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Kichmengsky Gorodok

Kichmengsky Gorodok (in English)
Кичменгский Городок (Russian)
-  Rural locality  -
Selo
Map of Russia - Vologda Oblast (2008-03).svg
Location of Vologda Oblast in Russia
Kichmengsky Gorodok is located in Vologda Oblast
Kichmengsky Gorodok
Kichmengsky Gorodok
Location of Kichmengsky Gorodok in Vologda Oblast
Coordinates: 59°59′N 45°49′E / 59.983°N 45.817°E / 59.983; 45.817Coordinates: 59°59′N 45°49′E / 59.983°N 45.817°E / 59.983; 45.817
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
Statistics
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.


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