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Vologda City has the federal importance status.

08.11.2024 13:54

Vologda is included in the list of historical settlements of federal significance. The document was registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.

"On the Russian President Vladimir Putin's instructions, Vologda is included in the list of historical settlements of federal significance. The new status opens up additional opportunities for the regional capital concerning restoration and preservation of cultural heritage sites, as well as the development of architecture," said Georgy Filimonov, Governor of the Vologda Region.

Vologda is one of the few northern cities whose history goes back to the pre-Mongol period. The approximate date of its foundation was 1147 when, according to the Life of the local holy man, St. Gerasimus, Vologda's first monastery - the Troitsky - was founded.

By the middle of the 16th century, Vologda became the trading and administrative centre in northern Russia. The city was famous for its river vessels, leather, wool cloth, domestic utensils of wood, and the better kinds of soap. It manufactured great quantities of iron ware. All this made Vologda an outstanding trading and industrial centre, and helped to further its role in state affairs. It served as a primary distribution point for rapidly increasing trade with England, and subsequently Holland.

The city of Vologda has over 200 architectural and historical monuments of federal and regional significance.