Brin-Navolok

Brin-Navolok Брин-Наволок
Town
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Coordinates: 63°44′05″N 41°24′34″E / 63.73472°N 41.40944°E / 63.73472; 41.40944Coordinates: 63°44′05″N 41°24′34″E / 63.73472°N 41.40944°E / 63.73472; 41.40944
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Arkhangelsk Oblast
Administrative district
	Brin-Navolok
First mentioned	1734
Town status since	1962
Government
• mayor	Tatyana Ivanchenkova
Area
• Total	24 km2 (9 sq mi)
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	12,854
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [2])
Postal code(s)[3]	164550-164777
Dialing code(s)	+7 (8183)
OKTMO ID	11656440101
Website	web.archive.org/web/20160109223848/http://brin-navolok.ru/

Brín-Navolok (Russian: Брин-Наволок) is a town in northern Russia, located in the Arkhangelsk region. It is the namesake of the Brin-Navolok municipality, as well as its administrative and geographical centre.

Geography[]

Brin-Navolok is situated on the west bank of the Northern Dvina Bay, about 130 km South-East of Arkhangelsk and 1,125 km North-East of Moscow. The nearest settlement is 34 km from the village of , and 28 km from the nearest railway station in Kholmogory.

The town covers a total area of 19 square kilometers.^{[citation needed]}

Brin-Navolok is the origin point of the route R1, beginning at the intersection of Federal highway M8, passing through the Kenozero national Park, and ending in the village of Prokshino^{[citation needed]}

The Russian reserve and the Antony of Siya monastery are located 19 km from Brin-Navolok.^{[citation needed]}

Time zone[]

Brin-Navolok, as well as all of the Arkhangelsk region, run on Moscow Time Zone(MSK/MSD).

Disputed value[]

Brin-Navolok also is the Union of all 26 settlements.^{[clarification needed]} Given this fact, the road signs locality "Brin-Navolok" on a white background, the Federal highway M8 (after reconstruction 2014) and R1 is installed on the boundaries of the municipality.^{[citation needed]}

Ecology[]

According to official statistics,^{[This quote needs a citation]} the frequency of certain diseases, such as thyroid cancer, is higher than many other Russian towns.

Cosmodrome Booster Impact[]

In January 1983, the booster launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome fell on the ice of the Northern Dvina near Brin-Navolok.^{[citation needed]} After an explosion which deformed ice within a 50 meter radius, the rocket sank to the floor of the bay. Heptyl rocket fuel was found in a large area around the impact site, including near Brin-Navolok.^{[citation needed]}

Climate[]

Brin-Navolok's climate is that of the far North.

The climate is temperate,^[4] maritime, with long, moderately cold winters and short, cool summers. It is formed under the influence of the Northern seas and transfers air masses with Atlantic in small quantities solar radiation.^{[clarification needed]} The average January temperature is -12.8°C; in July it is 16.3 °C. The annual rainfall is 607 mm. The average annual temperature is 1.3 °C.

The climate is characterized by frequent weather changes, high humidity and a large number of days with precipitation. Although the cold air from the Siberian winter brings the temperature to around -30 degrees, thawing can occur during the winter some years. During the summer, hot air masses from the steppes of Kazakhstan can bring the heat to 30-35 degrees, though frost can still form on summer nights.

The highest recorded temperature in Brin-Navolok was 34.4 °C, recorded on July 13, 1972. The lowest recorded temperature was -45.2 °C, recorded on January 8, 1885.^[5]

Education[]

Institutions of General secondary education[]

• Brin-Navolok high school
• Brin-Navolok school

Institutions of preschool education

• Kindergarten № 9 "Brusnichka"
• Kindergarten № 17 "Rodnichok"

Sister cities[]

• , Sweden (27 October 2004)

Telecommunications[]

All major Russian telecoms provide cellular coverage to the Brin-Navolok area. Rostelecom provides home television and broadband Internet. All television and radio in Brin-Navolok is broadcast digitally. The town also receives the free digital television 64, as well as three major Russian radio and three local radio stations.

Media[]

Radio stations[]

Television[]

• Channel one (Russia)
• Channel "Russia-24"
• TV Centre / ATV
• NTV
• REN TV
• STS
• Star
• the Disney Channel

Printed publication[]

• Newspapers: "Pravda Severa", "Arkhangelsk", "Wave", "Mariner North", "Fisherman of the North", "Business class Arkhangelsk", "Province", "The White Sea Region Courier", "The Truth North-West", "Northern Komsomolets" (stopped in 2010), "Propaganda", "Arkhangelsk — city of military glory"
• Logs: "coastal capital", "old Arkhangelsk", Magazine, "LJ" (closed in 2009), "7 bridges", "the World through the eyes of a child", "Mood", "UD", "Health Formula", Plus, "In machine", "Los Angels"
• Pomor encyclopedia
• Newspaper "Kholmogory Life"

Sights[]

• Monument to the fallen in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 on the Northern Dvina Embankment.
• The house of Andriy Chudinov (building "Rakulskaya OOSH") is recognized as a cultural monument

The cathedrals, Parishes and Church Brin-Navolok[]

• Chapel Of St. Nicholas The Wonderworker
• Church of the resurrection
• The Church of purification
• Antony of Siya monastery
• The Church of the GreatMartyr

Literature[]

• "Varacheva L. V. "the Village by the Dvina".- Arkhangelsk, 2012"

References[]