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Kargopol

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Kargopol () is a town and the administrative center of Kargopolsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on both sides of the Onega River, several miles north of Lake Lacha, in the southwestern corner of the oblast. Population:

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Kargopol
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Каргополь
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Вид на Каргополь с Онеги.jpg
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right
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Coat of Arms of Kargopol (Arkhangelsk oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
Kargopolsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
Kargopol
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
Town of district significance
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Kargopolsky District
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town of district significance of Kargopol
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Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Kargopolsky Municipal District
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Kargopolskoye Urban Settlement
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Kargopolsky Municipal District
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Kargopolskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
10214
Russian inhabited locality.established_date
1146

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Official name
Каргополь
Population
8737
Area
13
Elevation
120
Official website
kargopol.ru
Image
Соборная площадь утром.jpg
Dialing code
81841
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Commons category
Kargopol
postal code
164110
time of earliest written record
1146-00-00
inception
1380-00-00
native label
Каргополь
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Kargopol () is a town and the administrative center of Kargopolsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on both sides of the Onega River, several miles north of Lake Lacha, in the southwestern corner of the oblast. Population:

==History== It is not clear when Kargopol was founded, but, when first chronicled in 1146, it was a trade station of the Novgorod Republic and one of the most northerly permanent Russian settlements. Although documentation for its early history is scarce, it is believed that Kargopol was the most significant trade center of Bjarmaland throughout the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1447, it was the place where Dmitry Shemyaka found refuge from Vasily II's ire.

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