Map of Plesetsk

Detailed interactive map of Plesetsk. Map of Plesetsk with streets and numbers of houses. Satellite map of Plesetsk with sights of the city.

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Plesetsk

The population of the city Plesetsk: 9,548 people (2021)
The telephone code of the city Plesetsk: +7 81832
The postal code of the city Plesetsk: 164262

Plesetsk is an urban—type settlement, the center of the district of the same name in the Arkhangelsk region of the Russian Federation (North-Western District). Plesetsk is located in the north-west of the East European Plain, in the western part of the Arkhangelsk region, 217 km south of the regional center – Arkhangelsk.

Transport in Plesetsk

Transport links: by rail — railway station on the Konosha—Obozersky line; by highways — Kargopol-Samoded—Brin—Navolok highway R-1 (exit to the M-8 Kholmogorye highway), local highways in the directions Mirny, Puks, Puksoozero, there is a bus station; by airlines — airport 6 km east of the city.

The history of Plesetsk

The settlement was formed in 1897 during the construction of the Vologda-Arkhangelsk railway, as the Plesetskaya station, whose population gradually increased due to sedentary seasonal workers engaged in logging. Under Soviet rule, the first sawmill was built and the infrastructure of the village was laid. In 1932, it became the working settlement of Plesetsk and the district center.

5 km northeast of Plesetsk is the town of Mirny, a closed city, which houses the Plesetsk test cosmodrome of the Military Space Forces.

Economy of Plesetsk

Economic potential: enterprises of railway transport, building materials, agricultural complex, logging, woodworking and food industries.

Sights of Plesetsk

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, St. John the Theologian Church, Plesetsk Nature Reserve.