Arkhangelsk Oblast the main shipyard for the Russian Navy. Among the oldest populated places of the oblast are Kholmogory, Kargopol, and Solvychegodsk; there are a number of Russian Orthodox monasteries, including the Antoniev Siysky Monastery and the World Heritage Site of the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea. Plesetsk Cosmodrome is one of three spaceports in Russia (the other two are Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast and Yasny in Orenburg Oblast). Arkhangelsk Oblast, which includes Nenets Autonomous Okrug, borders Kirov Oblast, Vologda Oblast, the Republic of Karelia, the Komi Republic, and the White, Pechora, Barents and Kara seas. Cape Fligely in Franz
Elections in Astrakhan Oblast Guzhvin (appointed by Boris Yeltsin in 1991) and leader of opposition, representative of Communist Party of the Russian Federation, deputy of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Zvolynsky. The results were as follows: In 2000 took place the second elections of the Governor. In the elections participated the current head of the region Anatoly Guzhvin and less popular politicians. The results were as follows: In 2006 the oblast legislature - State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast - was elected by mixed Voting system. One half of deputees was elected by Plurality voting system, another half - by Proportional representation. On the voting