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It has become customary for Vologda's officials to take part in celebrations pertaining to the triumphant end of the Carpathian-Dukla Campaign. The current visit is timed to coincide with the 71th anniversary of the campaign, one of the fiercest battles of World War II aiming to liberate Europe from the German fascists.

Vologda Oblast Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov and Director General of PhosAgro-Cherepovets Andrey Guryev signed an agreement on granting investment privileges for new production facilities construction in Cherepovets.

“My own house” is a building and construction exhibition that is held in Vologda annually. A lot of exhibitors and visitors come to Vologda to attend the exhibition to see the variety of houses made of timber and logs and frame-panel houses. Experts from the world of timber industry state their positions on current issues at meetings, workshops and press conferences, and discuss problems and prospects in their own particular fields – design, construction and exploitation of wooden houses.

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) has been holding World Games since 1948 among athletes with musculoskeletal system disorders. For the first time the Games were held in Russia at sports facilities in Sochi.

On October 1, 2015 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a document on support for family programmes. According to it, 53 Russian Region, the Vologda Region among them, will get an extra RUR 820 mln from the federal budget.