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Vologda (Russian Federation)
Region: North-West Federal District
Local time: 03:49 pm (+3:00 GMT)
Population: 286 thousand people
Transport: Railway Station, Highways, Pier
Status: a city of regional subordination, the administrative center of the Vologda Region
Phone code: +7 8172 ******
The city is situated in the Prisukhonskaya lowland, 497 km north-east of Moscow. Pier on the Vologda River, the right influx of the Sukhona River.
Economy.
Leading enterprises:
- "Vologodsky Bearing Plant" CJSC
- "Mechanical Engineering Plant" OJSC
- "Vologodsky Optical Mechanics Plant" OJSC
- Branch of Russian Railways "Vologdsky Car Repair Plant" OJSC
- "Electrotechmash" OJSC
- "Central Managing Company" JSC.
- "Trans-Alpha" OJSC, "Vologodsky Mechanical Plant"
- "Vologodsky Plant of Road Machines" OJSC
- "Soyuzlesmontazh" CJSC
The light industry is presented by enterprises for primary processing of flax, two large flax processing plants, lace, garment, jersey production plants.
Vologda is a well known center of lace netting (arose in 1820th; in 1930 the Vologodsky Union of Lacemakers was created). Traditional folk handicrafts are presented by the lace netting company "Snezhinka" CJSC and "Nadezhda" JSC.
The leading branch of agriculture - dairy husbandry, which is about 70% of all agricultural products.
Culture.
Theatres: legitimate drama, puppet.
Museums: History, Architecture and Art Museum-Resort, Architectural and Ethnographical Museum, the House-Museum of Peter I (founded in 1885), Literature Museum of the Poet K.N. Batjushkov, Historical Memorial House-Museum of A.F. Mozhaisky, Museum of Diplomatic Corps, "The World of Forgotten Articles" museum. Picture Gallery. Sophia Cathedral, Voskresensky Cathedral, churches of Konstantin and Elena, John Chrysostomus, Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery ensemble, Spaso-Kamennny Monastery.
Vologda is one of the most preserved large cities of Russia, the present historical image of which was formed by the harmony of stone and wooden architecture.
