Shipitsyno is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

) in Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea....

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the left bank of the Northern Dvina River 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Kotlas

Kotlas

Kotlas is a town in the southeast of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda Rivers. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance . It also serves as the administrative center of Kotlassky District, by which it is...

. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Shipitsynskoye Urban Settlement, one of the three urban settlements in the district. Population: .

Industry

There is a number of industrial enterprises in Shipitsyno, including the timber industry, concrete

Concrete

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 production, and mechanical works.

Transport

There is a river harbor in Shipitsyno, and the Northern Dvina is navigable, but there is no passenger navigation.

Shipitsyno is located on the road connecting Kotlas and Bereznik

Bereznik

Bereznik , also known as Dvinskoy Bereznik is an urban type settlement and the administrative center of Vinogradovsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Northern Dvina River, southeast of Kholmogorskaya railway station and away from Arkhangelsk...

 via Krasnoborsk

Krasnoborsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast

Krasnoborsk is a rural locality and the administrative center of Krasnoborsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Northern Dvina River. It also serves as the administrative center of Alexeyevsky Selsoviet, one of the ten selsoviets into which the district is...

. There is a regular bus service on the road; additionally, there is passenger bus traffic from Kotlas which ends in Shipitsyno.