Pinezhsky District

Pinezhsky district belongs to the Far North ^[4] and is located in the east of the mainland of the Arkhangelsk region , the area of ​​its territory is 32120 km².

Borders:

• in the west with the Kholmogorsky district
• in the northwest with the Primorsky district
• in the south-west with Vinogradovsky district
• in the north with the Mezen district
• in the northeast with the Leshukonsky district
• in the south with the Verkhnetoemsky district
• in the east with the Udora district of the Komi Republic

On the territory of the district there is Pinezhsky Reserve , 6 reserves (Kuloysky, Monastyrsky , Sursky, Iron Gate, Puchkomsky, Verkolsky) and 4 natural monuments. The main mineral resources of the region are brick clays, peat, and mineral waters. The largest rivers of the region are: Pinega , Sotka (Kuloy) , Olma , Kelda , Vyya , Yula , Pokshenga , Shuyga , Pula , Sura , Nyuhcha , Yozhuga , Yavzora , Mysova (Pogantsa) . Pinega is connected to Kuloy by the Kula - Pinega channel. The largest lakes in the region are: Red Perch , Teldozero , Poltozero , Kovalskoye , Chakolskoye , Karasozero , Kurskoye , Turskoye , Soyalskoye , Veshkozero , Solozero , Chulos .

The Verkolsky burial ground with a woman’s burial according to the rite of corpse dating dates back to the 11th century ^{[5] [6]} . The wooden cylinder-lock (seal) found in Veliky Novgorod dates back to the XII century. It has the inscription “ Three thousand in Pines ” and the princely sign in the form of a trident ^{[7] [8]} .

In 1616, Kevrol County (center - Kevrola ) stood out from Dvina land . In 1780 , in its place was created the Pinezhsky uyezd with the center in the city of Pinega , which lasted until 1927 .

In 1929, from the part of the abolished Arkhangelsk district in the Arkhangelsk district of the Northern Territory , the Pinezhsky district with the center in Pinega and the Karpogorsky district were formed . The structure of the Pinezhsky district with its center in Pinega includes the territories of the Pinezhsky volost and the Karjepolsky and Sovpolsky village councils. In total, there were 16 village councils in the region: Valtegorsk, Vizhevsky, Voldokursky, Vysokogorsky, Vongsky, Zavrazhsky, Kariepolsky, Kuloysky, Leunovsky, Pilyegorsky, Sovpolsky, Soyalsky, Trufanogorsky, Ust-Pochinsky, Chakolsky, Yurolsky. In 1945, the Karyepolsky and Sovpolsky village councils were transferred from the Pinezhsky district to the Mezen district ^[9] . On June 17, 1954, the village councils Trufanogorsky and Ust-Pochinsky were merged into Trufanogorsky, Vizhevsky and Pilyegorsky into Pilyegorsky s / s, Wongsky and Yurolsky into Urolsky s / s. On January 5, 1959, the village councils Vysokogorsky and Chakolsky village councils were merged into Chakolsky, Valtegorsky and Trufanogorsky into Trufanogorsky s / s, and Voldokursky and Zavrazhsky into Zavrazhsky s / s. On September 11, 1959, by the merger of the Pinezhsky and Karpogorsky districts, the Pinezhsky district was created with its center in the village of Karpogory. In 1960, the village councils of Krotovsky and Pokshengsky were merged into Pokshengsky s / s, and Kuloysky and Pinezhsky into Pinezhsky s / s. September 1, 1963 Pinezhsky district was transformed into the Pinezhsky rural region with the center - Karpogory. The district included the working village of Pinega and 14 village Soviets: Vaimuzhsky, Verkolsky, Karpogorsky, Kevrolsky, Kushkopalsky, Lavelsky, Nyukhchensky, Pokshengsky, Suletsky, Sursky, Trufanogorsky, Chakolsky, Shotogorsky and Jurassic. On January 12, 1965, the Pinezhsky rural area was abolished and the Pinezhsky district with its center in Karpogory was re-formed. On October 5, 1966, the Suletsky Village Council was renamed Sosnovsky. As of January 1, 1992, 17 village councils: Verkolsky, Karpogorsky, Kevrolsky, Kushkopalsky, Lavelsky, Mezhdurechensky (formed in 1984), Nyukhchensky, Pinezhsky, Pokshengsky, Siysky, Sosnovsky, Sursky, Trufanogorsky, Chakolsky, Shlegsky, Shrotogorsk and. Currently, there are 124 settlements in the district (of which 2 villages, 98 villages, 24 villages) consisting of 15 municipalities.

Among the residents of the Pinezhsky district, in the Pinega sample, the first place is occupied by the Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a1-M198 - 39.5% (R1a1a * - 7.9%, R1a1a1g1-M458 - 31.6% ^[20] ). Haplogroup N1a1a-M178 (23.7%) is in second place, N1a2b-P43 (15.8%) is in third, haplogroup R1b1a2-M269 is in fourth (14%) and haplogroup I2a1-P37.2 is in fifth ( 4.4%). Next are the haplogroups I1-M253 , J1 * and Q-M242 - 0.9% each ^[21] .

The Pinezhsky district as an administrative-territorial unit of the region includes 17 village councils (within the boundaries of which usually the same-named rural settlements were formed): Verkolsky, Karpogorsky, Kevrolsky, Kushkopalsky, Lavelsky, Mezhdurechensky, Nyukhchensky; Pokshengsky, Siysky, Sosnovsky, Sursky, Shilegsky village councils (within the borders of which the rural villages of the same name were formed), as well as the Pinezhsky, Trufanovsky and Urolsky village councils (within the borders of which the Pinezhsky rural settlement was formed); Shotogorsky and Chakolsky village councils (within the borders of which the Pirinemsky rural settlement was formed) ^{[22] [23] [24]} .

In the Pinezhsky municipal district, there are a total of 14 municipalities with the status of rural settlements ^[25] .

June 1, 2016 (Law of the Arkhangelsk Region dated March 25, 2016 No. 408-24-OZ), the territory of the abolished Trufanogorsky rural settlement was merged with the Pinezhsky rural settlement with an administrative center in the village of Pinega ^[26] .

Settlements

In Pinezhsky district 124 settlements.