Vytegra

Vytegra () is a town and the administrative center of Vytegorsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located along the shores of the Vytegra River on Volga–Baltic Waterway, northwest of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Vytegra
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Вытегра
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: RU Vytegra Townview.JPG
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: View of Vytegra
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of arms of Vytegra (2007).gif
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Vytegra (Vologda oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Vologda Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Vytegorsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Vytegra
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Town of district significance
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Vytegorsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: town of district significance of Vytegra
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Vytegorsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Vytegra Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Vytegorsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Vytegra Urban Settlement

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Administrative and municipal status
Economy
Industry
Transportation
Culture and recreation
Climate
References
Notes
Sources

==History== It was first mentioned in 1496 as Vytegorsky Pogost (). Since 1710, it was known as Vyangi (), located at the confluence of the Vytegra and the Vyangi Rivers.

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