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Vologda (vô`ləgdə), city (1989 pop. 283,000), capital of Vologda region, N central European Russia, on the Vologda River. It is a major river and rail junction in a dairying region. There are railroad repair yards, machine factories, lumber mills, and flax-processing plants. Vologda is famed for its lace. Founded in 1147 by merchants from Novgorod, it passed to Moscow in the 15th cent. and was from the 15th to 17th cent. a major trade center and transit point to NE Russia, Siberia, and W Europe. It declined in the 18th cent. but revived in the late 19th cent. with the development of the lumber industry and the coming of the railroad. In Vologda's old kremlin are the 18th-century bishop's palace and the Cathedral of St. Sophia, built (1568–70) by Ivan IV. The Spasso-Priluki monastery (founded 1371) is nearby. Vologda an industrial city in W central Russia. Pop.: 295 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When he was four years old his father was arrested for revolutionary activity and exiled, with his wife and child, to Vologda, 250 miles north of Moscow. The numerous shortfalls that were identified included failure to carry out the plan of specialist training for the Armed Forces because of insufficient draft contingent provided in 1987 by military registration and enlistment offices in Georgia and Mordovia; Astrakhan, Vologda, Volgograd, Ryazan, Irkutsk, and Kaliningrad regions, and the city of Kiev (in 1986, 16 territories and regions DOSAAF committees failed to meet their targets) and poor organization of the training process. The incident got the country talking about homosexuality, and a first-ever lesbian union in Vologda in October added fuel to the debate. |
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