Karpogory (russian: Карпого́ры) is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') and the
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Pinezhsky District,
Arkhangelsk Oblast,
Russia
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, located on the right bank of the
Pinega River
The Pinega (russian: Пинега) is a river in Verkhnetoyemsky, Pinezhsky, and Kholmogorsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina. It is long, and the area of its basin . Its main tributaries ...
. It also serves as the administrative center of Karpogorsky Selsoviet, one of the seventeen selsoviets into which the district is
administratively divided.
Municipally, it is the administrative center of
Karpogorskoye Rural Settlement. Population:
Geography
Karpogory is located on the right bank of the
Pinega River
The Pinega (russian: Пинега) is a river in Verkhnetoyemsky, Pinezhsky, and Kholmogorsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina. It is long, and the area of its basin . Its main tributaries ...
, at the confluence of the
Soga River. Several kilometers downstream from Karpogory, the Pinega accepts the
Pokshenga
The Pokshenga (russian: Покшенга, Покшеньга) is a river in Vinogradovsky and Pinezhsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Pinega. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tribu ...
, one of its major tributaries, from the left.
History
The area was originally populated by speakers of
Uralic languages
The Uralic languages (; sometimes called Uralian languages ) form a language family of 38 languages spoken by approximately 25million people, predominantly in Northern Eurasia. The Uralic languages with the most native speakers are Hungarian (w ...
and then colonized by the
Novgorod Republic
The Novgorod Republic was a medieval state that existed from the 12th to 15th centuries, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east, including the city of Novgorod and the Lake Ladoga regions of mod ...
. In the 19th century, Karpogory was an administrative center of
Karpogorskaya Volost and was part of the
Pinezhsky Uyezd of the
Arkhangelsk Governorate
Arkhangelsk Governorate (russian: link=no, Архангельская губерния, ''Arkhangelskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. ...
. In February 1927, Pinezhsky Uyezd was abolished and merged into
Arkhangelsky Uyezd.
In 1929, several governorates were merged into
Northern Krai
Northern Krai (russian: Северный край, ''Severny Krai'') was a ''krai'' (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1929 to 1936. Its seat was in the city of Arkhangelsk. ...
. July 15, 1929 the uyezds were abolished, and
Karpogorsky District, with the center in Karpogory, was established. In 1936, the Krai was transformed into
Northern Oblast. In 1937, Northern Oblast was split into Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast. In 1959, Karpogorsky and Pinezhsky Districts merged into the greater Pinezhsky District with the center of Karpogory.
Economy
Industry
Timber and food industry are present.
Transportation
Karpogory is connected to
Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near ...
by a railway line with the regular passenger service. This line is expected to become part of the
Belkomur project — a railroad connecting Arkhangelsk via the
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of th ...
with the
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 re ...
and the
Ural mountains
The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...
.
The Pinega River is navigable in Karpogory, although there is no regular passenger navigation.
An unpaved road along the Pinega connects Karpogory with Arkhangelsk on the north and the village of
Zanyukhcha on the south. Further south it crosses the border with the
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of th ...
to the timber production settlements.
There is an
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
in Karpogory, not used for regular passenger service.
Culture and recreation
The Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Karpogory was built in 2005. This is a wooden church constructed in the style of the 17th century.
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Rural localities in Pinezhsky District
Pinezhsky Uyezd