District of Kirillov
General Information
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
News
The fourth International Trade Fair for Preservation, Restoration and Museum Technology Denkmal Russia-Moscow 2017 will take place from November 8th to 10th, 2017 in the heart of the Russian capital, at the exhibition site Gostiniy Dvor.
Kirillov is in the list of Russia's small cities that will be most popular destinations for autumn vacationing, according to a study conducted by TourStat agency.
Vologda Oblast Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov attended an opening ceremony of a new school in Kirillov, Vologda Region and congratulated school students, teachers and educators on Day of Knowledge and the beginning of the new school year.
Kirillov is in the list of Russia's small cities that will be most popular destinations for summer vacationing, according to a study conducted by TourStat agency.
The Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve is a permanent participant of the Museum Geek Festival of Museum Multimedia. This year the museum employees presented a digital encyclopedia about Saint Cyril, a disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh who founded the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in Northern Russia in 1397.
On May 20th, a day when museums in many European cities are open all night long, the Museum of Dionisy's frescoes of the ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery will organize special activities and master classes.
The Vologda Region takes the eighth place in the list of Russia's most popular parks and national preserves, according to a study conducted by TourStat agency.
In 2016 Kirillov District was visited by more than 36,000 tourists from France, Italy, Spain, Germany, England, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Japan, Vietnam, Japan, China and Australia.
The main objective of the visit is to get acquainted with the historical and cultural heritage of the Vologda Region. The visiting Public Affairs Officer of US Consulate General in St. Petersburg has already attended the Vologda State Museum-Preserve, the Vologda Lace Museum, the Museum of Architecture and Ethnography in Semenkovo and the Memorial Flat of Ivan Kuskov, the founder of Fort Ross in California.
The festival giving participants a chance to show off their Russian language skills will be held on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.