Onega (town)
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Onega (Russian: Оне́га) is a town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated at the mouth of the Onega River (at the right bank of the river, with suburbs on the left bank), just a few kilometers from the Onega Bay of the White Sea. Population: 23,430 (2002 Census); 26,070 (1989 Census).
The Pomor village of Ust-Onega (Усть-Оне́га) was first mentioned in Novgorod documents in 1137. It also appears on a 13th-century map of Novgorod lands. The settlement was chartered on August 19, 1780, after Pyotr Shuvalov had sold his rights to fell timber to English industrialists who built several sawmills there.
Nowadays, Onega is a minor port on a bay on the White Sea, which routinely freezes in winter. The town is also served by the Arkhangelsk–Murmansk rail line.
Onega is the administrative center of Onezhsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast.
Kiy Island, offshore from Onega, and the surrounding ice fields were used as the location for filming A Captive in the Land in the winter of 1989–1990. The island is the site of a disused monastery.
[edit] Also see
- Onega Andozero, an uncompleted military air base near Onega
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Cities and towns in Arkhangelsk Oblast |  |
| Administrative center: Arkhangelsk Kargopol | Koryazhma | Kotlas | Mezen | Mirny | Naryan-Mar | Novodvinsk | Nyandoma | Onega | Severodvinsk | Shenkursk | Solvychegodsk | Velsk |
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