Arkhangelsk Dutch that sailed to the White Sea area. In 1584 Ivan ordered the founding of New Kholmogory (which would later be renamed after the nearby Archangel Michael Monastery). At the time access to the Baltic Sea was still mostly controlled by Sweden, so while Arkhangelsk was icebound in winter, it remained Moscow's almost sole link to the sea-trade. Local inhabitants, called Pomors, were the first to explore trade routes to Northern Siberia as far as the trans-Urals city of Mangazeya and beyond. In December 1613, during the Time of Troubles, Arkhangelsk was besieged by Polish-Lithuanian marauders commanded by Stanislaw Jasinski
Bay Port, Michigan The main road through Bay Port is M-25, which follows the shore of Lake Huron, leading northeast to Port Austin and southwest to Bay City. M-142 intersects M-25 south of the center of Bay Port and leads east to Bad Axe, the Huron County seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bay Port CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.96%, are water. Each year, during the first full weekend of August, Bay Port hosts its annual Fish Sandwich Festival. Bay Port's unofficial motto is "Where the fish caught the man", due