Savinsky () is an urban locality (a

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) in

Plesetsky District Plesetsky District () is an administrative district (raion) one of the administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast, twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, municipal division, it is ...

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz ...

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, located northwest of

Plesetsk Plesetsk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Plesetsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, situated about northeast of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk. Municipally, it is the administrative center ...

and west of the Sheleksa railway station, on the right bank of the Yemtsa River. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Savinskoye Urban Settlement, one of the eight urban settlements in the district. Population: .

History

Savinskaya Volost already existed in the 19th century and was a part of

Onezhsky Uyezd Onezhsky Uyezd (''Онежский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Onega. Demographics At the time ...

Arkhangelsk Governorate Arkhangelsk Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Arkhangelsk. The governorate was located in the north of the Russ ...

. In 1929, Plesetsky District was established, which included Savinsky Selsoviet. In the years that followed, the territory of the selsoviet was modified several times; in particular, the urban-type settlement of Yemtsa was split in 1941. Savinsky was granted its current status on December 15, 1961.

Economy

Industry

The biggest enterprise in the settlement is the

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plant, which was the first cement plant in

and delivers cement to many works in north-western Russia. Other enterprises are in logging and timber processing.

Transportation

Savinsky is located on the highway connecting Kargopol with one of the principal highways in Russia, M8 between Moscow and Arkhangelsk (the highways meet in the village of

Brin-Navolok Brín-Navolok () 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 o ...

northwest of Yemtsa). This is the historic trading route which connected Kargopol with Arkhangelsk before the railroad was built, and long stretches of this road are still unpaved. This road in particular connects Savinsky with the railway stations in

and Yemtsa (although the closest railway station is in Sheleksa). There is regular bus service to both Plesetsk and Yemtsa.

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2011 Urban-type settlements in Arkhangelsk Oblast