The New Student's Reference Work/Archangel

Archangel (ark-ān′ jĕl), a city on the, 750 miles northeast of. It has a large trade in timber, tallow and tar; it is connected with the interior by river and canal. Population, 35,000. An English sailor, driven ashore by a storm, once took refuge in a monastery on the site of Archangel. As the result of his visit, an English factory was started there in 1584. For a long time Archangel was the only seaport of Russia, and became very prosperous. It still has a very large import and coast trade. The shortest day here is only three hours and twelve minutes in length, the longest is twenty-one hours and forty-eight minutes. Archangel also is a province of northern Russia; area, 326,063 square miles; population, 437,800.