District of Belozersk
General Information
Total area: 5.400 sq km
Total population: 21.695
Administrative centre: Belozersk city
District centre population: 11.007
Administrative division: 14 administrative areas
Foundation: 862 first mentioned
Distance from Vologda: 214 km
Railway station: 111 km, Cherepovets
Main enterprises: a fish-factory, a river port, a printing-plant, a flax-scutching mill and a bakery
Places of interest historically: the Mariinskaya water system (1810), the Belozersk by-pass canal (1846), the Belozersk earthen mound at White Lake (1487)
Renowned residents: poets Sergei Orlov and Sergei Vikulov, actor Yuri Kayurov
News
The District of Belozersk is situated in the north-west of the Vologda Region.
The Golden Trezzini Awards for Architecture and Design, established in 2018, are named after Domenico Trezzini, Russian architect of Swiss origin, the first architect of St. Petersburg, author of the Peter and Paul Cathedral, Twelve Collegia Building and other masterpieces of Petrine Baroque.
The town of Belozersk was always connected with White Lake (Beloe Ozero). Although smaller than Lakes Ladoga and Onega, White Lake is a pivotal link between those two lakes and the Russian heartland.
During his trip to Belozersk, Vologda Region Governor visited the Orlov Memorial Flat, the house of the remarkable Russian poet Sergei Orlov (founded in 1981). The list of books Orlov was interested in was impressive. Here are some of them. Among the exhibits at the memorial flat are also photographs, documents and unique things that belonged to the poet.
The list of ten most popular lakes for summer 2017, issued by analytical agency “TourStat,” is topped by Russia’s town and cities located on the bank of such lakes as Lake Baikal, Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega, Lake Chany, Lake Seliger, Lake Bolshoye Yarovoye, Lake Aslykul, Lake Beloye, Lake Ilmen and Lake Peipus.