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Vologda Oblast
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Vologda Oblast is a federal region in Russia located in the northwestern part of the country. It's an important area for timber production and traditional crafts, serving as a significant economic contributor to the Russian Federation.
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- Instance of
- federal subject of Russia
- Official name
- Вологодская область
- Award
- Order of Lenin
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Vologda
- Population
- 1160445
- Area
- 145700
- Head of government
- Georgy Filimonov
- Shares border with
- Karelia
- Official website
- www.vologda-oblast.ru
- Image
- Andoma Mountains by the lake Onega in Vologda oblast 01.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 35
- Coat of arms
- coat of arms of Vologda Oblast
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- topic's main category
- Category:Vologda Oblast
- list of monuments
- Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Vologda Oblast
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Vologda Oblast
- Commons category
- Vologda Oblast
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Vologda Oblast
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vologda Oblast
- inception
- 1937-09-23
- language used
- Veps
- replaces
- Northern Oblast
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Vologda Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The oblast has a population of 1,202,444 (2010 Census). The largest city is Cherepovets, the home of the Severstal metallurgical plant, the largest industrial enterprise in the oblast.
Vologda Oblast is home to many historic monuments, such as the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Ferapontov Monastery (a World Heritage Site) with the frescoes of Dionisius, the two medieval towns of Velikiy Ustyug and Belozersk, and the baroque churches of Totma and Ustyuzhna.
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