HISTORY

•  Vologda Province / by William Brumfield
•  Vologda / by William Brumfield
•  Velikiy Usyug
•  Totma

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Some dates

1147, August - foundation of Vologda-city. Main population was Finno-Ugric tribes and hunters and traders from Novgorod.

1368 - Dmitriy Donskoy occupied Vologda and forced Novgorod to divide its authority with a Moscow. Son of Dmitriy - Vasiliy - transmitted this dominion to the only authority of Moscow.

1371 Spaso-Prilitskiy monastery was built not far from Vologda

1397 - St. Kirill founded the Kirillo-Belozerskiy monastery

1398 - St. Ferapont founded the Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin.

1565 - building of Vologda Kremlin

1609 - 1612 local wars and battles

1937, Sept. 23 - foundation of Vologda Region at her today bounds