Partitioning of Arkhangelsk Oblast

The partitioning of Arkhangel'sk Oblast was handled on in Uralican history (between June and August of 2008) and created the counties of Northwest Uralica, Kotlas, Woodlands, and also, the Arkhangel'sk-Severodvinsk Unitary Authority.



This is the final result. The green regions are Woodlands, the red regions Kotlas county, the and blue regions Northwest Uralica (as far as former Arkhangel'sk regions are concerned - there is one region of the Komi Republic also in Northwest Uralica). The black and pale grey regions represent the partitioning of Primorsky Rayon, with the paler sections now being in Northwest Uralica and the black section comprising the Arkhangel'sk-Severodvinsk Unitary Authority.

Reasoning
Unlike Sverdlovsk Oblast, Arkhangel'sk Oblast was partitioned because, according to Vaido Kuik, "it was just too big." Although the majority of the land remained within one administrative body, that is, Northwest Uralica, there were several chunks of land split off of the original oblast to make new counties.

Culmination
All but Kargopolsky Rayon would be split off the southern border:


 * Kotlassky Rayon, Krasnoborsky Rayon, Lensky Rayon, and Vilegodsky Rayon would become Kotlas County.


 * Vel'sky Rayon, Konoshsky Rayon, and Ustyansky Rayon would become Woodlands County.

Now at first, the Arkhangel'sk-Severodvinsk UA would simply be comprised of the pre-Uralican city limits of Arkhangel'sk, Severodvinsk, and Novodvinsk (Arhangel'sk's city limits were actually redrawn after annexation, making Tsiglomen' an independent hamlet). However, there was talk of carving up Primorsky Rayon, and what ended up happening was that the Una-Babya Inlet would be the mark by which the western boundary would be set, and the north-eastern boundary would end north of the village of Lapominka, just north of the northernmost point of the Tivina Delta. This meant that the central part of the old region, which contained the bulk of the population, would become, on the whole, Arkhangel'sk-Severodvinsk Unitary Authority.

Since the Komi Republic was partitioned early in Uralica's existence, they were able to use Udorsky District (the location of Usovuori) in forming Northwest Uralica.

As for what happened to Novaja Zemlja and Franz Josef Land (Zemlja Frantsa-Iosifa), which were part of Arkhangel'sk Oblast, they were released from any political bonds to the territory, which left them out of Uralica's jurisdiction until much later (October 2009). They are now part of Nenetsia-North Uralica.