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The Arkhangelsk Region
Russian commemorative coin
Series: The Russian Federation
The Arkhangelsk Region
Par : 10 rubles
Release Date: 02.07.2007
Mint: St. Petersburg Mint (SPMD).
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| Metal, fineness | Brass/cooper-nickel |
| Quality | UNC |
| Total weight, g | 8.4 |
| Thickness, mm | 2.1 |
| Diameter, mm | 27 |
| The edge | 300 corrugations and the inscription "ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ" (TEN RUBLES) recurring twice and divided by asterisks. |
| Mintage, pcs. | 10000000 |
Arkhangelsk Region is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovki Islands in the White Sea.Arkhangelsk Obvlast also has administrative jurisdiction over Nenets Autonomous Okrug a, Arkhangelsk Oblast has the area of 587,400 km². Population: 1,336,539 Arkhangelsk, with a population of 356,051 is the administrative center of the oblast. The second largest city is the nearby Severodvinsk, home to Sevmash, the main shipyard for the Russian Navy.Among the oldest cities of the region are Kholmogory, Kargopol, and Solvychegodsk. One can find medieval wooden chapels and the Antoniev Siysky Monastery lost in impassable woods. The Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea are a World Heritage Site.Plesetsk Cosmodrome is one of three spaceports in Russia (the other two are Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast and Svobodny in Amur Oblast).
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