Kichmengsky Gorodok (in English) Кичменгский Городок (Russian) |
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- Rural locality - Selo |
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Location of Vologda Oblast in Russia |
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Administrative status | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
Administrative district | Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District |
Selsoviet | Kichmengsky Selsoviet |
Administrative center of | Tarnogsky District,Tarnogsky Selsoviet |
Municipal status (as of February 2010) | |
Municipal district | Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky Municipal District |
Rural settlement | Kichmengskoye Rural Settlement |
Administrative center of | Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky Municipal District, Kichmengskoye Rural Settlement |
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Population (2010 Census) | 6,443 inhabitants |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
Founded | 1468 |
Kichmengsky Gorodok (Russian: Кичменгский Городок) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Yug River, at its confluence with the Kichmenga River. It also serves as the administrative center of Kichmengsky Selsoviet, one of the seventeen selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Kichmengskoye Rural Settlement. Population: 6,443 (2010 Census);6,754 (2002 Census);6,766 (1989 Census).
Kichmengsky Gorodok is first mentioned in chronicles in 1468. At that time, the fortress of Kichmengsky Gorodok was dependent on Veliky Ustyug, and Tatars took it and set it to fire, together with all its population.
In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great the area was included into Archangelgorod Governorate. From 1719, Kichmengsky Gorodok was in Ustyug Province, one of the four provinces of Archangelgorod Governorate. In 1780, the governorate was abolished, and transformed into Vologda Viceroyalty. The latter was abolished in 1796, and Kichmengsky Gorodok became the center of Kichmengskaya Volost of Nikolsky Uyezd of Vologda Governorate. In 1918, the area was transferred to the newly established Northern Dvina Governorate with the administrative center located in Veliky Ustyug. In 1924 the uyezds were abolished in favor of the new divisions, the districts (raions). On June 10, 1924 Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District was established, with the administrative center in Kichmengsky Gorodok.