

Total area: 5.400 sq km
Total population: 18.600
District centre population: 8.239
Administrative centre: Kirillov
Administrative division: 15 administrative areas
Distance from Vologda: 127 km
Transportation routes: nearest railway station in Cherepovets (92 km off Kirillov), highway Vologda-Medvezh'yegorsk
Main branches of industry: timber, food, agriculture
Places of interest: the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery (15-18th centuries), Ferapont monastery (founded in 1398) and Goritsy nunnery (founded in 1544), national part "Russian North" (set up in 1992), Maura hill
Renowned residents: physicist D.Grave, historian I.Maisky, colonel-general E.Preobrazhensky, general Y.Baluevsky
From December 31, 2025 to January 11, 2026 the number of people in Kirillov increased significantly. The town with a population of 8,021 people doubled in size. During the winter holidays, about 17,000 guests visited the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Preserve, a major Russian cultural heritage site.