Editing Plesetsk

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{{short description|Urban locality in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia}}
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[[File:Победный бросок Севмаша в ворота Юности.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A youth team in the [[Bandy]] Championship of Arkhangelsk Oblast]]
'''Plesetsk''' ({{langx|ru|Плесе́цк}}) is an [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|urban locality]] (a [[urban-type settlement|work settlement]]) and the [[administrative center]] of [[Plesetsky District]], [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]], [[Russia]], situated about {{convert|800|km|sp=us}} northeast of [[Moscow]] and {{convert|180|km|sp=us}} south of [[Arkhangelsk]]. [[Subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|Municipally]], it is the administrative center of Plesetskoye Urban Settlement, one of eight urban settlements in the district. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=11,037|p2002=11,300|p1989=14,027}}

The vast [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] territory is located nearby and is administered from the town of [[Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast|Mirny]] which is {{convert|9|km|sp=us}} away from Plesetsk. The territory also includes the [[Plestsy Airport]].

==Etymology==
The name is derived from the word "{{lang|ru|плёс}}" (''plyos'') which means "river reach". Plestsy is the name for a small lake which Plesetsk adjoins.<ref name="history_plesetsk" />

==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.

==Divisions==
Plesetsk is divided into:{{clarify|date=August 2012}}
*Tsentralny
*Stary Plesetsk
*Yuzhny Mirny
*Severny Mirny
*Kosmodrom

==Sport==
It has a youth [[bandy]] team called Yunost Pl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/club/436/|script-title=ru:«Юность Пл.» Плесецк (ДЮСШ)|publisher=Russian Bandy Federation|language=ru|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref>

==Economy==

===Transportation===
Plesetsk is located on the road connecting Kargopol with one of the principal highways in Russia, [[M8 highway (Russia)|M8]] between Moscow and Arkhangelsk (the highways meet in the village of [[Brin-Navolok]]). 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. The stretch between Kargopol and Plesetsk was paved in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ador.ru/news/2011/09/22/288.shtml|script-title=ru:Запущена "Дорога в космос"|date=22 September 2011|publisher=«Дорожное агентство «Архангельскавтодор»|language=ru|access-date=25 September 2011}}</ref>

Plesetsk (Plesetskaya railway station) is located on the [[Northern Railway (Russia)|Northern Railway]] connecting [[Moscow]] and [[Arkhangelsk]] (built in the south–north direction). From Plesetsk, a railway line to the west, connecting to [[Severoonezhsk]], Undozero and Yangory is one of the biggest railways in Russia which does not belong to the [[Russian Railways]]. The owner of the railway is the State Department of Corrections. Plans to extend this line to [[Medvezhyegorsk]] have not been realized.

Plesetsk also serves as a [[transport hub]] to [[Plesetsk cosmodrome]], located in the nearby town of Mirny. Plesetskaya railway station is a terminus to cosmodrome's railway system.

==Health and utilities==
The district hospital is located in Plesetsk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moples.ru/index.php?id=42 |script-title=ru:Здравоохранение |publisher=МО "Плесецкий район" |language=ru |access-date=1 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326122015/http://www.moples.ru/index.php?id=42 |archive-date=March 26, 2012 }}</ref>

==References==

===Notes===
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===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ark|adm|law}}

==External links==
*{{cite book|title=Плесецк|url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article089828.html|publisher=Great Soviet Encyclopedia}}

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[[Category:Urban-type settlements in Arkhangelsk Oblast]]
[[Category:Populated places in Plesetsky District]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1894]]