Editing Plesetsk (section)

==History==
The area was populated by speakers of [[Uralic languages]] and then colonized by the [[Novgorod Republic]]. It belonged at the trading routes connecting central and northern Russia: first, from Moscow to the [[White Sea]] along the [[Onega River]], and then, after 1765, along the newly built road between Saint-Petersburg and Arkhangelsk, which still exists and passes [[Kargopol]] and Plesetsk. However, the Plesetsk area until the 1890s was underpopulated since it was located at some distance from the main rivers of the region. From 1796, it belonged to [[Arkhangelsky Uyezd]] of [[Arkhangelsk Governorate]].<ref name="history_plesetsk">{{cite web|url=http://plesadm.ru/index.php?id=4|script-title=ru:Краткая историческая справка Плесецкого района|year=2010|publisher=МО "Плесецкий район"|language=ru|access-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104220731/http://plesadm.ru/index.php?id=4|archive-date=January 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1894–1897, Plesetskaya railway station was built during the construction of the railroad between Vologda and Arkhangelsk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kenozerje.by.ru/rw.htm|script-title=ru:Сооружение Вологодско-Архангельской линии (1894–1897)|last=Теребов|first=В.Н.|publisher=Kenozyorsky National Park|language=ru|access-date=1 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019083241/http://kenozerje.by.ru/rw.htm|archive-date=October 19, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Eventually, the [[volost]] center was moved from the ''selo'' of Navolok to Plesetskaya.

During the [[Russian Civil War]] in 1918, battles were fought between the Red Army and the British troops in and around Plesetsk.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

On July&nbsp;15, 1929, the uyezds were abolished, the governorates merged into [[Northern Krai]], and Plesetsky District was established among others. It became a part of [[Arkhangelsk Okrug]] of Northern Krai.<ref name="ukaz1929">{{cite web|url=http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=ESU;n=15910|script-title=ru:Постановление Президиума ВЦИК от 15 июля 1929 года о составе округов и районов Северного Края и их центрах|publisher=consultant.ru|language=ru|access-date=12 June 2011<!--|title=Archived copy-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104220732/http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc%3Bbase%3DESU%3Bn%3D15910|archive-date=January 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1930, the okrug was abolished, and the district became subordinate to the central administration of Northern Krai. In 1936, the [[krai]] itself was transformed into [[Northern Oblast (1936-1937)|Northern Oblast]]. In 1937, Northern Oblast was split into [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]] and [[Vologda Oblast]], and Plesetsk remains the center of Plesetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast.