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33-458: Kargopolsky (masculine), Kargopolskaya (feminine), or Kargopolskoye (neuter) may refer to: Kargopolsky District , a district of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia Kargopolsky Uyezd , an administrative division in the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR; most recently (1919–1929) a part of Vologda Governorate Kargopolskoye Urban Settlement,

66-455: A municipal division, the district is divided into one urban settlement and five rural settlements (the administrative centers are given in parentheses): Timber industry is the basic industry of the district. The linum production factory, which used to exist in Kargopol until the 1970s, is defunct. Traditionally, the lands northwest of Kargopol were used to grow crops, and until the 1970s linum

99-464: A municipal formation which the town of Kargopol and the village of Zazhigino in Kargopolsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as Kargopolsky ITL , a Soviet gulag camp Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kargopolsky . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

132-409: A paved road with Nyandoma and further east the principal highway in the region, M8 connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk. There is a road to the north, which connects to M8 via Plesetsk and Brin-Navolok . This is the historic trading route which connected Kargopol with Arkhangelsk before the railroad was built, and long stretches of this road are still unpaved. The stretch between Kargopol and Plesetsk

165-489: A very high concentration of historical, archaeological, and architectural monuments. The district contains 40 objects (thirteen of them in Kargopol) classified as cultural and historical heritage by Russian Federal law, and additionally 182 objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance. Most of these are the white-stone churches of the town of Kargopol and wooden churches and chapels located in

198-509: Is Lake Lyokshmozero , which is connected to the Onega by the Lyokshma River . The major part of the district is covered by coniferous forests ( taiga ). The northern part of the district, including Lake Lyokshmozero, is included into Kenozersky National Park (which is split between Kargopolsky and Plesetsky Districts). The borders of Kargopolsky District for the most part conform to those of

231-472: Is a traditional handicraft in Kargopol and the area which is production of painted clay toys . Vologda Governorate 60°N 40°E  /  60°N 40°E  / 60; 40 Vologda Governorate ( Russian : Вологодская губерния , romanized :  Vologodskaya guberniya ), also known as the Government of Vologda , was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of

264-578: Is almost exclusively located in the basin of the Onega River , which is the biggest river in the district, and belongs to the basin of the White Sea . The source of the Onega is Lake Lacha , which is the biggest lake in the district. The northeastern shore of Lake Vozhe , also in the basin of the Onega, belongs to Kargopolsky District, but the lake itself is in Vologda Oblast. The two lakes are connected by

297-523: Is an urban legend stating that Kargopol merchants were unhappy with the prospective of the railway construction in Kargopol thinking it would deteriorate the trade, and therefore requested the railway to be built in detour. As a matter of fact, the local governance body, the Kargopol Duma, in September 1894 twice discussed the issue, came to the conclusion that the railroad construction indeed would deteriorate

330-636: The Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast were merged into Northern Krai with the administrative center located in Arkhangelsk . Russian Census of 1897 gave the following localities with population above 1,000 people (In bold , towns with population above 10,000 are indicated), According to the Imperial census of 1897, the following languages were spoken in Vologda Governorate,. According to

363-558: The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic established Northern Dvina Governorate . The area of the governorate included five uyezds of Vologda Governorate: Nikolsky, Solvychegodsky, Ust-Sysolsky, Velikoustyuzhsky, and Yarensky Uyezds. In 1918, Petrograd, Novgorod, Pskov, Olonets, Arkhangelsk, Cherepovets, and Northern Dvina Governorates decided to merge into

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396-640: The Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR , which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Vologda. The area of the governorate is currently split between Arkhangelsk , Vologda , Kirov , and Kostroma Oblasts , and the Komi Republic . Vologda Governorate was officially created in 1796 from the disbanded Vologda Viceroyalty ( namestnichestvo ) which was split between Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty and Vologda Viceroyalty just before

429-747: The Svid River . The major tributary of the Onega is the Voloshka River (left). Some minor areas in the northwest of the district belong to the basin of the Vodla River and eventually of the Baltic Sea , and very minor areas in the southwest belong to the basin of the Kema River and eventually to the Caspian Sea . There are many lakes in the district, especially in the northwest. The biggest lake after Lake Lacha

462-676: The Komi accounted for less than 10%. Historically the region belonged to what is known as the Great Perm later being incorporated into the Novgorod Republic after the disintegration of the Kievan Rus . With the annexation of Novgorod, Vologda also became part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow . Among the first monks who permanently established Christianity in the region was Saint Stephen of Perm , born in

495-479: The Union of Northern Oblast Communes. The union was, however, short-lived and was abolished in 1919. On April 30, 1919 Kargopolsky Uyezd , formerly of Olonets Governorate , was transferred to Vologda Governorate. In November 1923, several volosts of Vologodsky Uyezd were merged into Sverdlovsky District which in 1924 was augmented with several volosts of neighboring Kadnikovsky Uyezd. On August 7, 1924, Gryazovetsky Uyezd

528-566: The area. The town of Kargopol contains a number of white-stone churches, the earliest of which, the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ , dates back to 1552. This is the oldest building of mainland Arkhangelsk Oblast (some buildings of the Solovetsky Monastery also stem from the 16th century). The monuments classified as historical and architectural heritage include: The only state museum in

561-506: The city of Ustyug sometime in 1340/45. In 1383 he became the first bishop of the newly established Perm Eparchy . In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great , the area was included into Archangelgorod Governorate . In 1780, Archangelgorod Governorate , with the center in Arkhangelsk, was abolished and transformed to Vologda Viceroyalty . The viceroyalty

594-466: The district is Kargopol State Museum of History, Art, and Architecture, founded in 1919. This is cloak organization, which not only holds ethnographic, art and historic exhibits, but also protects some of the architectural monuments in Kargopol and surroundings. Fifteen buildings, including a number of churches, belong to the museum. Another museum was open in 1994 in the school of the selo of Lyadiny. There are also two private museums in Kargopol. There

627-485: The following years, the first-level administrative division of Russia kept changing. In 1930, the okrug was abolished, and the district was subordinated to the central administration of Northern Krai. In 1936, the krai was transformed into Northern Oblast . In 1937, Northern Oblast itself was split into Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast. Kargopolsky District remained in Arkhangelsk Oblast ever since. The district

660-420: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kargopolsky&oldid=573814714 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kargopolsky District The area

693-581: The municipal district, with the exception of the settlement of Sovza , which is administratively a part of Yertsevsky Selsoviet of Konoshsky District , but is municipally incorporated within Ukhotskoye Rural Settlement of Kargopolsky Municipal District. As an administrative division, the district is divided into twelve selsoviets and one town of district significance ( Kargopol ). The following selsoviets have been established (the administrative centers are given in parentheses): As

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726-480: The new administrative reform. It was administered by 10 uyezds (the administrative centers, which all had the town status, are given in parentheses), Three towns had a special status: Krasnoborsk , Lalsk , and Verkhovazhskiy Posad . The Vologda Governorate covered a total area of 402,112 square kilometres (155,256 sq mi), and had a population of 1,341,785 according to the 1897 Russian Empire census . The governorate bordered Arkhangelsk Governorate in

759-446: The north, Tobolsk Governorate in the northeast, Perm and Vyatka Governorates in the southeast, Kostroma and Yaroslavl Governorates in the south, Novgorod Governorate in the west, and Olonets Governorate in the northwest. The two eastern uyezds, Ust-Sysolsky Uyezd (92%) and Yarensky Uyezd , were predominantly populated by the Komi peoples (Zyrian), while in the whole governorate

792-500: The outlaw prince Dmitry Shemyaka , after being chased from Moscow by Vasily II , fled to Kargopol and stayed there for over a year. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow . In the 16th century, Kargopol was one of the biggest towns of Russia, and was mainly a merchant town due to its location on the road from Moscow to Arkhangelsk (at the time, the main Russian harbor for European trade). Kargopol

825-516: The trade, but that if it does not pass Kargopol, the damage would be much stronger. Therefore, on both occasions, the Duma sent a petition requesting that the railway would be rerouted via Kargopol. This did not occur, since the construction has already started in August 1894, and since the detour would be too big, as Kargopol is not on a straight line connecting Vologda with Arkhangelsk. Kargopolsky District has

858-573: Was abolished, some areas from Vytegorsky Uyezd were transferred to Kargopolsky Uyezd. On July 15, 1929, the uyezds were abolished, the governorates merged into Northern Krai , and Kargopolsky District was established among others. It became a part of Nyandoma Okrug of Northern Krai. The areas south of Lake Lacha belonged to Kirillovsky Uyezd of Novgorod Governorate. In 1918, five uyezds of Novgorod Governorate, including Kirillovsky Uyezd, were split off to form Cherepovets Governorate . In 1919, these areas were transferred to Kargopolsky Uyezd. In

891-458: Was also cultivated. However, these activities became unprofitable due to depopulation (in a hundred years, the number of villages was reduced by a factor of five), and in the 1970s the district's production shifted to beef and milk. This has been further reduced in the 1990s due to the economic crisis in Russia. There is also fishery, mainly on the lakes including Lake Lacha . Kargopol is connected by

924-405: Was also used for political exile. For instance, Ivan Bolotnikov , the leader of the peasant insurgence, was sent to Kargopol in 1607, where he was blinded and then drowned. After St. Petersburg was built in 1703, the trade was rerouted to the Baltic Sea and the importance of Kargopol diminished. In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great , the area

957-493: Was disestablished and merged into Vologodsky Uyezd. In 1928, Sverdlovsky District was reorganized into volosts and incorporated into Kadnikovsky Uyezd. Thus, in 1928 Vologda Governorate consisted of five uyezds: Kadnikovsky, Kargopolsky, Totemsky, Velsky, and Vologodsky. On January 14, 1929, by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee three governorates (Arkhangelsk, Vologda, and Northern Dvina) and

990-469: Was included into Ingermanland Governorate (known from 1710 as Saint Petersburg Governorate ). In 1727, it was transferred to the newly established Novgorod Governorate . After a number of administrative reforms, in 1801 Kargopol ended up as the seat of Kargopolsky Uyezd , one of the four uyezds of the newly established Olonets Governorate . On April 30, 1919, Kargopolsky Uyezd was transferred to Vologda Governorate , and in 1922, when Olonets Governorate

1023-542: Was paved in 2011. Another unpaved road in the western direction crosses the border with the Republic of Karelia and heads to Pudozh . There is no railroad in Kargopol, even though at the time of construction of the railway between Vologda and Arkhangelsk (the decision on the route was taken by Tsar Alexander III in June 1894) it was the biggest town in the region, and the railway was constructed through unpopulated areas. There

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1056-404: Was populated by speakers of Uralic languages and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic . Traditionally, the foundation of Kargopol is thought to be in 1146, although it was not first mentioned in the chronicles until the 14th century. In the 15th century, it was already a fortress, playing an important role in the struggle between Novgorod and the emerging power of Moscow. In particular, in 1447

1089-417: Was subdivided into three oblasts : Vologda , Veliky Ustyug , and Arkhangelsk . March 26, 1784 Arkhangelsk Oblast was split off and established as Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty. In 1796, Vologda Viceroyalty was transformed into Vologda Governorate with the seat in the city of Vologda. From 1872 to 1906 the construction of railroads connected the governorate with the rest of the Russian Empire. On July 24, 1918,

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