Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast Novgorod Republic. Novgorod merchants reached the White Sea in the 13th century; the Pomors, who inhabit the White Sea coast now, are the descendants of the original Novgorod population. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Until the 1700s, Arkhangelsk was the main trading harbor for the sea trade of Russia and Western Europe, and the Northern Dvina was the main trading route connecting central Russia with Arkhangelsk. The traditional occupation of the population of the Dvina Bay was fishery and trade. Peter the Great drastically changed the situation, by founding
Salinas of the English Port loggerhead sea turtle ("Caretta caretta"). It hosts characteristic sand dune and wetland birds, including the greater hoopoe-lark ("Alaemon alaudipes"), the black-crowned sparrow lark ("Eremopterix nigriceps"), bar-tailed lark ("Ammomanes cinctura"), the sanderling ("Calidris alba") and the bar-tailed godwit ("Limosa lapponica"). It also has an important population of the Kentish plover: 50% of the total population of Cape Verde (150-300 individuals). Salinas of the English Port Salinas of the English Port () is a saline wetland in the southwestern part of the island of Maio, Cape Verde, northwest of the city Porto Inglês. It is a protected area ("Paisagem Protegida das Salinas