Editing Arkhangelsk (section)

===Norwegian–Russian conflict===
[[File:Map of St. Petersburg.png|thumb|Location of Arkhangelsk in northwestern Russia]]

The area of Arkhangelsk came to be important in the rivalry between Norwegian and Russian interests in the northern areas. From Novgorod, the spectrum of Russian interest was extended far north to the [[Kola Peninsula]] in the 12th century. However, here Norway enforced taxes and rights to the fur trade. A compromise agreement entered in 1251 which was soon broken.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

In 1411, Yakov Stepanovich from Novgorod went to attack northern Norway. This was the beginning of a series of clashes. In 1419, Norwegian ships with five hundred soldiers entered the [[White Sea]]. The "Murmaners", as the Norwegians were called (cf. [[Murmansk]]), plundered many Russian settlements along the coast, among them the Archangel Michael Monastery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kolamap.ru/library/1919_zhilinskiy/2_1.htm |script-title=ru:Крайний север Европейской России |last=Жилинский |first=К. А. |year=1919 |publisher=Кольские карты |language=ru |access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref>

Novgorod managed to drive the Norwegians back. However, in 1478 the area was taken over by [[Ivan III of Russia|Ivan&nbsp;III]] and passed to the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]] with the rest of the [[Novgorod Republic]].