District of Tarnoga

General Information

Total area: 5.200 sq km

Location: the eastern part of the Vologda Oblast

Administrative division: 13 administrative areas

Total population: 15.383

Distance from Vologda: 339 km

Railway station: 88 km off Tarnogsky Gorodok, Kostylevo (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Climate: temperate continental with long winters (average temperature in January is -13.7°C), short warm summers (average temperature in July is +19.0°C)

Inland waters: 68 rivers that are used for water supply, fishing and tourism, 9 lakes. Baklanovskoye Lake, which is the most picturesque one, is 340 m long with a maximum width of 250 m and a maximum depth of 33 m.

Main branches of industry: timber, cattle breeding and forage growing

The most common building style: timbering owing to the abundant nearby forests