page_title: Plesetsky District
section_title: Culture and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Plesetsky District / Culture and recreation
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Часовня Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы и Александра Невского, деревня Конево, Плесецкого район, Архангельская область. English: Chapel of the Protection of the Theotokos and St Alexander Nevsky, Konyovo, Plesetsk Rayon, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. This is a photo of a cultural heritage object in Russia, number: 2910078000 This template and pages using it are maintained by the Russian WLM team. Please read the guidelines before making any changes that can affect the monuments database!
context_page_description: Plesetsky District is an administrative district one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Plesetsky Municipal District. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Primorsky District in the north, Kholmogorsky District in the northeast, the territories of the town of oblast significance of Mirny and Vinogradovsky District in the east, Shenkursky District in the southeast, Nyandomsky and Kargopolsky Districts in the south, Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the west, and with Onezhsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 27,500 square kilometers. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Plesetsk. Population: 49,077; 58,257; 83,357. The population of Plesetsk accounts for 22.5% of the district's total population.
  The Plesetsk Cosmodrome is located on the territory of the district but is administered by the federal government of Russia.
context_section_description: Plesetsky District has a very high concentration of historical, archaeological, and architectural monuments. The district contains 14 objects classified as cultural and historical heritage by Russian Federal law, and additionally 110 objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance. Most of these are wooden churches, chapels, farms, and also monuments to the Red Army soldiers who died in the Russian Civil War. Some of the protected wooden buildings are located in Kenozersky National Park.
  The monuments classified as historical and architectural heritage are the following:
  The Porzhensky Pogost, which is the ensemble of St. George church with the bell-tower (both from 18th century) surrounded by the wooden wall with gates and towers (1789). The villages adjacent to Porzhensky Pogost have been deserted, and there is no road heading to it, so that the Pogost is only accessible via a pedestrian trail.
  The Pochozersky Pogost in the village of Filippovskaya, on Lake Pochozero. This is a triple church ensemble which consists of the big summer (cold) church of the Origin of the Wood of the Cross (1783), smaller winter (warm) church of the Translation of the Head of John the Baptist (end of 18th century), and the bell-tower; additionally there is the Chapel of Cyric and Ulita (beginning of 19th century) in the same village.
  The St. Ilia Church (1622) in Zadnyaya Dubrova
  The St. Nicholas Church in the village of Berezhnaya Dubrova
  The Intercession Chapel (18th century) in the selo of Konyovo
  The St. Iliya Church (1855) in the village of Malye Ozerki
  Some of the monuments have been protected as part of the Kenozersky National Park.
  The district weekly newspaper, Kuryer Prionezhya (Курьер Прионежья) has been published since 1999. The editorial office is in the settlement of Severoonezhsk.
caption: The Intercession Chapel (18th century) in the selo of Konyovo
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