Vytegra

Vytegra (Russian Вытегра ) is a city in North-West Russia. It is located in the Vologda Oblast and has 10,488 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 280 km north-west of the river Vytegra Oblasthauptstadt Vologda, about 15 km from its mouth in Lake Onega. The Vytegra here is part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway, as well as her in 1810 went into operation predecessor, the Marien -channel system.

Vytegra is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The place is since 1710 under the name Wjangi (Russian Вянги, after this opening into the Vytegra tributary) known and received in 1773 under the present name of a town.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1926-1939 rounded)

Culture and sights

In Wztegra the Resurrection cathedral (Russian Воскресенский собор / Voskresensky Sobor, 1796-1800 ) and the Church of the Presentation of the Lord ( Сретенская церковь / Sretenskaja Tserkov, 1869-73 ).

The nearby village Anchimowo, located extraordinary wooden Intercession Intercession Cathedral ( Покровский собор / Pokrovsky Sobor, 1708) with 24 domes burned down in 1963.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Anastasia Sergejewna Sadoroschnaja ( born 1985 ), singer, actress and model
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