District of Vologda
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 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.
Russian Hunting festival will take place in Vologda Region on August 12.
The opening of a new kindergarten in the District of Vologda will resolve the problem with the lack of kindergarten places in the region.
Thirty children from Syamzha (Vologda Region) received a unique Christmas gift – a trip to Vologda’s open air museum of architecture and ethnography in Semyonkovo. The family of Sean A. Kopylov paid for this trip.
The creative project is aimed at preserving cultural identity, creating conditions for the development of traditional folk culture and promoting the cultural and historical heritage.
Vologda Oblast Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov continues to visit districts of the Vologda Region and the cities of Vologda and Cherepovets where he meets with the heads of the districts and their population.
During the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (May, 2018) Oleg Kuvshinnikov and top leadership of Aquaproduct signed an agreement aiming to build salmon’s aquaculture facility and increase salmon output in the Vologda Region.
Oleg Kuvshinnikov arrived in the District of Vologda to inspect economic and social development of the district, the most important infrastructure facilities of the District and to get acquainted with the plans for their development.
Head of the region Oleg Kuvshinnikov arrived at the settlement of Maiskoye not far from Vologda, which is actively developing dairy farming, plant growing and horticulture.
NTV’s anchor John Warren arrived in the Vologda Oblast to make a TV show about local food in Vologda Region.
Volunteers from Spain, Italy, Turkey and South Korea arrived in the Vologda Region to help restore a mansion in the settlement of Kurkino.