Imeni Babushkina (), formerly Ledengskoye (), is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') and the
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of
Babushkinsky District
Babushkinsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia.
*Babushkinsky District, Moscow, a district in North-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow
* a different, former district in Moscow
* Babushkinsky Di ...
of
Vologda Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located on the banks of the
Ledenga River. It also serves as the administrative center of Babushkinsky Selsoviet, one of the fifteen selsoviets into which the district is
administratively divided.
Municipally, it is the administrative center of
Babushkinskoye Rural Settlement. Population:
Prior to 1941, it was known as Ledengskoye. Both the
district
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and the ''selo'' were renamed in March 1941 to commemorate
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical Faction (political), faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, ...
revolutionary
Ivan Babushkin
Ivan Vasilyevich Babushkin () (pseudonym Nikolay Nikolaevich) (January 3, 1873 – January 18, 1906) was a Russian professional Bolshevik revolutionary.
Early years
Babushkin was born in the ''selo'' of Ledengskoye, Totemsky Uyezd of Vologda ...
, who was born in Ledengskoye.
History
In the 14th century, salt was discovered in the valley of the Ledenga, and the selo of Ledengskoye was historically known for salt production. In the 19th century, Ledengskoye belonged to
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 te ...
of
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. ...
. On July 15, 1929
Ledengsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Ledengskoye was established as part of
Vologda Okrug
Vologda (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population:
The city serves as ...
of
Northern Krai
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.
From 1841, the salt water of Ledengskoye was used for medical purposes. In 1989, the Ledengsk
Spa
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Resort was open. The resort uses underground lakes with high concentration of salt.
Economy
The salt production was traditionally the main occupation of the population of Ledengskoye, but it is extinct. The economy of babushkinsky District is based on timber production.
Transportation
A paved road connecting
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, no ...
with
Nikolsk passes through Imeni Babushkina. Before the road between Totma and
Veliky Ustyug
Veliky Ustyug () is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the northeast of the oblast at the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 31,665.
Veliky Ustyug has a great historical signific ...
along the Sukhona was completed in the 2000s, this was the only road connecting
Vologda
Vologda (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population:
The city serves as ...
and Totma to Veliky Ustyug. There is regular bus traffic.
Culture and recreation
Imeni Babushkina contains one object (a monument to Ivan Babushkin) classified as cultural heritage of the federal significance and eight objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. These are the buildings of
Ledengskoye Salt Production Factory, the church ensemble, and the house where
Ivan Babushkin
Ivan Vasilyevich Babushkin () (pseudonym Nikolay Nikolaevich) (January 3, 1873 – January 18, 1906) was a Russian professional Bolshevik revolutionary.
Early years
Babushkin was born in the ''selo'' of Ledengskoye, Totemsky Uyezd of Vologda ...
was born.
The Memorial Museum of Ivan Babushkin is located in Imeni Babushkina.
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Rural localities in Babushkinsky District
Babushkinsky District, Vologda Oblast
Totemsky Uyezd