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Totemsky Uyezd
Totemsky Uyezd () was one of the subdivisions of the Vologda Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Totma. In terms of present-day administrative borders, the territory of Totemsky Uyezd is divided between the Totemsky District, Totemsky, Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast, Sokolsky, Mezhdurechensky District, Vologda Oblast, Mezhdurechensky, Babushkinsky District, Vologda Oblast, Babushkinsky and Tarnogsky District, Tarnogsky districts of Vologda Oblast. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Totemsky Uyezd had a population of 146,819. Of these, 99.9% spoke Russian language, Russian as their native language. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей ...
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Vologda Governorate
Vologda Governorate (), also known as the Government of Vologda, was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Vologda. The area of the governorate is currently split between Arkhangelsk Oblast, Arkhangelsk, Vologda Oblast, Vologda, Kirov Oblast, Kirov, and Kostroma Oblasts, and the Komi Republic. Vologda Governorate was officially created in 1796 from the disbanded Vologda Viceroyalty (namestnichestvo) which was split between Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty and Vologda Viceroyalty just before the new administrative reform. Administrative division It was administered by 10 uyezds (the administrative centers, which all had the town status, are given in parentheses), *Velsky Uyezd (Velsk); *Vologodsky Uyezd (Vologda); *Gryazovetsky Uyezd (Gryazovets); *Kadnikovsky Uyezd (Kadnikov); *Nikolsky Uyezd (Nikolsk, Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the list of largest empires, third-largest empire in history, behind only the British Empire, British and Mongol Empire, Mongol empires. It also Russian colonization of North America, colonized Alaska between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. From the 10th to 17th centuries, the Russians had been ruled by a noble class known as the boyars, above whom was the tsar, an absolute monarch. The groundwork of the Russian Empire was laid by Ivan III (), who greatly expanded his domain, established a centralized Russian national state, and secured inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totma
Totma () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Totemsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River at its confluence with the Pesya Denga River, Pesya Denga, northeast of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was first mentioned in the chronicles in 1137 (according to other sources—in 1138) as the ''pogost'' of Todma (). It was founded by Novgorod Republic, Novgorodians, who used the Sukhona River, Sukhona as the main waterway leading to the north and eventually to the White Sea. The name "Totma" is nevertheless of Finno-Ugric languages, Finno-Ugrian origin, which, together with archeological discoveries, indicates that an earlier settlement on the site of the present town was established by the Volga Finns#Merya, Merya people. The original ''pogost'' was located downstream of the current location, close to the mouth of the Staraya Totma River. In the 13th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totemsky District
Totemsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1114-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Verkhovazhsky and Tarnogsky Districts in the north, Nyuksensky District in the northeast, Babushkinsky District in the east, Chukhlomsky and Soligalichsky Districts of Kostroma Oblast in the south, Mezhdurechensky and Sokolsky Districts in the southwest, and with Syamzhensky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Totma.Resolution #178 Population: 26,392 ( 2002 Census); The population of Totma accounts for 42.0% of the district's total population. Geography The district is elongated from south to north, with a protrusion in the northeast. The main waterway within the district limits is the Sukhona River, which crosses it from southwest to northeast. Almost all of the district lies in the basin of the Sukhona and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast
Sokolsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1121-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Kharovsky and Syamzhensky Districts in the north, Totemsky District in the east, Mezhdurechensky District in the south, Vologodsky District in the southwest, and with Ust-Kubinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Sokol (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 14,951 ( 2002 Census); Geography The district is elongated from west to east and lies in the basin of the Sukhona River. The westernmost part of the district is on the shore of Lake Kubenskoye. The source of the Sukhona is located in Ust-Kubinsky District, but a relatively short stretch of the river course runs through the district downstream of the source. In particular, the town of Sokol is located on the banks of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezhdurechensky District, Vologda Oblast
Mezhdurechensky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1118-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Sokolsky District in the north, Totemsky District in the northeast, Soligalichsky District of Kostroma Oblast in the southeast, Gryazovetsky District in the south, and with Vologodsky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Shuyskoye.Resolution #178 District's population: 7,641 ( 2002 Census); The population of Shuyskoye accounts for 36.8% of the district's total population. As of 2010, Mezhdurechensky District had the lowest population among all the districts of Vologda Oblast. Geography Mezhdurechensky District is elongated from west to east and is organized along the Sukhona River, which in the western part of the district forms the border with Sokolsky District, and to the east enters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babushkinsky District, Vologda Oblast
Babushkinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1106-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Nyuksensky District in the north, Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District in the northeast, Nikolsky District in the east, Kologrivsky and Chukhlomsky Districts of Kostroma Oblast in the south, and with Totemsky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of imeni Babushkina.Resolution #178 District's population: 14,994 ( 2002 Census); The population of imeni Babushkina accounts for 31.6% of the district's population. Name Prior to 1941, the district was known as Ledengsky District, and the ''selo'' of imeni Babushkina was known as Ledengskoye. Both the district and its administrative center were renamed in March 1941 to commemorate Bolshevik revolutionary Ivan Babushkin, who was born in Ledengskoye. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarnogsky District
Tarnogsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1123-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Ustyansky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Nyuksensky District in the east, Totemsky District in the south, and with Verkhovazhsky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Tarnogsky Gorodok.Resolution #178 District's population: 15,363 ( 2002 Census); The population of Tarnogsky Gorodok accounts for 41.8% of the district's total population. Geography The district is located at the divide between the Sukhona and the Vaga Rivers and belongs thus to the Northern Dvina's basin. The Sukhona forms the southeastern border of the district. The northeastern part of the district lies in the basin of the Uftyuga River, the left tributary of the Sukhona. The Uftyuga, as well as its main tribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast (, ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The oblast has a population of 1,202,444 (Russian Census (2010), 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. Large reserves of wood and fresh water are the main natural resources. History The area of Vologda Oblast was settled by Finnic peoples in prehistory, and most of the Toponymy, toponyms in the region are in fact Finnic. Vepsians, who still live in the west of the oblast, are the descendants of that population. Subsequently, the area was colonized by the Russians. Belozersk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Language
Russian is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russians. It was the ''de facto'' and ''de jure'' De facto#National languages, official language of the former Soviet Union.1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 Russian has remained an official language of the Russia, Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to a lesser extent in the Baltic states and Russian language in Israel, Israel. Russian has over 253 million total speakers worldwide. It is the List of languages by number of speakers in Europe, most spoken native language in Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totemsky Uyezd
Totemsky Uyezd () was one of the subdivisions of the Vologda Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Totma. In terms of present-day administrative borders, the territory of Totemsky Uyezd is divided between the Totemsky District, Totemsky, Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast, Sokolsky, Mezhdurechensky District, Vologda Oblast, Mezhdurechensky, Babushkinsky District, Vologda Oblast, Babushkinsky and Tarnogsky District, Tarnogsky districts of Vologda Oblast. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Totemsky Uyezd had a population of 146,819. Of these, 99.9% spoke Russian language, Russian as their native language. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей ...
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