Wytegra

city Wytegra Vytegra flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Vologda Rajon Wytegra Founded 1710 Earlier names Wjangi City since 1773 surface 15  km² population 10,488 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 699 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 50  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81746 Post Code 162900 License Plate 35 OKATO 19 222 501 Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 0 ′  N , 36 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 36 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Vologda Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Wytegra ( Russian Вытегра ) is a city in northwestern Russia . It is located in the Vologda Oblast and has 10,488 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 280 km northwest of the oblast capital Vologda on the Wytegra River , about 15 km from its confluence with Lake Onega . Here the Wytegra is part of the Volga-Baltic Sea waterway , like its predecessor, the Marien Canal System, which was put into operation in 1810 .

Wytegra is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

history

The place has been known since 1710 under the name Wjangi (Russian Вянги , after the tributary that flows into the Wytegra) and received city rights in 1773 under its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	4,502
1926	5,090
1939	7,393
1959	11,340
1970	11,729
1979	12,025
1989	12,905
2002	11,400
2010	10,488

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Wytegra are the Resurrection Cathedral (Russian Воскресенский собор / Woskressenski sobor, 1796–1800) and the Church of the Representation of the Lord ( Сретенская церковь / Sretenskaja zerkow, 1869–73).

Nearby, in the village of Anchimowo, the extraordinary wooden Cathedral of the Protection and Intercession of the Virgin Mary ( Покровский собор / Pokrowski sobor, 1708) with 24 domes burned down in 1963.

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  Churches near Wytegra, on the right the Church of the Protection and Intercession of Mary, photographed by Prokudin-Gorski in 1911

sons and daughters of the town

• Anastassija Sergejewna Sadoroschnaja (* 1985), singer, actress and photo model

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Wytegra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wytegra on mojgorod.ru (Russian)