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The Russian Wood, exhibition for innovation technologies to be applied in the timber industry, in production of technological equipment for forestry and manufacture of wood and wood-working articles, will start its work in Vologda on December 4, 2019.
Vologda Oblast Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov paid a working visit to the District of Vozhega as part of a series of visits throughout the Vologda Oblast examining economic and social development of regions.
The meeting of Mr. Vorobyov and Mr. Kuvshinnikov took place at the Russian Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament. Issues of territorial development of the Vologda Region were in the highlight of the discussion in Moscow.
Veliky Ustyug is in the list of Russia's cities that are most popular destinations for New Year holidays, according to a study conducted by TourStat agency. Over 100,000 tourists visited Veliky Ustyug where the residence of Ded Moroz, Russia’s equivalent of Santa Claus is situated.
The visit is part of a series of visits throughout the Vologda Oblast examining economic and social development of regions.
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Fort Ross Dialogue forum will be held in Vologda in spring 2019.
Since 2012 the venue of the annual international forum has always been the Fort Ross California Historic Park, founded by Russian merchants from the Vologda Region at the beginning of the 19th century. Its participants are Russian and American politicians, representatives of the Russian Geographical Society, experts and entrepreneurs from both countries.
The exhibition of Vologda’s lace will kick off in Brest on January 28th and it will last till February, 25.
On January 16, 2019 museum visitors, curators, and managers from all over the world will be taking part in #MuseumSelfie day, a Twitter project aimed at raising awareness of the great collections being housed by national and regional museums across the globe.
The Ferapontov Monastery, a place of great historical significance, is among a small group of Russian cultural sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This honor was bestowed on the monastery primarily as recognition of the early 16th-century frescoes in the monastery's Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin. These paintings are considered among the greatest examples of medieval Russian art.
The Nilo-Sorsky Monastery (known as Nilo-Sorsky Pustyn) is located 15 kilometers northwest of Kirillov, Vologda Region. It was founded in the end of the 15th century by Nil Sorsky, a former monk of the monastery and a leader of non-possessors movement in the Russian Orthodox Church.