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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northwest Russia on the Northern Dvina River near its mouth on the White Sea. Although icebound much of the year, it is a leading port and can generally be opened to navigation by icebreakers.

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  • proper noun A city in northwestern Russia on the White Sea.

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  • Two years earlier, as regions from Arkhangelsk to Chukotka were declaring sovereignty, even the hawks felt queasy.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • In Arkhangelsk, he announced he had come “with full pockets.”

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Two years earlier, as regions from Arkhangelsk to Chukotka were declaring sovereignty, even the hawks felt queasy.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Two years earlier, as regions from Arkhangelsk to Chukotka were declaring sovereignty, even the hawks felt queasy.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Two years earlier, as regions from Arkhangelsk to Chukotka were declaring sovereignty, even the hawks felt queasy.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • In Arkhangelsk, he announced he had come “with full pockets.”

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • In Arkhangelsk, he announced he had come “with full pockets.”

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • In Arkhangelsk, he announced he had come “with full pockets.”

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • That was at his prison in Arkhangelsk, in northwestern Russia.

    Russia Spy Swap: U.S. And Russian Officials Approach Cold War Remix 2010

  • But his family said he agreed to effectively be forced in to exile rather than face another four and half years in the "harsh regime" penal colony at Kholmogory near Arkhangelsk.

    'Spy swap' under way as 10 plead guilty in US court 2010

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