Yemtsa ( Russian : Е́мца ) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Plesetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast , Russia , located 42 kilometers (26 mi) north of Plesetsk and 172 kilometers (107 mi) south of Arkhangelsk . Within the framework of municipal divisions , it serves as the administrative center of Yemtsovskoye Rural Settlement, one of the thirteen rural settlements in the district. Population: 1,067 ( 2010 Census ) ; 1,498 ( 2002 Census ) ; 2,266 ( 1989 Soviet census ) ..
7-592: The name of the settlement is derived from the Yemtsa River , which, however, flows at some distance from the settlement. In 1894–1897, Yemtsa railway station was built during the construction of the railroad between Vologda and Arkhangelsk . Yemtsa was incorporated in 1943 with a decree No. 617/5 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of RSFSR by merging a number of settlements. Previously, it
14-544: Is located on the right bank of the river. Note that the urban-type settlement and the railway station of Yemtsa is not located on the river. Downstream from Savinsky, the Yemtsa crosses into the territory of the town of Mirny, and from there into Kholmogorsky District, where it accepts from the right its biggest tributary, the Mekhrenga. Close to the mouth, the historical selo of Yemetsk , a former uyezd and district center,
21-825: The Mekhrenga (right), the Tyogra (left), the Vaymuga (left), and the Bolshaya Chacha (right). The river basin of the Yemtsa occupies the east of the Plesetsky District, the south of the Kholmogorsky District, and some areas in the northern parts of the Nyandomsky and Shenkursky Districts . In addition, the territory subordinate to the town of Mirny lies entirely within the limits of
28-588: The Plesetskaya–Obozerskaya line of the railroad connecting Moscow with Arkhangelsk. Yemtsa is located on the highway connecting Kargopol with one of the principal highways in Russia, M8 between Moscow and Arkhangelsk (the highways meet in the village of Brin-Navolok northwest of Yemtsa). This is the historic trading route which connected Kargopol with Arkhangelsk before the railroad was built, and long stretches of this road are still unpaved. The economy of
35-580: The river basin of the Yemtsa. In the low course, the Yemtsa bounds from the south the Siysky Zakaznik , a federal nature protected area. The source of the Yemtsa is in Plesetsky District, north-west of the settlement of Plesetsk and several kilometers east of the Onega (which does not belong to the Northern Dvina basin). The Yemtsa flows to north-east. The urban-type settlement of Savinsky
42-602: The settlement is based on logging and railway transport. Yemtsa River The Yemtsa ( Russian : Емца ) is a river in Plesetsky and Kholmogorsky Districts and in the town of Mirny of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia . It is a left tributary of the Northern Dvina . It is 188 kilometres (117 mi) long, and the area of its basin 14,100 square kilometres (5,400 sq mi). Its main tributaries are
49-707: Was located on the territory of Savinsky Selsoviet, with the center in Savinsky . During the Russian Civil War in 1918, heavy battles were fought between the Red Army and the British troops around Yemtsa. A monument to the Red Army is situated near the train station. Yemtsa had work settlement status until it was demoted to a rural locality in February 2013. There is a railway station in Yemtsa situated on
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