Shenkursk

Shenkursk is a city and the place of business of Shenkursky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, positioned on the proper bank of the Vaga River. Shenkursk become first mentioned in files of Novgorod merchants in 1229. In 1315, it was sold by way of a Novgorod posadnik. Ivan the Terrible stated this location as the city of Vaga and protected it into his oprichnina. At that time, there was a wood fortress and a residence of neighborhood bishops. Tsar Feodor I made a furnish of Shenkursk to his brother-in-law, Boris Godunov, who bequeathed it to his destiny son-in-law, Johan of Schleswig-Holstein, who died quickly after arriving to Russia.

The Romanovs offered the place to Prince Dmitry Troubetskoy as his votchina. Upon his loss of life, the town was lower back to the crown. In 1640–1643, the Tsar ordered a brand new citadel to be constructed in Shenkursk. Catherine the Great chartered Shenkursk in 1780, and Shenkursk have become the seat of the newly installed Shenkursky Uyezd in Vologda Viceroyalty from 1796, in Arkhangelsk Governorate. Shenkursk played a outstanding role within the Russian Civil War. In the autumn of 1918, about 6000 British and American troops superior south of Shenkursk. 3000 troops, split into three armies, advancing from three aspects, reduce Shenkursk off and moved the front location 90 kilometers or 56 mi north of Shenkursk.