Shenkursk
| Shenkursk (English) Шенкурск (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of 2012) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Shenkursky District |
| Town of district significance | Shenkursk |
| Administrative center of | Shenkursky District, town of district significance of Shenkursk |
| Municipal status (as of March 2013) | |
| Municipal district | Shenkursky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Shenkurskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Shenkursky Municipal District, Shenkurskoye Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 5,702 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| First mentioned | 1229 |
| Town status since | 1780 |
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Shenkursk (Russian: Шенку́рск) is a town and the administrative center of Shenkursky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vaga River. Population: 5,702 (2010 Census);6,151 (2002 Census);7,424 (1989 Census).
Shenkursk was first mentioned in documents of Novgorod merchants in 1229. In 1315, it was bought by a Novgorod posadnik. Ivan the Terrible referred to this location as the town of Vaga and included it into his oprichnina. At that time, there was a timber fort and a residence of local bishops.
Tsar Feodor I made a grant of Shenkursk to his brother-in-law, Boris Godunov, who bequeathed it to his future son-in-law, Johan of Schleswig-Holstein, who died shortly after arriving to Russia. The Romanovs presented the area to Prince Dmitry Troubetskoy as his votchina. Upon his death, the town was returned to the crown. In 1640–1643, the Tsar ordered a new fortress to be built in Shenkursk. Catherine the Great chartered Shenkursk in 1780, and Shenkursk became the seat of the newly established Shenkursky Uyezd in Vologda Viceroyalty (from 1796, in Arkhangelsk Governorate).
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