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Vilegodsky District

Vilegodsky District
Вилегодский район (Russian)
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Location of Vilegodsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coordinates: 61°07′N 47°59′E / 61.117°N 47.983°E / 61.117; 47.983Coordinates: 61°07′N 47°59′E / 61.117°N 47.983°E / 61.117; 47.983
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The Cheryomushka River
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Coat of Arms of Vilegodsky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Arkhangelsk Oblast
Administrative structure (as of 2011)
Administrative center selo of Ilyinsko-Podomskoye
Administrative divisions:
selsoviet 6
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities 177
Municipal structure (as of March 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Vilegodsky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 6
Statistics
Area 6,300 km2 (2,400 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 11,158 inhabitants
• Urban 0%
• Rural 100%
Density 1.77/km2 (4.6/sq mi)
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)
Established April 10, 1924
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Vilegodsky District (Russian: Вилего́дский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Municipally, it is incorporated as Vilegodsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Lensky District in the north, Sysolsky and Priluzsky Districts of the Komi Republic in the east, Luzsky District of Kirov Oblast in the south, and with Kotlassky District in the west. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ilyinsko-Podomskoye. District's population: 11,158 (2010 Census);13,241 (2002 Census);16,616 (1989 Census). The population of Ilyinsko-Podomskoye accounts for 33.0% of the district's total population.

The area was originally populated by the Finno-Ugric peoples and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. In the end of the 14th century, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Ilyinsk (currently a part of Ilyinsko-Podomskoye) was founded in 1379. The foundation of the village is often related to the activities of Stephen of Perm, who is credited with the conversion of the Komi peoples to Christianity. After 1380, the lands along the Viled River were given to Stephen, at the time the hegumen in the Ust-Vym Monastery, by Dmitry Donskoy, the Prince of Moscow.


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