Kargopol
Sign in to saveKargopol () 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:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Kargopol
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Каргополь
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Вид на Каргополь с Онеги.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- 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
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Kargopolsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- town of district significance of Kargopol
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Kargopolsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Kargopolskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Kargopolsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Kargopolskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 10214
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1146
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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.