Oktyabrsky (russian: Октя́брьский, known in 1951—1958 as Pervomaysky ), is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

of Ustyansky District of

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...

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, located on the left bank of the

Ustya River The Ustya (russian: Устья) is a river in Kotlassky, Krasnoborsky, Ustyansky, and Velsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. A very short portion of the river also forms the boundary between Kotlassky District and Velikoustyuzhsky Di ...

. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Oktyabrskoye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. Population:

History

It was founded in 1951 due to the construction of Shangalskaya

timber Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, wi ...

logging camp. Until 1958, it was known as Pervomaysky. Both names are derived from the Soviet holidays: Pervomaysky refers to the

May Day May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. Festivities may also be held the night before, known as May Eve. T ...

, whereas Oktyabrsky refers to the

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. The population growth accelerated after a factory producing construction blocks was open in 1957. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1960, when former Pavlitsovsky Selsoviet was abolished, and its area was subordinated to the authority of Oktyabrsky. On September 26, 1975, the administrative center of the district was transferred from the '' selo'' of Shangaly to Oktyabrsky, but it took some time before all the district services had moved.

Economy

Industry

The industry of Oktyabrsky is mainly timber industry and production of concrete construction blocks. Timber used to be rafted down the Ustya River, but in the 1990s this practice was stopped.

Transportation

Paved roads connect Oktyabrsky with

Velsk Velsk (russian: Вельск) is a town and the administrative center of Velsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vel River at its confluence with the Vaga River, south of Arkhangelsk, the administrative ce ...

in the west and with

Totma Totma (russian: То́тьма) is a town and the administrative center of Totemsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River at its confluence with the Pesya Denga, northeast of Vologda, the administrati ...

and

Veliky Ustyug Veliky Ustyug (russian: Вели́кий У́стюг) is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the northeast of the oblast at the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 31,665. Veliky U ...

via

Tarnogsky Gorodok Tarnogsky Gorodok (russian: Та́рногский Городо́к) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Tarnogsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kokshenga River, at its conflue ...

in the south. There also are local roads in the district; one of which connects Oktyabrsky with the ''selo'' of Bestuzhevo in the north of the district. Oktyabrsky is located several kilometers from the railway station of Kostylevo on the railroad connecting

Konosha Konosha (russian: Коноша) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Konoshsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Konosha River, south of Arkhangelsk. It also serves as the administr ...

and

Kotlas Kotlas (russian: Ко́тлас) is a town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda Rivers. Population: Kotlas is the third largest town of Arkhangelsk Oblast in terms of population (after Ar ...

which eventually continues to

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Culture and recreation

The only museum in the district is the Ustyansky District Museum, which opened in 1984 in Shangaly and moved to Oktyabrsky in 1987. In the village of Pavlitsevo, close to Oktyabrsky, there is a newly built wooden church. Ustyansky District is marketed as a regional center of

beekeeping Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made beehives. Honey bees in the genus '' Apis'' are the most-commonly-kept species but other honey-producing bees such as ''Melipona'' stingless bees are also kept. ...

, and Oktyabrsky holds an annual honey festival ''Medovy Spas''.

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Urban-type settlements in Arkhangelsk Oblast Populated places established in 1951