Archangel Russia

Archangel, Russia, a seaport town on the Dwina, near its mouth in the White Sea, on the northern coast of Russia. The province, which bears the same name, has an area of 331,500 square miles. The town has an extensive commerce for six months of the year, during the remaining six it is blocked with ice. It exports chiefly grain, flax, linseed, pitch and mats, while its imports comprise fish, tea, coffee, and oil. Before the foundation of St. Petersburg, Archangel was Russia's only port. It possesses a fine gymnasium, bazaar, ecclesiastical school, a marine hospital, and a school of navigation.