Oblast Law "On the Status and Borders of the Territories of the Municipal Formations in Arkhangelsk Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
  3. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по городам, посёлкам городского типа и районам на 1 января 2010 г. [Permanent Population of the Russian Federation by Cities/Towns, Urban-Type Settlements, and Districts as of 1 January 2010] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ a b Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Cite error: The named reference "PopCensus" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  8. ^ Шенкурская операция 1919. Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
  9. ^ "Агропромышленный комплекс" (in Russian). Шенкурский муниципальный район. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Памятники истории и культуры народов Российской Федерации" (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Шенкурский районный краеведческий музей" (in Russian). Российская сеть культурного наследия. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

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