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, associated with the river Tulgas, a tributary of

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History

By the administrative division of the 17th century

, it defined the Tulgasskaya ''

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Uyezd) of Pomorsky Krai ( Pomorye). During the Soviet times, there was Tulgassky '' Selsoviet'' (until 1956)."Tuglas"
by Вольдемар Попов, ''Dvinovazhye'' (Двиноважье), July 8, 2003 no. 73 (retrieved July 6, 2013) The area is of historical interest due to the battles of the

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of the

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. In fact, the collective term "Tulgas" for the area was introduced in books about the

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in Northern Russia, published both in the

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and Russia, and in the West. In particular, the Battle of Tulgas is known.

Populated places

The Tulgasskaya Volost listed the following villages: Нероновское, Булановское, Карповское, Сысоевское, Степановское (Стефановское), Труфановское, Масловское, Дмитриевское, Большое and Малое Коноваловское. By the 21st century of old names only the following names were preserved: Нероновская, Степановкая, Масловская, Коноваловская.

References

{{coord missing, Arkhangelsk Oblast Historical regions Historical regions in Russia Geography of Arkhangelsk Oblast