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Every year Tatyana Watson comes from Australia to visit Bryanchaninovs' country estate, a unique monument of history and culture of the Federal value.
The history of Tot’ma is also the story of many outstanding people - seafarers, merchants, poets and artists. One of the oldest in Russia, it is known as a town of museums and seafarers. In the second half of the 18th century, 20 expeditions left from Totma. One of the most important led to the discovery of the Commander Islands and the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.
Today the new glassware production line has been launched at the Smerdomsky glass-works that was established in the district 120 years ago.
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Vologda will become ex-libris capital of Russia on August 22-26.
Being the cultural capital of the Russian North, Vologda will host the 6th All-Russian Ex-libris Exhibition on August 22-26. It will feature ex-libris creations from many Russian regions and such CIS-countries as Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia and Kazakhstan. After the congress all the works will be donated to the Vologda Picture Gallery.
The Ceramic Festival was held in the District of Verkhovazh'ye for the first time.
On Tuesday, August 8 Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on preservation and rational use of the Volga River. The participants of the meeting discussed construction and modernization of treatment facilities of the Volga River, and preservation of a unique ecosystem of the Volga-Akhtubinsk flood-plain area.
On August 5 Oleg Kuvshinnikov arrived in Babaevo to congratulate the residents of the district on its 90th anniversary and day of the Railway Workers in Russia.
From July 23 through August 13 about 1000 citizens of Germany will participate in the rally that aims to contribute to the strengthening of mutual understanding and cooperation between the peoples of both countries.
The programme of the visit is rather intense. It includes visits to social infrastructure objects, local enterprises, opening of a new fuel sawdust briquette producing facility and, of course, a meeting with the district’s population.
The Vologda Region continues to attract tourists both from Russia’s regions and abroad. The region appears at the top of tourist rankings, and continues to develop its infrastructure and host large historic festivals.