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Yarensk
Yarensk
is a
rural locality
(a
selo
) and the
administrative center
of
Lensky District
of
Arkhangelsk Oblast
,
Russia
, located on the bank of the
Vychegda River
near its
confluence
with the
Yarenga
. Population:
History
The town of Yarensk was documented as early as 1384 as a station on the road leading from
Novgorod
to the
Ural Mountains
. In the
Russian Empire
, it was the seat of a huge
uyezd
within
Vologda Governorate
. Much of the present-day
Komi Republic
was administered from Yarensk. The
Tsar
used the town as a place of exile, most notably for Prince
Vasily Galitzine
.
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