Administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast

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Vologda Oblast, Russia Flag of Vologda oblast.svg
Administrative center: Vologda
As of 2013: [1]
Number of districts
(районы)		26
Number of cities/towns
(города)		15
Number of urban-type settlements
(посёлки городского типа)		9
Number of selsovets and rural settlement councils
(сельсоветы и поселковые советы)		368
As of 2002: [2]
Number of rural localities
(сельские населённые пункты)		8,041
Number of uninhabited rural localities
(сельские населённые пункты без населения)		1,625

Administratively, Vologda Oblast is divided into four cities and towns of oblast significance and twenty-six districts.

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In terms of the area, the biggest administrative district is Vytegorsky District (13,100 square kilometers (5,100 sq mi)), the smallest ones are Chagodoshchensky and Ust-Kubinsky Districts (2,400 square kilometers (930 sq mi)).

In terms of the population, the biggest administrative district is Vologodsky District (50,956 in 2002), the smallest one is Mezhdurechensky District (7,641). [3]

Administrative and municipal divisions

Administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast
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DivisionStructure OKATO OKTMO Urban-type settlement/
district-level town*		Rural
AdministrativeMunicipal
Vologda (Вологда)cityurban okrug19 40119 701
Veliky Ustyug (Великий Устюг)city(under Velikoustyugsky )19 41019 614
Sokol (Сокол)city(under Sokolsky )19 42019 638
Cherepovets (Череповец)cityurban okrug19 43019 730
Babayevsky (Бабаевский)district19 20519 605
  • 18 selsovets
Babushkinsky (Бабушкинский)district19 20819 608
  • 15 selsovets
Belozersky (Белозерский)district19 21019 610
  • 13 selsovets
Vashkinsky (Вашкинский)district19 21219 612
  • 12 selsovets
Velikoustyugsky (Великоустюгский)district19 21419 614
  • 20 selsovets
Verkhovazhsky (Верховажский)district19 21619 616
  • 14 selsovets
Vologodsky (Вологодский)district19 21819 618
  • 23 selsovets
Vozhegodsky (Вожегодский)district19 22019 620
  • 15 selsovets
Vytegorsky (Вытегорский)district19 22219 622
  • 15 selsovets
Gryazovetsky (Грязовецкий)district19 22419 624
  • 16 selsovets
Kaduysky (Кадуйский)district19 22619 626
  • 7 selsovets
Kirillovsky (Кирилловский)district19 22819 628
  • 15 selsovets
Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky (Кичменгско-Городецкий)district19 23019 630
  • 17 selsovets
Mezhdurechensky (Междуреченский)district19 23219 632
  • 8 selsovets
Nikolsky (Никольский)district19 23419 634
  • 17 selsovets
Nyuksensky (Нюксенский)district19 23619 636
  • 11 selsovets
Sokolsky (Сокольский)district19 23819 638
  • 12 selsovets
Syamzhensky (Сямженский)district19 24019 640
  • 10 selsovets
Tarnogsky (Тарногский)district19 24219 642
  • 13 selsovets
Totemsky (Тотемский)district19 24619 646
  • Totma (Тотьма) town*
  • 15 selsovets
Ust-Kubinsky (Усть-Кубинский)district19 24819 648
  • 10 selsovets
Ustyuzhensky (Устюженский)district19 25019 650
  • 13 selsovets
Kharovsky (Харовский)district19 25219 652
  • 11 selsovets
Chagodoshchensky (Чагодощенский)district19 25419 654
  • 7 selsovets
Cherepovetsky (Череповецкий)district19 25619 656
  • 25 selsovets
  • 1 rural settlement council
Sheksninsky (Шекснинский)district19 25819 658
  • 15 selsovets

Differences with municipal divisions

Most of the administrative districts of Vologda Oblast are municipally incorporated as municipal districts, and two of the cities and towns of oblast significance are municipally incorporated as urban okrugs. There are, however, several exceptions,

History

December 29 [ O.S. December 18], 1708 Tsar Peter the Great issued an edict which established seven governorates. [4] [5] The description of the borders of the governorates was not given; instead, their area was defined as a set of towns and the lands adjacent to those towns. In the present area of Vologda oblast, two of the governorates — Archangelgorod Governorate (east of the oblast) and Ingermanland Governorate (west of the oblast) — were located. The governorates were subdivided into uyezds, and uyezds into volosts.

The centers of the following uyezds of Archangelgorod Governorate were located in the present-day area of Vologda Oblast,

On June 9 [ O.S. May 29], 1719, the governorate was divided into four provinces: Archangelgorod, Vologda, Galich, and Ustyug. [5] The uyezds were transformed into districts, however, in 1727 the districts were transformed back into uyezds. February 5 [ O.S. January 25] 1780 the Archangelgorod Governorate was transformed into Vologda Viceroyalty. [5] In 1796, the viceroyalty was split into Arkhangelsk and Vologda Governorates. In 1918, the areas which are currently in the east of Vologda Oblast were split off from the Vologda Governorate and moved to the newly established Northern Dvina Governorate. The administrative center of the governorate was Veliky Ustyug.

In 1924, the uyezds of Northern Dvina Governorate were abolished in favor of the new divisions, the districts (raions). Vologda Governorate retained the uyezd division till 1929. On July 15, 1929 the uyezds in Vologda governorate were abolished, and the areas which previously belonged to Vologda and Northern Dvina governorates were merged into Northern Krai. The krai consisted of the Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast, a number of islands in the Arctic Ocean, as well as five administrative districts ( okrugs ), [6] [7]

All these okrugs (except for the Nenets Okrug) were divided into districts. In 1930, the okrugs were abolished, and the districts became directly subordinate to Northern Krai. In 1936, according to the new Soviet Constitution, the Northern Krai was transformed into Northern Oblast. In 1937, Northern Oblast was split into Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast.

West of Arkhangelsk Governorate, two of the centers of uyezds of Ingermanland Governorate were located in the present-day area of Vologda Oblast,

After a series of administrative reforms, by the beginning of the 19th century the west of the oblast belonged to Novgorod Governorate, with the exception of Vytegorsky Uyezd which belonged to Olonets Governorate. In 1922, Olonets Governorate was abolished, and Vytegorsky Uyezd was transferred to Petrograd Governorate (later Leningrad Oblast), with the exception of three volosts, which were moved to Kargopolsky Uyezd and later ended up in Arkhangelsk Oblast.

In June 1918, five uyezds of the Novgorod Governorate, including those located on the area of the present-day Vologda Oblast, were split off to form Cherepovets Governorate, with the administrative center in Cherepovets. On August 1, 1927 Cherepovets Governorate was abolished, and its area became Cherepovets Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. Simultaneously, uyezds were abolished in favor of districts. On September 23, 1937, all these districts (with the towns of Cherepovets, Babayevo, Vytegra, Ustyuzhna, Belozersk, and Kirillov) were transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast. [8]

In total, the following districts formed Vologda Oblast in 1937: [8]

On August 13, 1944 Pavinsky and Vokhomsky Districts were transferred to Kostroma Oblast. [8]

During the attempted administrative reform in 1963, districts were subdivided into urban and rural districts. The reform was abandoned in 1965, and the division into districts was restored.

Abolished districts

After 1924 (with the exception of the aborted reform of 1963-1965) borders between the districts sometimes were modified, and as a result some of the districts were abolished. This list includes the districts which existed in the current area of Vologda Oblast. [8]

Renamed districts

Four of the districts were renamed: Ledengsky into Babushkinsky, Shuysky into Mezhdurechensky, Sverdlovsky into Sokolsky, and Verkhne-Chagodoshchensky into Chagodoshchensky. Sukhonsky District was renamed into Nyuksensky District after it was merged with Kokshengsky District.

References

  1. ↑ Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 19», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 19 , as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  2. ↑ Results of the 2002 Russian Population Census—Territory, number of districts, inhabited localities, and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000](XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  4. ↑ Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов (in Russian)
  5. 1 2 3 Архивный отдел Администрации Мурманской области. Государственный Архив Мурманской области. (1995). Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920-1993 гг.). Справочник. Мурманск: Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север". pp. 19–20.
  6. ↑ "Административно-территориальное деление Архангельской губернии в XVIII-XX вв" (in Russian). Архивы России. 2000. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  7. ↑ Постановление Президиума ВЦИК от 15 июля 1929 года о составе округов и районов Северного Края и их центрах (in Russian). consultant.ru. Archived from the original on January 4, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Справка об изменениях административно-территориального устройства и сети партийных и комсомольских органов на территории Вологодской области (1917-1991) (in Russian). Архивы России. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.

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