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AA Borisov Museum
The AA Borisov Museum is devoted to Alexander Alekseevich Borisov (1866-1934), the first artist ever to dedicate himself to the Arctic. You'll feel chilly just looking at his land- sea- and icescapes and the recreation of the quarters Borisov occupied on Novaya Zemlya in 1900-01, complete with polar-bear-pelt-covered rocking chair.
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Church of SS Zosima, Savvaty & German
Arkhangelsk is not a city of great churches but there are a few small, pretty ones along the riverbank. The green-and-white Church of SS Zosima, Savvaty & German is an outpost of the Solovetsky Monastery with recently carved wooden sculptures and an iconostasis that's still a work in progress.
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Fine Arts Museum
The Fine Arts Museum is surprisingly good. It boasts an impressive selection of 14th- to 18th-century icons and a good selection of 18th-to-early-20th-century Russian painting, with work by nearly all the leading names - look for Stanislav Khlebovsky's Death of Prince Oranskogo (1861) and IB Lampi's portrait of Catherine the Great (1790s). On the 2nd floor, don't overlook the 19th- and early-20th-century textiles and decorative art.
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Gostiny Dvor
The Gostiny Dvor was built as a trading centre between 1668 and 1684 - originally a large turreted structure stretching all the way from ul Svobody to ul Engelsa - and Arkhangelsk grew up around it in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Gostiny Dvor Exhibition Rooms
The Gostiny Dvor Exhibition Rooms usually house at least a couple of worthwhile historical, art or other displays.
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Nikolsky Church
Arkhangelsk is not a city of great churches but there are a few small, pretty ones along the riverbank. The Nikolsky Church, dating from 1904, is still being rebuilt following Soviet-era desecration, but is quite richly decorated and some of the unusual original ceiling frescoes survive.
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Northern Seafaring Museum
The Northern Seafaring Museum was closed for long-term renovations at research time. It's worth checking on progress as the museum has interesting collections on subjects like Novaya Zemlya, polar expeditions and Arkhangelsk's shipbuilding history.
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Regional Studies Museum
The Regional Studies Museum holds a sobering 2nd-floor exhibition dedicated to local soldiers who died in the war with Afghanistan, plus a lumpy taxidermy collection of local sea and land life that's interesting in a ghoulish sort of way.
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Severnaya Dvina Embankment
The Severnaya Dvina Embankment is where the city began and it makes for a pleasant stroll at any time of year if the weather is half-decent.
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