Savinsky (russian: Савинский) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in

Plesetsky District Plesetsky District (russian: Плесе́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Plesetsky Municipal District.Law ...

of Arkhangelsk Oblast,

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, located northwest of

Plesetsk Plesetsk (russian: Плесе́цк) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Plesetsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, situated about northeast of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk. Municipally, it is ...

and west of the Sheleksa railway station, on the right bank of the

Yemtsa River The Yemtsa or Yomtsa (russian: Емца, Ёмца) is a river in Plesetsky and Kholmogorsky Districts and in the town of Mirny of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Northern Dvina. It is long, and the area of its basin ...

. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Savinskoye Urban Settlement, one of the eight urban settlements in the district. Population: .

History

Savinskaya Volost already existed in the 19th century and was a part of

Onezhsky Uyezd Onezhsky Uyezd (''Онежский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Onega. Demographics At the time ...

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 1929, Plesetsky District was established, which included Savinsky Selsoviet. In the years that followed, the territory of the selsoviet was modified several times; in particular, the urban-type settlement of

Yemtsa Yemtsa (russian: Е́мца) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Plesetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located north of Plesetsk and south of Arkhangelsk. Within the framework of municipal divisions, it serves as the administrat ...

was split in 1941. Savinsky was granted its current status on December 15, 1961.

Economy

Industry

The biggest enterprise in the settlement is the

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plant, which was the first cement plant in Arkhangelsk Oblast and delivers cement to many works in north-western Russia. Other enterprises are in logging and timber processing.

Transportation

Savinsky is located on the highway connecting Kargopol with one of the principal highways in Russia, M8 between Moscow and Arkhangelsk (the highways meet in the village of

Brin-Navolok Brín-Navolok (russian: Брин-Наволок) is a town in northern Russia, located in the Arkhangelsk region. It is the namesake of the Brin-Navolok municipality, as well as its administrative and geographical centre. Geography Brin-Navolok ...

northwest of Yemtsa). This is the historic trading route which connected Kargopol with Arkhangelsk before the railroad was built, and long stretches of this road are still unpaved. This road in particular connects Savinsky with the railway stations in

and

(although the closest railway station is in Sheleksa). There is regular bus service to both Plesetsk and Yemtsa.

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2011 Urban-type settlements in Arkhangelsk Oblast