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Oct 26 2023

Anna Sorokina

‘The Russian North’ is a unique place with a civilization that formed many centuries ago on the shores of icy rivers and seas. Massive wooden houses and churches were built there without the use of a single nail and amazing traditional crafts were created that won't be found anywhere else.

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October 31, 2023

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Acting Governor of the Vologda Region.

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72624

October 31, 2023

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Oleg Kuvshinnikov and Georgy Filimonov. By Presidential Executive Order, Georgy Filimonov was appointed Acting Governor of the Vologda Region.

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Pokrovskoe is the family estate of the old noble family of the Bryanchaninovs, which originated from the boyar Mikhail Brenko, the squire of the Grand Duke of Moscow Dmitry Donskoy.

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The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery was founded on the shore of Lake Siverskoye in 1397 by Kirill the Belozersky (Kirill of Beloozero), the former archimandrite of Moscow Simonov Monastery. Now the monastery is located within the limits of the town of Kirillov, 130 kilometers to the north-west of Vologda.

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The Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery sprang up on the Vologda River, where there passed the trade route from Moscow to Arkhangelsk. It was founded in 1371 by the Monk Dmitry Prilutsky, a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, the founder of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, the spiritual center of Russia. Thanks to the reputation of the Holy Father-founder and the strategic position, the monastery enjoyed the patronage of Russian tsars, including Ivan IV the Terrible.

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The construction of the Vologda Kremlin began under Tsar Ivan the Terrible, who wanted to turn the city into a northern fortress. A five-domed stone St. Sophia Cathedral, a replica of the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, was erected here during the period from 1568 to 1570. However, the Tsar’s plan to build a Kremlin in Vologda larger than that of Moscow remained unfulfilled because of his unexpected departure from the city.

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Vologda has played an important role in the development of the Russian North. A secluded lake district, where the city is located, had been attracting monks since the fourteenth century. The majestic Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery and the chamber Ferapontov Monastery with Dionisy’s frescoes, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, have been preserved here since then. Vologda is called the city of fifty domes. Today there are 26 functional temples in the city, and this is only a third of the pre-revolutionary list! To see monasteries and churches, to learn all about the finest Vologda lace, famous in Russia, and appreciate a creamy flavor of the popular Vologda butter — these are the basic arguments for traveling to this northern quiet town.

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April 25, 2021

Production of Vologda butter

It all began when, in 1870, at the World Dairy Exhibition in Paris, the special attention of Nikolai Vasilyevich Vereshchagin was attracted by butter, which had a pronounced taste and aroma somewhat similar to nutty. This taste and aroma were transferred to milk, and then to butter by some types of herbs that grew in the French province of Normandy, from where it was brought to the exhibition.

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Julia Lebedeva, Consultant of the Tourist Information Department of the Vytegra District (Vytegorye, Vytegra) of the Vologda Region

Most tourists have their first acquaintance with Lake Onega in Karelia and the Leningrad Region. Julia Lebedeva, consultant of the Tourist Information Department of the Vytegra District (Vytegorye, Vytegra) of the Vologda Region, told EcoTourism Expert about the attractions on the other side of this Pearl of the Vologda Region.