Brin-Navolok Explained

En Name:Brin-Navolok
Ru Name:Брин-Наволок
Coordinates:63.7347°N 41.4094°W
Map Label Position:top
Federal Subject:Arkhangelsk Oblast
Adm District Jur:Kholmogory District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Brin-Navolok
Adm Selsoviet Type:Town of district subordination
Adm Ctr Of2:town of district subordination of Brin-Navolok
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Leader Title:mayor
Leader Name:Tatyana Ivanchenkova
Area Km2:24
Pop 2010Census:12854
Established Date:1734
Established Title:First mentioned
Current Cat Date:1962
Postal Codes:164550-164777
Dialing Codes:(8183)
Website:https://web.archive.org/web/20160109223848/http://brin-navolok.ru/

Brín-Navolok (Russian: Брин-Наволок) is a town in northern Russia, located in the Arkhangelsk region. It is the namesake of the Brin-Navolok municipality, as well as its administrative and geographical centre.

Geography

Brin-Navolok is situated on the west bank of the Northern Dvina Bay, about 130 km South-East of Arkhangelsk and 1,125 km North-East of Moscow. The nearest settlement is 34 km from the village of Emetsk, and 28 km from the nearest railway station in Kholmogory.

The town covers a total area of 19 square kilometers.

Brin-Navolok is the origin point of the route R1, beginning at the intersection of Federal highway M8, passing through the Kenozero national Park, and ending in the village of Prokshino

The Russian reserve and the Antony of Siya monastery are located 19 km from Brin-Navolok.

Time zone

Brin-Navolok, as well as all of the Arkhangelsk region, run on Moscow Time Zone(MSK/MSD).

Climate

Brin-Navolok's climate is that of the far North.

The climate is temperate,[1] maritime, with long, moderately cold winters and short, cool summers. It is formed under the influence of the Northern seas and transfers air masses with Atlantic in small quantities solar radiation. The average January temperature is -12.8°C; in July it is 16.3 °C. The annual rainfall is 607 mm. The average annual temperature is 1.3 °C.

The climate is characterized by frequent weather changes, high humidity and a large number of days with precipitation. Although the cold air from the Siberian winter brings the temperature to around -30 degrees, thawing can occur during the winter some years. During the summer, hot air masses from the steppes of Kazakhstan can bring the heat to 30-35 degrees, though frost can still form on summer nights.

The highest recorded temperature in Brin-Navolok was 34.4 °C, recorded on July 13, 1972. The lowest recorded temperature was -45.2 °C, recorded on January 8, 1885.[2]

Education

Institutions of General secondary education

Institutions of preschool education

Sister cities

Telecommunications

All major Russian telecoms provide cellular coverage to the Brin-Navolok area. Rostelecom provides home television and broadband Internet. All television and radio in Brin-Navolok is broadcast digitally. The town also receives the free digital television 64, as well as three major Russian radio and three local radio stations.

Media

Radio stations

Television

Printed publication

Sights

The cathedrals, Parishes and Church Brin-Navolok

Literature

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pvgo.ru/download.php?fid=414 an Indicative list of areas to far North, recommended for realisation
  2. http://pogoda.ru.net/monitor.php?id=22550&month=1&year=2010 temperature Records on the website "Weather and Climate"