Shenkursk
Town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
title: "Shenkursk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-arkhangelsk-oblast", "populated-places-established-in-the-13th-century", "shenkursky-uyezd"] description: "Town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenkursk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian inhabited locality"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Shenkursk |
| ru_name | Шенкурск |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | top |
| image_coa | Shenkursk COA (Arkhangelsk Governorate) (1780).png |
| federal_subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Shenkursky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_selsoviet_jur | Shenkursk |
| adm_selsoviet_type | Town of district significance |
| adm_selsoviet_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of1 | Shenkursky District |
| adm_ctr_of1_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of2 | town of district significance of Shenkursk |
| adm_ctr_of2_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Town |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Shenkursky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Shenkurskoye Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of1 | Shenkursky Municipal District |
| mun_admctr_of1_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of2 | Shenkurskoye Urban Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of2_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 5702 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| established_date | 1229 |
| established_title | First mentioned |
| established_date_ref | |
| current_cat_date | 1780 |
| current_cat_date_ref | |
| :: |
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Geography
Climate
|location = Shenkursk |metric first = Yes |single line = yes |source = Weather and climate in Shenkursk |Jan mean C = -12.9 |Feb mean C = -10.9 |Mar mean C = -4.8 |Apr mean C = 2.8 |May mean C = 9.8 |Jun mean C = 15.3 |Jul mean C = 18.3 |Aug mean C = 15.0 |Sep mean C = 9.4 |Oct mean C = 3.0 |Nov mean C = -4.8 |Dec mean C = -9.6 |year mean C =2.6 |Jan low C = -16.5 |Feb low C = -14.7 |Mar low C = -9.3 |Apr low C = -2.0 |May low C = 4.3 |Jun low C = 9.8 |Jul low C = 12.8 |Aug low C = 10.2 |Sep low C = 5.7 |Oct low C = 0.5 |Nov low C = -7.3 |Dec low C = -12.9 |year low C =-1.6 |Jan high C = -9.2 |Feb high C = -7.0 |Mar high C = -0.2 |Apr high C = 7.5 |May high C = 15.3 |Jun high C = 20.9 |Jul high C = 23.7 |Aug high C = 19.7 |Sep high C = 13.1 |Oct high C = 5.4 |Nov high C = -2.4 |Dec high C = -6.4 |year high C =6.7 |Jan record high C = 3.5 |Feb record high C = 5.0 |Mar record high C = 13.6 |Apr record high C = 26.0 |May record high C = 31.0 |Jun record high C = 35.6 |Jul record high C = 34.9 |Aug record high C = 35.7 |Sep record high C = 28.6 |Oct record high C = 20.6 |Nov record high C = 12.7 |Dec record high C = 5.9 |year record high C =35.7 |Jan record low C = -45.5 |Feb record low C = -40.5 |Mar record low C = -36.7 |Apr record low C = -27.1 |May record low C = -7.4 |Jun record low C = -1.8 |Jul record low C = 2.9 |Aug record low C = -0.6 |Sep record low C = -6.6 |Oct record low C = -17.2 |Nov record low C = -35.9 |Dec record low C = -40.7 |year record low C =-45.5 |Jan precipitation mm = 34.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 27.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 25.6 |Apr precipitation mm = 37.8 |May precipitation mm = 48.1 |Jun precipitation mm = 58.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 68.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 75.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 51.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 51.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 43.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 40.4 |year precipitation mm =561.5 |}}
History
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Shenkursk_old_panorama.jpg" caption="Panoramic view of pre-revolutionary Shenkursk with the Holy Trinity Church (currently in ruins)"] ::
Shenkursk was first mentioned in documents of Novgorod merchants in 1229. In 1315, it was bought by a Novgorod posadnik. Ivan the Terrible referred to this location as the town of Vaga and included it into his oprichnina. At that time, there was a timber fort and a residence of local bishops.
Tsar Feodor I made a grant of Shenkursk to his brother-in-law, Boris Godunov, who bequeathed it to his future son-in-law, Johan of Schleswig-Holstein, who died shortly after arriving to Russia. The Romanovs presented the area to Prince Dmitry Troubetskoy as his votchina. Upon his death, the town was returned to the crown. In 1640–1643, the Tsar ordered a new fortress to be built in Shenkursk. Catherine the Great chartered Shenkursk in 1780, and Shenkursk became the seat of the newly established Shenkursky Uyezd in Vologda Viceroyalty (from 1796, in Arkhangelsk Governorate).
Shenkursk played a prominent role in the Russian Civil War. In the autumn of 1918, about six thousand British and American troops advanced south of Shenkursk. On January 19–25, the Bolshevik troops staged a counteroffensive, known as the Battle of Shenkursk. Three thousand troops, split into three armies, advancing from three sides, cut Shenkursk off and moved the front area 90 km north of Shenkursk.
Shenkursky Uyezd remained in Arkhangelsk Governorate until 1929, when several governorates were merged into Northern Krai and redistricted. In 1936, the krai was transformed into Northern Oblast. In 1937, Northern Oblast was split into Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shenkursk serves as the administrative center of Shenkursky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shenkursky District as the town of district significance of Shenkursk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Shenkursk is incorporated within Shenkursky Municipal District as Shenkurskoye Urban Settlement.
Economy
Industry
There is timber industry and food industry, including milk production.
Transportation
Shenkursk is located several kilometers east from the M8 Highway—one of the principal highways in Russia—connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk; however, it lies on the other bank of the Vaga and is only connected with the highway by a ferry crossing. The roads on the right bank of the Vaga are of minor importance and unpaved.
The Vaga is navigable, but there is no passenger navigation.
Culture and recreation
The town contains twenty-one objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance. Most of these are merchant houses built prior to 1917 and the remains of the former Holy Trinity Monastery.
Shenkursk hosts the Shenkursky District Museum.
Notable people
- Ratmir Kholmov (1925–2006), Russian chess Grandmaster
References
Notes
Sources
References
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- (2003). "Энциклопедия Города России". Большая Российская Энциклопедия.
- "Шенкурская операция 1919". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
- {{OKATO reference. 11 258
- Law #258-vneoch.-OZ
- link. Шенкурский муниципальный район
- link. Российская сеть культурного наследия
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