Severodvinsk

Severodvinsk
Северодвинск
The city administration
Kudemskaya narrow-gauge railway
White sea coast
The "City of Labor Valor and Glory" monument
Sevmash
David Pashaev square
Top-down, left-to-right: City administration, Kudemskaya narrow-gauge railway, White sea coast on Yagry island, The "City of Labor Valor and Glory" monument, Sevmash factory, David Pashaev square
Flag of Severodvinsk
Coat of arms of Severodvinsk
Anthem: Anthem of Severodvinsk
Location of Severodvinsk
Map
Severodvinsk is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Severodvinsk
Severodvinsk
Location of Severodvinsk
Severodvinsk is located in European Russia
Severodvinsk
Severodvinsk
Severodvinsk (European Russia)
Severodvinsk is located in Europe
Severodvinsk
Severodvinsk
Severodvinsk (Europe)
Coordinates: 64°34′N 39°52′E / 64.567°N 39.867°E / 64.567; 39.867
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast
Founded1936
Government
 • BodyCity Council of Deputies
 • MayorIgor Skubenko [ru] (since 2017)
Elevation7 m (23 ft)
Population
 • Total192,353
 • Estimate 
(2018)
183,255 (−4.7%)
 • Rank95th in 2010
 • Subordinated tocity of oblast significance of Severodvinsk
 • Capital ofcity of oblast significance of Severodvinsk
 • Urban okrugSeverodvinsk Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofSeverodvinsk Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code(s)
164500–164502, 164504, 164505, 164507, 164509, 164510, 164512, 164514, 164515, 164518, 164520–164524, 164529
Dialing code(s)+7 81842
OKTMO ID11730000001
City DayLast Sunday of July
Websitewww.severodvinsk.info

Severodvinsk (Russian: Северодви́нск; IPA: [sʲɪvʲɪrɐdˈvʲinsk]) is a city in the north of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located in the delta of the Northern Dvina, 35 kilometers (22 mi) west of Arkhangelsk, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2021 Census, the population was 157,213. Due to the presence of important military shipyards (specialising in submarines since the Soviet period), Severodvinsk is an access-restricted town for foreign citizens. A special permit is required.

It was previously known as Sudostroy (until 1938), and Molotovsk (until 1957).

History

Pre-20th century

Vikings explored the territories around the North Dvina River - part of Bjarmaland - at the start of the second millennium. British and Norman[need quotation to verify] ships came to these places for mining, fur and fishing before the 13th century, but later the climate became colder and access to the northern seas became closed.[citation needed]

The historical records first mention the settlement on the site of modern Severodvinsk in 1419, when the Swedes sailed into the bay and burnt down the Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery that stood by the shore during the Swedish–Novgorodian Wars. Tradition states that Saint Euphemius, an Orthodox missionary in Karelia, founded this monastery. The abbey stood in ruins until 1471, when two sons of Marfa Boretskaya died in a vicious storm; their bodies were recovered on the beach near the monastery twelve days later. At the urging of Boretskaya, the monastery was restored and her sons were buried there.

On August 24, 1553, a ship of Richard Chancellor reached the salt-mining settlement of Nyonoksa, which is still famous for its traditional wooden architecture. The British sailors visited the Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery, where they were surprised to find a community of "sailors in soutanes (cassocks)" and a pier large enough to accommodate several ships.[citation needed] The main church of this extraordinary establishment was dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the holy patron of sailors; hence, the whole White Sea became known in 16th-century English maps as "St. Nicholas Bay". In late 1613, during the Time of Troubles in Russia, Polish-Lithuanian vagabonds, the Lisowczycy, captured and looted Severodvinsk with the monastery.

The Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery flourished after the establishment of the Muscovy Company, as the bulk of their trade passed through the local harbor. In August 1618 the harbour was visited by John Tradescant the elder, who conducted a survey of an island situated opposite the monastery. This island became known to the British as "Rose Island", because it was there that Tradescant found an exceedingly rare plant which he named "Rosa moscovita" (which is now known as Rosa acicularis) and brought back to London.

View of the Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery in the early 20th century

The surviving buildings of the monastery were constructed at the close of the Muscovite period. The five-domed cathedral of St. Nicholas was built between 1670 and 1674, preceded by the Assumption church (1664–1667), to which it is joined by a gallery. Several decades later, the walls and towers were built of timber; the Soviets transported the best-preserved of these towers to Kolomenskoye, Moscow, where it still remains.

Modern city

Severodvinsk is the second-largest city in Arkhangelsk Oblast. Its main industry remains defense-related — the construction and repair of submarines at the huge Northern Machine-building Enterprise SEVMASH (Северное Машиностроительное Предприятие-СЕВМАШ). The Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine Leninsky Komsomol was built here in 1957. At the beginning of the 1980s the world's largest submarine, a Typhoon class, was also built here, later recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The modern city of Severodvinsk developed in the Soviet period. As it began to be built it was called Sudostroy (Судострой - "Boat-build"). It received town status in 1938 and until 1957 was named Molotovsk (Молотовск), after Vyacheslav Molotov. On September 12, 1957 it was renamed Severodvinsk (meaning "Northern Dvina town").

During World War II a significant portion of the materials delivered by the Arctic Convoys to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk for the Soviet Union were unloaded in Severodvinsk. For example, the Empire Elgar, a British heavy lift ship that arrived in Arkhangelsk with convoy PQ 16 and subsequently spent eight weeks unloading ships from the ill-fated convoy PQ 17.

A Russian naval-base supports the sea trials of nuclear submarines from the major submarine construction- (64.5817 N, 39.8307 E) and repair-facilities located in the area. In Soviet times the 17th-century buildings of the Nikolo-Korelsky monastery, located on the territory of the shipyard, were adapted and used for shipbuilding purposes. In recent years the monastery buildings, specifically the main church, have been restored and re-consecrated. Church-goers attending services have to be shipyard workers or able to obtain a pass to enter the church portion of the shipyard.

Severodvinsk is an access-restricted town for foreign citizens. A special pass is required.

On 8 August 2019 a nuclear accident took place on Russian Navy's Central Missile Range in Nyonoksa, 30 km to the west from Severodvinsk.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with eleven rural localities, incorporated as the city of oblast significance of Severodvinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Severodvinsk is incorporated as Severodvinsk Urban Okrug.

Demographics

Population: 192,353 (2010 Census); 201,551 (2002 Census); 248,670 (1989 Census).

Population of Severodvinsk from 1939 to the present
1939 1944 1959 1962 1967 1970 1973
21,000 28,900 Increase 78,657 Increase 97,000 Increase 121,000 Increase 144,672 Increase 160,000 Increase
1975 1976 1979 1982 1985 1986 1987
177,000 Increase 177,000 Steady 197,232 Increase 214,000 Increase 238,000 Increase 233,000 Decrease 239,000 Increase
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
248,670 Increase 255,000 Increase 252,000 Decrease 250,000 Decrease 245,000 Decrease 243,000 Decrease 246,000 Increase
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
244,000 Decrease 237,000 Decrease 239,000 Increase 231,800 Decrease 229,300 Decrease 232,800 Increase 201,551 Decrease
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
201,600 Increase 199,300 Decrease 197,400 Decrease 195,200 Decrease 193,200 Decrease 191,400 Decrease 188,855 Decrease
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
192,353 Increase 191,794 Decrease 190,083 Decrease 188,539 Decrease 187,284 Decrease 186,172 Decrease 185,075 Decrease
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
183,996 Decrease 183,255 Decrease 182,291 Decrease 181,990 Decrease 180,806 Decrease
Ethnic groups population according to the All-Russian population census of 2010
Ethnic group Population Percentage of those who

indicated their ethnicity, %

Russians 176,397 95.50
Ukrainians 3,135 1.70
Belarusians 1,149 0.62
Tatars 406 0.22
Azerbaijanis 255 0.14
Chuvash 237 0.13
Indians 181 0.10
Armenians 140 0.08
Mordvins 134 0.07
Komi 109 0.06
Moldovans 108 0.06
Jews 107 0.06
Udmurt 104 0.05
Mari 91 0.05
Germans 62 0.03
Bashkirs 58 0.03
Lezgins 54 0.03
Lithuanians 52 0.03
Others 1,930 1.04
Total of those

who indicated

their ethnicity

184,709 100,00
Citizens who

did not specify

their ethnicity

8898

From 1950 until 1990, high-tech industries generated demand for a considerable quantity of suitably qualified experts and workers which prompted growth in population. Since 1992, the population has declined due to economic crises and unemployment that has provoked significant migration from the city.

Geography

Location

The city is located near the Nikolsky mouth of the Northern Dvina at its confluence with the White Sea, 35 km northwest of Arkhangelsk, administrative centre of the region.

The area of Severodvinsk Urban Okrug, which includes the city of Severodvinsk and nearby rural settlements, is 1,193.49 square kilometres (460.81 sq mi), which is more than the area of Moscow within the MKAD. It is due to the fact that in addition to the city of Severodvinsk a large forest area with its settlements (villages and dachas) to the south and west of the city is included in the boundaries of Severodvinsk Urban Okrug itself. The area of the city within the city limits is 120.5 square kilometres (46.5 sq mi).

The city is located at a latitude of 64°34′N, which means that it is possible to observe the northern lights.

Climate

Climate in Severodvinsk is subarctic according to the Köppen climate classification. Summers are cool and winters are very cold. The average winter temperature is lower than in the central, southern and even some northern (such as Saint-Petersburg) regions of the European part of Russia. In december the Sun rises after 9 am and sets before 4 pm. But from May 17 to July 27 white nights are observed in the city.

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 3.5
(38.3)
5.0
(41.0)
10.4
(50.7)
19.6
(67.3)
31.2
(88.2)
30.9
(87.6)
35.9
(96.6)
29.9
(85.8)
26.9
(80.4)
15.8
(60.4)
9.8
(49.6)
3.7
(38.7)
35.9
(96.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) −9.4
(15.1)
−7.3
(18.9)
−4.1
(24.6)
1.4
(34.5)
8
(46)
11.8
(53.2)
15
(59)
13.3
(55.9)
9.1
(48.4)
3
(37)
−1.5
(29.3)
−4.5
(23.9)
3
(37)
Record low °C (°F) −36.3
(−33.3)
−34
(−29)
−29.6
(−21.3)
−16.6
(2.1)
−3.9
(25.0)
1.3
(34.3)
3.7
(38.7)
3.7
(38.7)
−1.4
(29.5)
−12.1
(10.2)
−20.6
(−5.1)
−28.8
(−19.8)
−36.6
(−33.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 32
(1.3)
26
(1.0)
22
(0.9)
29
(1.1)
28
(1.1)
70
(2.8)
71
(2.8)
93
(3.7)
57
(2.2)
57
(2.2)
41
(1.6)
41
(1.6)
566
(22.3)
Average relative humidity (%) 85 83 78 73 65 70 73 77 82 86 87 87 79
Source: http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/summary/22546.htm

Economy

Industry

Nikolskoe mouth, the "Zvyozdochka" factory is on the right bank, the "Sevmash" factory is on the left bank

The main role of the city has been, and remains, the production and repair of submarines and military ships. During the Cold War, the city prospered, but with the decline and break-up of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War the city has declined. The city's large military enterprises have survived the economic crises of the 1990s and have adjusted to new economic conditions. Severodvinsk now has the largest shipbuilding yard in Russia for large ships (tankers, cargo ships).

Large and military factories

  • Disassembly of a Soviet submarine in Severodvinsk, as part of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
    "SevMash"(СевМаш) or Northern Machine-building Enterprise (Северное машиностроительное предприятие)
core line of business is the construction and repair of submarines and other naval ships, as well as civilian vessels and oil platforms
Repair of submarines, military and civil ships, construction of oil platforms and faceting of diamonds.
  • "Severny Reyd" (Северный рейд("Northern Raid"))
Manufacture of marine equipment.
  • "Arktika" (Арктика ("Arctic"))
Manufacture of automated equipment.
Kudemskaya narrow-gauge railway (2011)

Transportation

Severodvinsk is the terminal station of a railway line which splits off at Isakogorka station from the line connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk.

The Kudemskaya narrow-gauge railway in 2010 has appeared in Forbes ranking, of 10 most beautiful railway routes of the world.

Sevmash playing bandy

Sport

Sport teams representing Severodvinsk in city, regional and all-Russian competitions:

Social sphere

Education

There are 32 middle schools of general education in Severodvinsk, including special schools for orphans and handicapped children; two musical schools and two art schools.

Secondary vocational education institutions

  • Technical College (part of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University since 2011)
  • Technical School of Construction, Design and Technology
  • Technical School of Shipbuilding and Engineering
  • Technical School of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
  • Technical School of Social Infrastructure
  • Technical School of Wiring and Communication
  • College of Management and Information Technology
  • Branch of Arkhangelsk Medical College

Higher education institutions

The city hosts branches of the following institutions:

  • Northern (Arctic) Federal University (including Institute of Shipbuilding and Maritime Arctic Engineering (ISMART) and Institute of Humanities)
  • International Institute of Management (Arkhangelsk)
  • Moscow Modern Humanitarian Academy
  • Northwest Academy of the State Service (St. Petersburg)

Monuments

There are nearly twenty monuments and memorial complexes in the city, including:

  • a monument honoring the city founders on Pashaeva Square (a 30-meter sculpture);
  • a monument to the renowned Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov, who was born in the region. One of the city's central streets is named after him;
  • two monuments to Vladimir Lenin;
  • the city gate, on the road from Arkhangelsk;
    The Pikul's house[ru]
  • a monument to the home front workers of World War II;
  • military memorial complex on Yagry island which includes monument to World War II participants "The Grieving Motherland", monuments to the victims of the Kursk submarine disaster and the liquidators of the Chernobyl disaster.

Cultural heritage

Church "Resurrection of Christ" on Yagry Island

Fifteen objects in Severodvinsk are protected as cultural heritage monuments In particular, the Nyonokotsky Pogost in the village of Nyonoksa is protected as an architecture monument on the federal level. This is one of the few surviving triple wooden church ensembles, consisting of two churches (a bigger, not heated, church used in the summer, a smaller, heated church used in the winter) and a bell-tower. Nyonoksa was also notable for salt production.

In addition, the wooden Church Resurrection of Christ, currently located on Yagry Island in the northern part of Severodvinsk, was relocated there in 1990s and was the first religious building open in the city. The church was built in the end of 19th century in the village of Solza about 20 kilometers (12 mi) from Severodvinsk.

The stone church of St. Nicholas is located in the eastern portion of the SEVMASH Shipyard. The church building is the last remnant of the Svyato-Nikolskoye Monastery which served as the gateway to the pilgrimage monastery on the Solovetskiy Islands from the 15th century.

City in culture

  • K-19: The Widowmaker
  • Nuclear underwater epic, film of Discovery Channel
  • Documentary film of Alexandr Ipatov, "Severodvinsk, a bird's-eye view" (Russian "Северодвинск, вид с высоты птичьего полёта")
  • Seven Days, Season 1, Episode 13, "Last Breath"

Notable people

Twin towns and sister cities

Severodvinsk is twinned with:


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