General Information
Total area: 4.500 sq km
Total population: 50.978
Administrative centre: Vologda (founded in 1147)
Administrative division: 23 administrative areas
Transportation routes: highways Arkhangelsk-Moscow, Vologda-Novaya Ladoga, Vologda-Vytegra-Medvezh'yegorsk
Railway stations: Molochnoye, Dikaya, Lumba, Kipelovo, Kushchuba (railway connecting St.Petersburg, Vologda and Kirov), Rybkino, Losta, Chakhlovo, Paprikha (railway connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk)
Places of interest: Spas-Kamenny monastery situated on Kubenskoye Lake (1260), Spaso-Prilutsky monastery (1371)
Renowned residents: pioneer of the Russian aircraft construction Alexander Mozhaisky, leading Soviet aircraft designer Sergei Ilyushin, journalist, poet, and writer Vladimir Gilyarovsky
Main branches of industry: dairy cattle raising, meat cattle raising, vegetable-growing, flax-growing
Every region has its claim to fame, but there's none sweeter than Vologda's position as Russia's butter capital. Butter-making is one of the clearly expressed specializations of the Vologda District. It boasts the Vologda Dairy Academy (founded in 1911), a local creamery and a research institute and a livestock breeding farm.
Social sphere: 39 cultural institutions, 37 libraries, a centre of aesthetic education for children and teenagers, 2 musical schools, an art school and a museum; 17 secondary schools, 32 day-care centres and nursery centres; a hospital; 34 gymnasiums, a swimming pool, 6 fitness centres and a sport school for children and youth. Settlement of Maisky provides the best recreational outlets and a sport-complex in the district.
News
The folklore festival “The Village - the Soul of Russia” celebrates and promotes traditional Russian culture, including music, dance, crafts, games and customs, by bringing together folk groups, artisans, and researchers from across Russia.
The festival is organized to promote the traditions of the Russian North and development of event tourism in the Vologda Region.
The folklore festival “The Village - the Soul of Russia” has been held in the Vologda Region since 2014. It unites the best amateur groups, craftsmen, researchers in the field of traditional folk culture.
The Russian Hunting festival will be held on the territory of the Museum of Architecture and Ethnography Semyonkovo for the third year in a row.
The Folklore Festival "The Village - the Soul of Russia" will kick off in Vologda District. Tradition and folklore will take centre stage once again on August 16.
The All-Russian folklore festival “The Village - the Soul of Russia” has been held in the Vologda Region since 2014.
The Horse Festival has been held in the Vologda Region since 2003. Every year, it gathers up participants and spectators not only from the Vologda Region, but also from other regions of Russia.
Representatives of the Russian Book of Records confirmed that a record was set at the Russian Troika Festival at the settlement of Yerofeika (Vologda District).
The settlement of Yerofeika (Vologda District) will host the Horse Festival Russian Troika, one of the region’s largest sports events.
The Vologda District will host the Folklore Festival for the second time. It was held here several years ago, on 18-20 August, 2019.