Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast (, Arkhangelskaya oblast) is one of the federal subjects of Russia. Specifically, it is an oblast. The capital and largest city of Arkhangelsk Oblast is Arkhangelsk, a port city on the White Sea. Arkhangelsk Oblast also includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, and the Solovetsky Islands. The Nenets Autonomous Okrug is also officially a part of Arkhangelsk Oblast, even though it is administered separately. Arkhangelsk Oblast as it is today was created in 1937. The population of Arkhangelsk Oblast was 1,227,626 as of the 2010 census.