Discover Khozmino

• Location: on the north bank of the Vel, at the mouth of the Yeluga, which flows in from the north.
• Velsk is 42 km to the east; a paved road connects the two places.
• Historic features include traditional house complexes and a stone church.
• The museum route opened in 2009 and passed through Khozmino; a 2015 description gives its length as 120 km.

The precise river location helps orient visitors: Khozmino is on the north bank of the Vel, where the river forms a steep bend and the Yeluga flows into it from the north. This places the village not only in relation to its distance from Velsk, but also in relation to the two rivers. The bend and confluence are the defining features of this description.

Khozmino is 42 km west of Velsk. The paved Velsk–Komsomolski settlement road connects it to the city and runs along the left, northern bank of the Vel. If you plan to use this road for your journey, check its current condition before setting out. The distance alone does not indicate how long the drive will take.

Khozmino is one of the few traditional rural settlements in the western part of the Arkhangelsk Povazhye and is considered a valuable historic settlement in Velsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Field observations from 1989 record traditional house complexes, little modern construction, and a settlement pattern that combines a dispersed layout with a street-oriented one. These features draw attention both to individual houses and to the settlement’s spatial organization.

Khozmino is also home to the stone Church of the Annunciation. Fragments of wall paintings depicting Gospel scenes survive inside. For travelers interested in architectural history, the village offers two distinct points of interest: its traditional settlement pattern and a single stone church building with surviving wall paintings.

The museum route opened in 2009 and passed through Khozmino. A 2015 description gives its length as 120 km. These details provide a historical reference for the route; if you would like to include it in your travel plans, check the current route information in advance. This distinguishes the description from that time from any specific plans for today.

The wider destination of Arkhangelsk Oblast offers other distinct cultural themes. In the cultural and historical ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands, medieval road and irrigation systems are harmoniously integrated into the surrounding natural and cultural landscape. The ensemble includes a monastery fortress dating from the 15th to the early 20th century, as well as sacred sites and dozens of settlements dating from the 6th to the 1st millennium BC.

The Malye Korely Museum presents an architectural and landscape exhibition featuring more than 100 monuments of wooden architecture from Arkhangelsk Oblast. The museum is included in the state register of especially valuable cultural heritage sites of the peoples of the Russian Federation. These regional examples add to the picture of Arkhangelsk Oblast’s cultural heritage; Khozmino’s own points of interest are its rural settlement pattern, the Church of the Annunciation, and the historic route.

Discover more destinations: Solovetskiy, Kapustniki, Plesetsk, Severodvinsk, Tsimola, Kotlas, Kharitonovo, Velsk.

Where is Khozmino?

Khozmino lies on the north bank of the Vel, on a steep bend in the river where the Yeluga flows into the Vel from the north. Velsk is 42 km to the east.

What defines the village’s historic character?

Historic features include traditional house complexes, a settlement pattern combining a dispersed layout with a street-oriented one, and the stone Church of the Annunciation with fragments of Gospel wall paintings. The field observations on the settlement pattern date from 1989.

What should you know about the museum route?

The museum route opened in 2009. A 2015 description gives its length as 120 km and says that it passed through Khozmino.

For the wider travel overview: Arkhangelsk Oblast.