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.
City code: 8172
Information Service: Another code! (817) 9909111
Address of the district administration: ul. Pushkinskaya 24, 160000 Vologda, Russia
Head of the district administration: Alexander Gordeev, Tel.: 721510
