Syamzha () is a
rural locality (a ''
selo'') and the
administrative center
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of
Syamzhensky District
Syamzhensky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1122-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Vozhegodsky District in the north, Ve ...
of
Vologda Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located on both banks of the
Syamzhena River, a
tributary
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of the
Kubena River
The Kubena () is a river in Konoshsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vozhegodsky, Syamzhensky, Kharovsky, Sokolsky, and Ust-Kubinsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is long, and the area of its basin . The Kubena is the principa ...
. It also serves as the administrative center of
Syamzhensky Selsoviet, one of the ten selsoviets into which the district is
administratively divided.
Municipally, it is the administrative center of
Syamzhenskoye Rural Settlement. Population:
The name of Syamzha originates from the Syamzhena River, which, in turn, originates from
Finnic languages
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Traditionally, ...
and means "moss water" or "water from the swamp".
History
On July 15, 1929, Syamzhensky District with the center in the village of
Yarygino was established and became a part of
Vologda Okrug
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The city serves as ...
of Northern Krai. On August 5, 1931, the district was abolished, and on January 25, 1935 it was reestablished.
The district center was established in the village of
Dyakovskaya. In the same year, the ''selo'' of Syamzha was established by merging several villages at the crossing of the Syamzhena River by the highway connecting Vologda and Arkhangelsk.
In 1953, the district center was transferred to Syamzha.
Economy
Industry
The economy of Syamzha is dominated by timber industry, which produces 82% of all goods in the district. There is also a butter factory.
Transportation
One of the principal highways in Russia,
M8, which connects
Moscow
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and
Arkhangelsk
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, crosses Syamzhensky district from the south to the north, passing through Syamzha. There are also local roads, with the bus traffic originating from Syamzha.
Culture and recreation
In 2006, the Syamzhensky District Museum was opened in Syamzha. It displays archaeologic, ethnographic, and local interest collections.
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Rural localities in Syamzhensky District