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Vologda Oblast

Vologda Oblast is a region in , which borders and to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Vologda and Cherepovets.

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is a city in . It is part of the Silver Ring of cultural and historical centers of Northwestern Russia.

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is the largest city in Vologda Oblast, founded in the 14th century as a monastery. Although not the administrative capital of Vologda Oblast, it certainly serves as the economic one solely due to the large company it hosts, OAO Severstal', which dominates the entire city.

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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.

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is a historic northern Russian town in Vologda Oblast No less interesting than its better known, touristy neighbor, , this is an ancient, historic town of the Russian North, lying on the Sukhona River.

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is a village in , Vologda Oblast, , containing the .

Vologda Oblast

Latitude of center
60.0391° or 60° 2′ 21″ north
Longitude of center
43.1215° or 43° 7′ 18″ east
Population
1,180,000
Elevation
178 metres (584 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 577359740
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
472454
Wiki­data ID
Q2015
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Vologda Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Oblast Vologda”
  • Afrikaans: “Wologda-oblast”
  • Arabic: “فولوغدا أوبلاست”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فولوغدا”
  • Armenian: “Վոլոգդայի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Óblast de Vólogda”
  • Azerbaijani: “Voloqda vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Вологда өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Vologda oblasta”
  • Belarusian: “Валагодзкая вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Валагодская вобласць”
  • Bengali: “ভোলোগদা ওব্লাস্ট”
  • Bosnian: “Vologodska oblast”
  • Breton: “Oblast Vologda”
  • Bulgarian: “Вологодска област”
  • Catalan: “óblast de Vólogda”
  • Catalan: “Óblast de Vólogda”
  • Catalan: “província de Vólogda”
  • Catalan: “Província de Vólogda”
  • Cebuano: “Vologodskaya Oblast‘”
  • Cebuano: “Vologodskaya Oblast’”
  • Chechen: “Вологдин область”
  • Chinese: “Vologda Chiu”
  • Chinese: “沃洛格达州”
  • Chinese: “沃洛格達州”
  • Chinese: “禾洛格達州”
  • Chuvash: “Вологда облаçĕ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Vologda vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Vologodska oblast”
  • Czech: “Vologdská oblast”
  • Danish: “Vologda oblast”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Vologda”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Vologda”
  • Dutch: “Vologda”
  • Eastern Mari: “Вологда вел”
  • Eastern Mari: “Вологдо вел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤولوجدا”
  • Erzya: “Вологдань ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Vologda provinco”
  • Estonian: “Vologda oblast”
  • Finnish: “Vologdan alue”
  • French: “oblast de Vologda”
  • French: “Oblast de Vologda”
  • French: “région de Vologda”
  • French: “Vologda”
  • Galician: “óblast de Vologda”
  • Georgian: “ვოლოგდის ოლქი”
  • German: “Oblast Wologda”
  • German: “Wologda”
  • Greek: “Όμπλαστ της Βόλογκντα”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Βόλογκντα”
  • Gujarati: “વોલોગ્ડા ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Vologda-chû”
  • Hebrew: “וולוגדה”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז וולוגדה”
  • Hindi: “वोलोग्दा ओब्लास्ट”
  • Hindi: “वोलोडा ओब्लास्ट”
  • Hungarian: “Vologdai terület”
  • Icelandic: “Vologdafylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Vologda”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Vologda”
  • Inupiaq: “Vologtanken Nutanut”
  • Irish: “Cúige Vologda”
  • Italian: “oblast‘ di Vologda”
  • Italian: “Oblast’ di Vologda”
  • Japanese: “Vologda Oblast”
  • Japanese: “Вологодская область”
  • Japanese: “ヴォログダ州”
  • Kabardian: “Вологда област”
  • Kannada: “ವೊಲೊಗ್ಡಾ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Вологда областы”
  • Kirghiz: “Вологда облусу”
  • Komi: “Вӧлӧгда обласьт”
  • Korean: “볼로그다주”
  • Kotava: “RossiaVologdaWinka”
  • Ladin: “Oblast de Vologda”
  • Latin: “Regio Vologdensis”
  • Latvian: “Vologdas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Vologdos sritis”
  • Lombard: “Oblast de Vologda”
  • Macedonian: “Вологодска област”
  • Macedonian: “Вологодска Област”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Vologda”
  • Marathi: “वोलोग्दा ओब्लास्त”
  • Mazanderani: “ولوگدا اوبلاست”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Vologda Ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vologda Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “ვოლოგდაშ ოლქი”
  • Moksha: “Вологдань аймак”
  • Mongolian: “Вологда муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wologda (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wologda”
  • Northern Luri: “ولوگدا”
  • Northern Sami: “Vologda oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vologda oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vologda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vologda oblast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vologda”
  • Norwegian: “Vologda oblast”
  • Norwegian: “Vologodskaja oblast”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oblast de Vologda”
  • Ossetian: “Вологдæйы облæст”
  • Persian: “استان ولوگدا”
  • Persian: “اوبلاست ولوگدا”
  • Polish: “obwód wołogodzki”
  • Polish: “Obwód wołogodzki”
  • Portuguese: “Oblast de Vologda”
  • Portuguese: “Vologda”
  • Pushto: “وولوګودا ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Vologda”
  • Russia Buriat: “Вологдын можо”
  • Russian: “Вологодская область”
  • Russian: “Вологодская Область”
  • Scots: “Vologda Oblast”
  • Serbian: “Вологдска област”
  • Serbian: “Вологодска област”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vologodska oblast”
  • Sinhala: “වොලෝග්ඩා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Vologdská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Vologdska oblast”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ولوقدا اوبلاستی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وولوقدا اوبلاستی”
  • Spanish: “Oblast de Vologda”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Vólogda”
  • Swahili: “Vologda Oblast”
  • Swedish: “Vologda oblast”
  • Swedish: “Vologda”
  • Tagalog: “Vologda Oblast”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Вологда”
  • Talysh: “Vologda vilojət”
  • Tamil: “வொலக்தா ஓப்லஸ்து”
  • Tamil: “வொலக்தா மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “வோலோகிடா ஒப்ளாஸ்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Вологда өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “వోోలోగ్డా ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นโวลอกดา”
  • Turkish: “Vologda Oblastı”
  • Udmurt: “Вологда улос”
  • Ukrainian: “Вологодська область”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Wologda”
  • Urdu: “ولوگدا اوبلاست”
  • Uzbek: “Vologda viloyati”
  • Veps: “Vologdan agj”
  • Vietnamese: “Vologda”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Vologda”
  • Vlaams: “Oblast Vologda”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vologda Oblast”
  • Welsh: “Oblast Vologda”
  • Western Frisian: “Vologda (oblast)”
  • Western Frisian: “Vologda”
  • Western Panjabi: “ولوگدا”
  • Wu Chinese: “沃洛格达州”
  • Yakut: “Вологда уобалаhа”
  • Yakut: “Вологда уобалаһа”
  • Yue Chinese: “禾洛格達州”

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