Kargopol, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
🇷🇺 Kargopol (Ка́ргополь) is a town and the administrative centre of Kargopolsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on both sides of the Onega River, several miles north of Lake Lacha, in the south-western corner of the oblast.
View of the Solovetsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Transfiguration Monastery, Solovki island, White Sea, Arkhangelsk region, Russia.
Kargopol has a population of over 10,214 people. Kargopol also forms part of the wider Kargopolsky District which has a population of over 17,023 people.
Kargopol is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Craft and Folk Art see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities
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