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 top leadership of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Preserve presented a concept of its development in the RF Ministry of Culture, Moscow.
On August 25th, Oleg Kuvshinnikov arrived in Kirillov to inspect the most important infrastructure facilities of the District of Kirillov and to get acquainted with the plans for their development.
Kirillov is in the list of Russia's small cities that are most popular destinations for summer vacationing, according to a study conducted by TourStat agency.
Kirillov is in the list of Russia's small cities that will be most popular destinations in August, according to a study conducted by Tvil.ru agency.
TourStat agency published the list of the most popular Russian cities among tourists in 2017. Resort cities were not taken into account.
The Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve has applied for participation in the Internet Festival of Museum Multimedia “Museum Geek” organized by the State Museum of History of Religion (St. Petersburg).
More museums than ever before are running for this year’s Živa Award for the best Slavic museum - as many as 25 from 12 Slavic countries, the Kirillo-Belozersky Federal State Museum (Kirillov, Vologda Region) among them.
The finale of the festival of the tourist video presentations “Wonder of Russia” was held in Vladimir Region on April 3-4. The main purpose of the project is promotion of tourist and cultural opportunities of the Russian regions.
Kirillov is in the list of Russia's small cities that will be most popular destinations for spring vacationing in May, according to a study conducted by Tvil.ru agency.
The VI St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum took place on November 16-18. It was organized by the Russian Government and Government of St. Petersburg.