Administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast
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| Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is Vologda. The largest city is Cherepovets.Vologda Oblast is rich in historic monuments, such as the magnificent Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Ferapontov Convent , medieval towns of Velikiy Ustyug and Belozersk, baroque... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
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| Administrative center: Vologda Vologda Vologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage... |
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| # of districts Raion A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"... (районы) |
26 |
| # of cities/towns (города) |
15 |
| # of urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union... s (посёлки городского типа) |
9 |
| # of selsovets and rural settlement councils (сельсоветы и поселковые советы) |
368 |
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| # of rural localities (сельские населённые пункты) |
8,041 |
| # of uninhabited rural localities (сельские населённые пункты без населения) |
1,625 |
Administratively, Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is Vologda. The largest city is Cherepovets.Vologda Oblast is rich in historic monuments, such as the magnificent Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Ferapontov Convent , medieval towns of Velikiy Ustyug and Belozersk, baroque...
is divided into four cities and towns of oblast significance and twenty-six districts
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
.
In terms of the area, the biggest administrative district is Vytegorsky District
Vytegorsky District
Vytegorsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vytegorsky Municipal District...
(13100 square kilometres (5,057.9 sq mi)).
In terms of the population, the biggest administrative district is Vologodsky District
Vologodsky District
Vologodsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vologodsky Municipal District...
(50,956 in 2002), the smallest one is Mezhdurechensky District
Mezhdurechensky District, Vologda Oblast
Mezhdurechensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Mezhdurechensky Municipal District...
(7,641).
Administrative divisions
- Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction:
- VologdaVologdaVologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
(Вологда) (administrative center) - CherepovetsCherepovetsCherepovets is the largest city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Sheksna River, a tributary of the Volga River. Population: 311,869 ; It is served by Cherepovets Airport.-Location:...
(Череповец) - SokolSokol, Vologda OblastSokol is a town in the center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located at both banks of the Sukhona. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance . It also serves as the administrative center of Sokolsky District, by which it is completely surrounded but is not administratively...
(Сокол) - Veliky UstyugVeliky UstyugVeliky Ustyug is a town in the northeast of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance . It also serves as the administrative center of Velikoustyugsky District, by which it is completely...
(Великий Устюг)- Towns under the town's jurisdiction:
- KrasavinoKrasavinoKrasavino is a town in the northeast of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Northern Dvina River northeast of Vologda and north of Veliky Ustyug, to which it is administratively subordinated. Municipally, it is incorporated as urban settlement of Velikoustyugsky Municipal...
(Красавино)
- Krasavino
- Urban-type settlements under the town's jurisdiction:
- KuzinoKuzinoKuzino is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of Veliky Ustyug Town of Oblast Significance, Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Northern Dvina River at the confluence of the Sukhona and the Yug, opposite to Veliky Ustyug...
(Кузино)
- Kuzino
- Towns under the town's jurisdiction:
- Vologda
- Districts:
- BabayevskyBabayevsky DistrictBabayevsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
(Бабаевский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- BabayevoBabayevoBabayevo is a town and the administrative center of Babayevsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Kolp River west of Vologda. Population:...
(Бабаево)
- Babayevo
- with 18 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- BabushkinskyBabushkinsky District, Vologda OblastBabushkinsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Babushkinsky Municipal District...
(Бабушкинский)- with 15 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- BelozerskyBelozersky District, Vologda OblastBelozersky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Belozersky Municipal District...
(Белозерский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- BelozerskBelozerskBelozersk , known as Beloozero until 1777 , is a town and the administrative center of Belozersky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, situated on the southern bank of Lake Beloye, from which it takes the name...
(Белозерск)
- Belozersk
- with 13 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- ChagodoshchenskyChagodoshchensky DistrictChagodoshchensky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
(Чагодощенский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- ChagodaChagodaChagoda is an urban locality and the administrative center of Chagodoshchensky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, situated on the Chagodoshcha River from Vologda. Population:...
(Чагода) - Sazonovo (Сазоново)
- Chagoda
- with 7 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- CherepovetskyCherepovetsky DistrictCherepovetsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
(Череповецкий)- with 25 selsovets and 1 rural settlement council under the district's jurisdiction.
- GryazovetskyGryazovetsky DistrictGryazovetsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Gryazovetsky Municipal District...
(Грязовецкий)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- GryazovetsGryazovetsGryazovets is a town and the administrative center of Gryazovetsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Gryazovetskoe Urban Settlement in Gryazovetsky Municipal District. Population: -History:...
(Грязовец)
- Gryazovets
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- VokhtogaVokhtogaVokhtoga in Gryazovetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vokhtogskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the district. Vozhega is located on the right bank of the Lezha River, a right tributary of the Sukhona...
(Вохтога)
- Vokhtoga
- with 16 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- KaduyskyKaduysky DistrictKaduysky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
(Кадуйский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kaduy (Кадуй)
- Khokhlovo (Хохлово)
- with 7 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- KharovskyKharovsky DistrictKharovsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kharovsky Municipal District. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Vozhegodsky District in the north, Syamzhensky District in the east,...
(Харовский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- KharovskKharovskKharovsk is a town and the administrative center of Kharovsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia,, located on the Kubena River north of Vologda. Kharovsk also serves as the administrative center of Kharovsky Selsoviet which it is administratively not part of. Municipally, it is incorporated as a...
(Харовск)
- Kharovsk
- with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kichmengsko-GorodetskyKichmengsko-Gorodetsky DistrictKichmengsko-Gorodetsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky Municipal District...
(Кичменгско-Городецкий)- with 17 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- KirillovskyKirillovsky DistrictKirillovsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kirillovsky Municipal District...
(Кирилловский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kirillov (Кириллов)
- with 15 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- MezhdurechenskyMezhdurechensky District, Vologda OblastMezhdurechensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Mezhdurechensky Municipal District...
(Междуреченский)- with 8 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- NikolskyNikolsky District, Vologda OblastNikolsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Nikolsky Municipal District...
(Никольский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- NikolskNikolsk, Vologda OblastNikolsk is a town and the administrative center of Nikolsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia,, located on the right bank of the Yug River close to the point where it flows into the White Sea. Municipally, it is incorporated as Nikolskoye Urban Settlement in Nikolsky Municipal District...
(Никольск)
- Nikolsk
- with 17 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- NyuksenskyNyuksensky DistrictNyuksensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Nyuksensky Municipal District...
(Нюксенский)- with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- SheksninskySheksninsky DistrictSheksninsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Sheksninsky Municipal District...
(Шекснинский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- ChyobsaraChyobsaraChyobsara is an urban locality in Sheksninsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located from Vologda. Municipally, it is incorporated as Chyobsarskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the district. Population: -History:The settlement was founded as a railway station in 1898...
(Чёбсара) - Sheksna (Шексна)
- Chyobsara
- with 15 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- SokolskySokolsky District, Vologda OblastSokolsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Sokolsky Municipal District...
(Сокольский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- KadnikovKadnikovKadnikov is a town in Sokolsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia,, located on the bank of the Sodima River, southeast of Vologda. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kadnikovskoe Urban Settlement in Sokolsky Municipal District. Population: -History:...
(Кадников)
- Kadnikov
- with 12 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- SyamzhenskySyamzhensky DistrictSyamzhensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Syamzhensky Municipal District...
(Сямженский)- with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- TarnogskyTarnogsky DistrictTarnogsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Tarnogsky Municipal District...
(Тарногский)- with 13 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- TotemskyTotemsky DistrictTotemsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Totemsky Municipal District...
(Тотемский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- TotmaTotmaTotma is a town and the administrative center of Totemsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia,, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River at the confluence with the Pesya Denga River. Municipally, it is incorporated as Totemskoe Urban Settlement in Totemsky Municipal District. Population:...
(Тотьма)
- Totma
- with 15 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Ust-KubinskyUst-Kubinsky DistrictUst-Kubinsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Ust-Kubinsky Municipal District...
(Усть-Кубинский)- with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- UstyuzhenskyUstyuzhensky DistrictUstyuzhensky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
(Устюженский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- UstyuzhnaUstyuzhnaUstyuzhna is a town and the administrative center of Ustyuzhensky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River. Population:...
(Устюжна)
- Ustyuzhna
- with 13 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- VashkinskyVashkinsky DistrictVashkinsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vashkinsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Vytegorsky District in the north, Kirillovsky District in the east,...
(Вашкинский)- with 12 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- VelikoustyugskyVelikoustyugsky DistrictVelikoustyugsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Velikoustyugsky Municipal District...
(Великоустюгский)- with 20 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- VerkhovazhskyVerkhovazhsky DistrictVerkhovazhsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Verkhovazhsky Municipal District...
(Верховажский)- with 14 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- VologodskyVologodsky DistrictVologodsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vologodsky Municipal District...
(Вологодский)- with 23 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- VozhegodskyVozhegodsky DistrictVozhegodsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vozhegodsky Municipal District...
(Вожегодский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- VozhegaVozhegaVozhega and the administrative center of Vozhegodsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It also serves as the administrative center of Vozhegodsky Selsoviet, although it is not part of it. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vozhegodskoye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the...
(Вожега)
- Vozhega
- with 15 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- VytegorskyVytegorsky DistrictVytegorsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vytegorsky Municipal District...
(Вытегорский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- VytegraVytegraVytegra may refer to:*Vytegra, a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia*Vytegra River, a river in Vologda Oblast, Russia...
(Вытегра)
- Vytegra
- with 15 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Babayevsky
Differences with municipal divisions
Most of the administrative districts of Vologda Oblast are municipally incorporated as municipal districts, and most of the cities and towns of oblast significance are municipally incorporated as urban okrugs. There are, however, several exceptions,- The towns of Veliky Ustyug and Krasavino and the urban-type settlement of Kuzino are municipally incorporated as separate urban settlements of Velikoustyugsky Municipal District;
- The town of Sokol is municipally incorporated as Sokolskoye Urban Settlement of Sokolsky Municipal District.
History
, 1708 TsarTsar
Tsar is a title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers. As a system of government in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire, it is known as Tsarist autocracy, or Tsarism...
Peter the Great issued an edict
Ukase
A ukase , in Imperial Russia, was a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religious leader that had the force of law...
which established seven governorates. The description of the borders of the governorates was not given; instead, their area was defined as a set of towns and the lands adjacent to those towns. In the present area of Vologda oblast, two of the governorates — Archangelgorod Governorate
Archangelgorod Governorate
Archangelgorod Governorate , or the Government of Archangelgorod, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1708 until 1780. Its seat was in Archangel...
(east of the oblast) and Ingermanland Governorate (west of the oblast) — were located. The governorates were subdivided into uyezd
Uyezd
Uyezd or uezd was an administrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR which was in use from the 13th century. Uyezds for most of the history in Russia were a secondary-level of administrative division...
s, and uyezds into volost
Volost
Volost was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.In earlier East Slavic history, volost was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ruler or with varying degree of autonomy from the Velikiy Knyaz...
s.
The centers of the following uyezds of Archangelgorod Governorate were located in the present-day area of Vologda Oblast,
- Charondsky Uyezd (the administrative center was Charonda);
- Totemsky Uyezd (TotmaTotmaTotma is a town and the administrative center of Totemsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia,, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River at the confluence with the Pesya Denga River. Municipally, it is incorporated as Totemskoe Urban Settlement in Totemsky Municipal District. Population:...
); - Velikoustyugsky Uyezd (Ustyug VelikyVeliky UstyugVeliky Ustyug is a town in the northeast of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance . It also serves as the administrative center of Velikoustyugsky District, by which it is completely...
); - Vologodsky Uyezd (VologdaVologdaVologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
).
On , 1719, the governorate was divided into four provinces: Archangelgorod, Vologda, Galich, and Ustyug. The uyezds were transformed into districts, however, in 1727 the districts were transformed back into uyezds. 1780 the Archangelgorod Governorate was transformed into Vologda Viceroyalty
Vologda Viceroyalty
Vologda Viceroyalty was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1780–1796.The viceroyalty was established by a decree of Catherine II on , 1780...
. In 1796, the viceroyalty was split into Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk Governorate
Archangelsk Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Arkhangelsk...
and Vologda Governorate
Vologda Governorate
The Vologda Governorate or Government of Vologda was a guberniya in the historical northern region of the European part of Russian Empire.In its size it was second right after the neighboring Archangelgorod Governorate...
s. In 1918, the areas which are currently in the east of Vologda Oblast were split off from the Vologda Governorate and moved to the newly established Northern Dvina Governorate
Northern Dvina Governorate
Northern Dvina Governorate was a governorate of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1929. Its seat was in the city of Veliky Ustyug. The governorate was located in the North of European Russia, and its territory is currently divided between Arkhangelsk, Vologda,...
. The administrative center of the governorate was Veliky Ustyug.
In 1924, the uyezds of Northern Dvina Governorate were abolished in favor of the new divisions, the districts (raions). Vologda Governorate retained the uyezd division till 1929. On July 15, 1929 the uyezds in Vologda governorate were abolished, and the areas which previously belonged to Vologda and Northern Dvina governorates were merged into the Northern Krai
Northern Krai
Northern Krai was a krai of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1929 to 1936. Its seat was in the city of Arkhangelsk...
. The Krai consisted of the Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast
Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast
Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast, one of several autonomous oblast's that existed in the former Soviet Union, was created August 22, 1921. It was the predecessor of the Komi Republic. The seat of the Oblast was located in Ust-Sysolsk ....
, a number of islands in the Arctic Ocean, as well as five administrative districts (okrug
Okrug
Okrug is an administrative division of some Slavic states. The word "okrug" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "district", or "region"....
s),
- Arkhangelsky Okrug (with the seat located in ArkhangelskArkhangelskArkhangelsk , formerly known as Archangel in English, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the north of European Russia. The city spreads for over along the banks of the river...
; - Nenetsky Okrug (with the borders and the seat to be defined);
- Northern Dvina Okrug (Veliky UstyugVeliky UstyugVeliky Ustyug is a town in the northeast of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance . It also serves as the administrative center of Velikoustyugsky District, by which it is completely...
); - Nyandomsky Okrug (Nyandoma);
- Vologodsky Okrug (VologdaVologdaVologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
).
All these okrugs (except for the Nenets Okrug) were divided into districts. In 1930, the okrugs were abolished, and the districts became directly subordinate to the Northern Krai. In 1936, according to the new Soviet Constitution
1936 Soviet Constitution
The 1936 Soviet constitution, adopted on December 5, 1936, and also known as the "Stalin" constitution, redesigned the government of the Soviet Union.- Basic provisions :...
, the Northern Krai was transformed into Northern Oblast. In 1937, Northern Oblast was split into Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is Vologda. The largest city is Cherepovets.Vologda Oblast is rich in historic monuments, such as the magnificent Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Ferapontov Convent , medieval towns of Velikiy Ustyug and Belozersk, baroque...
.
West of Arkhangelsk Governorate, two of the centers of uyezds of Ingermanland Governorate were located in the present-day area of Vologda Oblast,
- Beloozersky Uyezd (the administrative center was BeloozeroBelozerskBelozersk , known as Beloozero until 1777 , is a town and the administrative center of Belozersky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, situated on the southern bank of Lake Beloye, from which it takes the name...
); - Ustyuzhensky Uyezd (Ustyuzhna ZheleznopolskayaUstyuzhnaUstyuzhna is a town and the administrative center of Ustyuzhensky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River. Population:...
).
After a series of administrative reforms, by the beginning of the 19th century the west of the oblast belonged to Novgorod Governorate
Novgorod Governorate
Novgorod Governorate , or Government of Novgorod, was a governorate of the Russian Empire.The governorate was established in 1727 from Belozersk, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, and Velikiye Luki Provinces of the St. Petersburg Governorate and existed until 1927, when its territory was included into...
, with the exception of Vytegorsky Uyezd which belonged to Olonets Governorate
Olonets Governorate
The Olonets Governorate or Government of Olonets was a guberniya of north-western Imperial Russia, extending from Lake Ladoga almost to the White Sea, bounded W. by Finland, N. and E. by Arkhangelsk and Vologda, and S. by Novgorod and St. Petersburg...
. In 1922, Olonets Governorate was abolished, and Vytegorsky Uyezd was transferred to Petrograd Governorate (later Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...
), with the exception of three volost
Volost
Volost was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.In earlier East Slavic history, volost was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ruler or with varying degree of autonomy from the Velikiy Knyaz...
s, which were moved to Kargopolsky Uyezd and later ended up in Arkhangelsk Oblast.
In June 1918, five uyezds of the Novgorod Governorate, including those located on the area of the present-day Vologda Oblast, were split off to form Cherepovets Governorate
Cherepovets Governorate
Cherepovets Governorate was a governorate of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1927. Its seat was in the city of Cherepovets...
, with the administrative center in Cherepovets
Cherepovets
Cherepovets is the largest city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Sheksna River, a tributary of the Volga River. Population: 311,869 ; It is served by Cherepovets Airport.-Location:...
. On August 1, 1927 Cherepovets Governorate was abolished, and its area became Cherepovets Okrug of Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...
. Simultaneously, uyezds were abolished in favor of districts. On September 23, 1937 all these districts (with the towns of Cherepovets, Babayevo, Vytegra, Ustyuzhna, Belozersk, and Kirillov) were transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast.
In total, the following districts formed Vologda Oblast in 1937:
- Transferred from Northern Oblast: Biryakovsky, Chyobsarsky, GryazovetskyGryazovetsky DistrictGryazovetsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Gryazovetsky Municipal District...
, KharovskyKharovsky DistrictKharovsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kharovsky Municipal District. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Vozhegodsky District in the north, Syamzhensky District in the east,...
, Kichmengsko-GorodetskyKichmengsko-Gorodetsky DistrictKichmengsko-Gorodetsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky Municipal District...
, Kubeno-Ozersky, LedengskyBabushkinsky District, Vologda OblastBabushkinsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Babushkinsky Municipal District...
, Lezhsky, MezhdurechenskyMezhdurechensky District, Vologda OblastMezhdurechensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Mezhdurechensky Municipal District...
, NikolskyNikolsky District, Vologda OblastNikolsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Nikolsky Municipal District...
, NyuksenskyNyuksensky DistrictNyuksensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Nyuksensky Municipal District...
, PavinskyPavinsky DistrictPavinsky District is an administrative district , one of the 24 in Kostroma Oblast, Russia....
, SokolskySokolsky DistrictSokolsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia:*Sokolsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast...
, SyamzhenskySyamzhensky DistrictSyamzhensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Syamzhensky Municipal District...
, TarnogskyTarnogsky DistrictTarnogsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Tarnogsky Municipal District...
, TotemskyTotemsky DistrictTotemsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Totemsky Municipal District...
, Ust-Alekseevsky, Ust-KubinskyUst-Kubinsky DistrictUst-Kubinsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Ust-Kubinsky Municipal District...
, VelikoustyugskyVelikoustyugsky DistrictVelikoustyugsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Velikoustyugsky Municipal District...
, VerkhovazhskyVerkhovazhsky DistrictVerkhovazhsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Verkhovazhsky Municipal District...
, VokhomskyVokhomsky DistrictVokhomsky District is an administrative district , one of the 24 in Kostroma Oblast, Russia....
, Vozhegodsky DistrictVozhegodsky DistrictVozhegodsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vozhegodsky Municipal District...
s, as well as the city of VologdaVologdaVologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
. - Transferred from Leningrad OblastLeningrad OblastLeningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...
: Andomsky, BabayevskyBabayevsky DistrictBabayevsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
, BelozerskyBelozersky DistrictBelozersky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name literally means "pertaining to white lakes".*Belozersky District, Kurgan Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Kurgan Oblast...
, Borisovo-Sudsky, ChagodoshchenskyChagodoshchensky DistrictChagodoshchensky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
, Charozersky, CherepovetskyCherepovetsky DistrictCherepovetsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
, KaduyskyKaduysky DistrictKaduysky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
, KirillovskyKirillovsky DistrictKirillovsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kirillovsky Municipal District...
, Kovzhinsky, Myaksinsky, Oshtinsky, Petrinevsky, Prisheksninsky, Sholsky, UstyuzhenskyUstyuzhensky DistrictUstyuzhensky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 26 in Vologda Oblast, Russia....
, VashikinskyVashkinsky DistrictVashkinsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vashkinsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Vytegorsky District in the north, Kirillovsky District in the east,...
, Vytegorsky DistrictVytegorsky DistrictVytegorsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vytegorsky Municipal District...
s, as well as the city of CherepovetsCherepovetsCherepovets is the largest city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Sheksna River, a tributary of the Volga River. Population: 311,869 ; It is served by Cherepovets Airport.-Location:...
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On August 13, 1944 Pavinsky and Vokhomsky Districts were transferred to Kostroma Oblast
Kostroma Oblast
Kostroma Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma.Major historic towns include Kostroma, Sharya, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, and Makaryev. Textile industries have been developed there since the early 18th century...
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During the attempted administrative reform in 1963, districts were subdivided into urban and rural districts. The reform was abandoned in 1965, and the division into districts was restored.
Abolished districts
After 1927 (with the exception of the aborted reform of 1963-1965) borders between the districts sometimes were modified, and as a result some of the districts were abolished,- Andomsky District (the administrative center in the selo of Andomsky Pogost), established in 1927, abolished in 1955, merged into Vytegorsky District;
- Biryakovsky District (the administrative center in the city of Biryakovo), established in 1935, abolished in 1959, split between Sokolsky and Mezhdurechensky Districts;