Veliky Ustyug
Veliky Ustyug is an ancient merchant town of the Russian North in the far northeast of Vologda Oblast. Russian tourists throng here in the winter, as it is home to Ded Moroz, but the architecture and history alone make this a destination worth seeking out.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Olga1969, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 31,800 residents
- Description: town in Russia
- Also known as: “Usting Velikiĭ”, “Ustyug”, and “Velikiy Ustyug”
- Address: Великоустюгский район
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sukhona and Dormition сathedral, Veliky Ustyug.
Sukhona
River
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Sukhona is a river in the European part of Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina. The course of the Sukhona lies in Ust-Kubinsky, Sokolsky, Mezhdurechensky, Totemsky, Tarnogsky, Nyuksensky, and Velikoustyugsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yudino and Fyodorovskaya.
Yudino
Village
Yudino is a rural locality and the administrative center of Yudinskoye Rural Settlement, Velikoustyugsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 424 as of 2002. There are 38 streets.
Fyodorovskaya
Hamlet
Fyodorovskaya is a rural locality in Yudinskoye Rural Settlement, Velikoustyugsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 14 as of 2002.
Slobodka
Hamlet
Slobodka is a rural locality in Veliky Ustyug Urban Settlement, Velikoustyugsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 244 as of the 2002 census.
Veliky Ustyug
- Categories: administrative center, city or town, architectural landmark, and locality
- Location: Vologda Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.7613° or 60° 45′ 41″ northLongitude
46.3015° or 46° 18′ 5″ eastPopulation
31,800Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)IATA airport code
VUSUnited Nations Location Code
RU VUSOpen location code
9HG8Q862+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 335978507OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
476062Wikidata ID
Q111048
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Waray—“Veliky Ustyug” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Weliki Oestjoeg”
- Arabic: “فيليكي أوستيوغ”
- Arabic: “فيليكي اوستيوغ”
- Arabic: “فيليكيي وستيوغ، فولوغدا”
- Armenian: “Վելիկի Ուստյուգ”
- Bashkir: “Бөйөк Устюг”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Усцюг”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Усьцюг”
- Bulgarian: “Велики Устюг”
- Catalan: “Veliki Ústiug”
- Cebuano: “Velikiy Ustyug”
- Chechen: “Устюг”
- Chinese: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Chinese: “大乌斯秋格”
- Chinese: “大烏斯秋格”
- Crimean Tatar: “Velikiy Ustüg”
- Croatian: “Veliki Ustjug”
- Czech: “Velikij Usťug”
- Danish: “Veliki Ustjug”
- Dimli (individual language): “Veliky Ustyug”
- Dutch: “Veliki Oestjoeg”
- Dutch: “Velikiy Ustyug”
- Eastern Mari: “Кугу Устюг”
- Esperanto: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Estonian: “Veliki Ustjug”
- Finnish: “Veliki Ustjug”
- French: “Veliki Oustioug”
- German: “Ustjug”
- German: “Veliky Ustyug”
- German: “Weliki Ustjug”
- German: “Welikij Ustjug”
- Greek: “Βελίκι Ούστιουγκ”
- Hebrew: “וליקי אוסטיוג”
- Hungarian: “Velikij Usztyug”
- Italian: “Veliki Ustyug”
- Italian: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Italian: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Japanese: “ヴェリキイ・ウスチュグ”
- Komi: “Великöй Устюг”
- Komi: “Югдiн”
- Komi: “Югдін”
- Korean: “벨리키우스튜크”
- Korean: “웰리끼 우스쮸그”
- Latin: “Ustiug”
- Latin: “Ustiuga Magna”
- Latin: “Ustiuga”
- Latin: “Ustyug”
- Latvian: “Veļikijustjuga”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Ustiugas”
- Low German: “Weliki Ustjug”
- Macedonian: “Велики Устјуг”
- Malayalam: “വെലിക്കി ഉസ്ത്യുഗ്”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Nauru: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Nauru: “Welikiy Ustyug”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Norwegian: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Ossetian: “Стыр Устюг”
- Persian: “ولیکی اوستیوگ”
- Persian: “ولیکیی اوستیوگ”
- Polish: “Wielikij Ustiug”
- Polish: “Wielki Ustiug”
- Polish: “Великий Устюг”
- Portuguese: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Romanian: “Veliki Ustiug”
- Russian: “Великий Устюг”
- Russian: “Вели́кий У́стюг”
- Russian: “Устюг Великий”
- Russian: “Устюг”
- Serbian: “Veliki Ustjug”
- Serbian: “Велики Устјуг”
- Serbian: “Великий Устюг”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Ustjug”
- South Azerbaijani: “ولیکی اوستیوق”
- Spanish: “Veliki Ustiug”
- Spanish: “Veliki Ústiug”
- Spanish: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Swedish: “Velikij Ustiug”
- Swedish: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Tagalog: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Talysh: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Tatar: “Бөек Устюг”
- Tatar: “Велики-Устүг”
- Turkish: “Veliki Ustyug”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Устюг”
- Ukrainian: “Устюг”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wjelikij Ustjug”
- Veps: “Sur‘ Ustüg”
- Veps: “Sur’ Ustüg”
- Waray (Philippines): “Veliky Ustyug”
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