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The settlement on the White Sea was Russia's first window into the open sea to Western Europe, albeit with a long sea. In the fish-rich waters and the dense forests were fishermen, collectors and trappers of prey. With the founding of the monastery in honor of the archangel (russ. Archangel) Michael (1584), the city's patron saint, and with the expansion of the port of Arkhangelsk was the cradle of the Russian merchant shipping. In the 16-17. Century ran trading - iron, weapons, cloth, spices...
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