Arkhangelsk

Introduction

Arkhangelsk is a city in the northwest of Russia with a little over 300,000 inhabitants, although the number of people is rapidly reclining here as well. The city is located along the Northern Dvina River near its exit at the White Sea.

Weather

Arkhangelsk experiences a subarctic climate with long and cold winters, and short cool summers. Average highs from June to August are in the 17-21 °C range with nights mostly around 10 °C. Winters from December to February see highs between -6 °C and -10 °C with nights averaging -13 °C to -17 °C. The alltime low stands at -45 °C though, while the highest ever recorded is almost 35 °C! The average annual precipitation is around 560mm with most of it falling during summer. In winter, it is mostly too cold for rain and even snow!

Getting There

By Plane

Talagi Airport (ARH) has flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yerevan, Helsinki, Murmansk, Tromso and a few other smaller cities in Russia.

By Train

Trains connect Arkhangelsk to cities more to the south, including the 1,100+ kilometre-long trip to Moscow via Yaroslavl.

Keep Connected

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Russian Post is the national postal service of Russia. It's English version is currently under construction, but mainly involves the track&trace system. The domestic post is reasonably reliable, and sending international mail is fairly reliable but slow, taking at least a few weeks to European countries, longer to the USA or Australia for example. The delivery of mail sent from abroad to Russia is highly unreliable, and people or companies tend to use foreign adresses, from where a private carrier sends it to Russia. Alternatives like poste restante are non-existent with Russian Post. Most cities and large towns in Russia have a Central Post Office (Glavpochtamt), which also sells stamps and envelopes, and usually has fax services and Internet availability, though the latter mostly not in smaller places. Also, many hotels have postal services, including mail boxes. Post offices tend to keep long hours, usually from 8:00am or 9:00am until 8:00pm or 9:00pm Monday to Friday, and closing earlier during weekends. The main central post offices in the biggest cities keep even longer hours. For sending parcels, you can also try services by DHL Russia and FedEx Russia. For all mail you can use the regular alphabet, though maybe include the country's name in Cyrillic. For sending post to Russia (or trying to receive it) note that addresses should be in reverse order: Russia, postal code, city, street address, name.

External Links

• Official Website