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.
- Type: Town with 31,800 residents
- Description: town in Russia
- Also known as: “Usting Velikiĭ”, “Ustiug”, “Ustjug”, “Ustyug”, “Velikiy Ustyug”, “Welikij Ustjug”, “Welikiy Ustyug”, “Wielikij Ustiug”, “Великöй Устюг”, “Велики-Устүг”, “Вели́кий У́стюг”, “Устюг Великий”, “Югдiн”, “فيليكي اوستيوغ”, “فيليكيي وستيوغ، فولوغدا”, “ولیکیی اوستیوگ”, and “웰리끼 우스쮸그”
- Address: Великоустюгский муниципальный округ
Places of Interest
Highlights: Dormition сathedral, Veliky Ustyug and Church of Saint Simeon Stylite (Veliky Ustyug).
Dormition сathedral, Veliky Ustyug
Photo: Ipaat, Public domain.
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
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Latitude
60.7613° or 60° 45′ 41″ north
Longitude
46.3015° or 46° 18′ 5″ east
Population
31,800
Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)
IATA airport code
VUS
UN/LOCODE
RU VUS
Open location code
9HG8Q862+GH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Waray—“Veliky Ustyug” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Weliki Oestjoeg”
- Arabic: “فيليكي أوستيوغ”
- Armenian: “Վելիկի Ուստյուգ”
- Azerbaijani: “Veliki Ustyuq”
- Bashkir: “Бөйөк Устюг”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Усцюг”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Усьцюг”
- Bulgarian: “Велики Устюг”
- Catalan: “Veliki Ústiug”
- Cebuano: “Velikiy Ustyug”
- Chechen: “Велики Устюг”
- Chechen: “Устюг”
- 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”
- Eastern Mari: “Кугу Устюг”
- Esperanto: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Estonian: “Veliki Ustjug”
- Finnish: “Veliki Ustjug”
- French: “Veliki Oustioug”
- German: “Weliki Ustjug”
- Greek: “Βελίκι Ούστιουγκ”
- Hebrew: “וליקי אוסטיוג”
- Hungarian: “Velikij Usztyug”
- Italian: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Japanese: “ヴェリキイ・ウスチュグ”
- Komi: “Югдін”
- Korean: “벨리키우스튜크”
- Latin: “Ustiuga Magna”
- Latin: “Ustiuga”
- Latvian: “Veļikijustjuga”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Ustiugas”
- Low German: “Weliki Ustjug”
- Macedonian: “Велики Устјуг”
- Malayalam: “വെലിക്കി ഉസ്ത്യുഗ്”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Nauru: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Norwegian: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Ossetian: “Стыр Устюг”
- Persian: “ولیکی اوستیوگ”
- Polish: “Wielki Ustiug”
- Portuguese: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Romanian: “Veliki Ustiug”
- Russian: “Великий Устюг”
- Serbian: “Veliki Ustjug”
- Serbian: “Велики Устјуг”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Ustjug”
- South Azerbaijani: “ولیکی اوستیوق”
- Spanish: “Veliki Ústiug”
- Swedish: “Velikij Ustiug”
- Swedish: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Tagalog: “Veliky Ustyug”
- Talysh: “Velikij Ustjug”
- Tatar: “Бөек Устюг”
- Turkish: “Veliki Ustyug”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Устюг”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wjelikij Ustjug”
- Urdu: “ویلیگی اوستیوگ”
- Veps: “Sur‘ Ustüg”
- Veps: “Sur’ Ustüg”
- Waray (Philippines): “Veliky Ustyug”
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Places to explore: Дымково and Ivashevo.
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