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Archangel Committee
of Greater Portland, Maine
working with Sister-Cities Arkhangelsk, Russia and Portland, Maine (and surrounding communities)
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New Mayor in Archangel
At noon on November 9, 2020 the Honorable Dimitri Morev was sworn in as the next Mayor of Archangel, taking the oath pledging to comply...
Archangel Committee
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Monument to Academician Nikolai Lavyorov unveiled in Arkhangelsk
02 November 2020 A ceremony was held to unveil a monument to Academician Nikolai Lavyorov and open a new research and laboratory wing at...
Archangel Committee
Nov 5, 20201 min read
Wooden Shipbuilding in the North
The International project of the Northern Maritime Museum «Matitsa : Preservation and Development of Wooden Shipbuilding in the North»...
Archangel Committee
Oct 27, 20202 min read
World War II Air Operations in the Archangel Region
Seventy-six years ago, on 15 September 1944, several British Royal Air Force Lancaster heavy bombers took off from the Yagodnik Airfield...
Archangel Committee
Sep 30, 20202 min read
Captain Colbeth and Arctic Convoy PQ 17
78 years ago this August, an American Merchant Marine captain from Chebeague Island Maine had safely moored his merchant ship in...
Archangel Committee
Aug 27, 20203 min read
Exhibit of Archangel author Fyodor Abramov at the Regional Museum
Natalia Shpanova, the Director of the Archangel Regional Musuem, has sent us some information about an Exhibit that they are now having...
Archangel Committee
Jul 30, 20201 min read
GREATER PORTLAND, MAINE – ARCHANGEL, RUSSIA
Greater Portland, Maine and Archangel, Russia first started their sister city relationship in 1988. Over the years, more than 1,000...
Archangel Committee
Jun 30, 20201 min read
To Arkhangelsek Veterans of the Great Patriotic War on Victory Day (9 May 2020)
"My name is James Mardin and I was born on 23 January 1922 and I live in the City of Portland Maine, in the United States of America. I...
Archangel Committee
May 30, 20201 min read
Maine student art in Archangel 2020Calendar
In late 2019, the City of Archangel solicited student artwork from each of Archangel's 12 Sister Cities for inclusion in a colorful 2020...
Archangel Committee
Feb 1, 20201 min read
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