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Vytegra (Russian: Вы́тегра, IPA: [ˈvɨtʲɪɡrə]) is a town and the administrative center of Vytegorsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located along the shores of the Vytegra River on Volga–Baltic Waterway, 315 kilometers (196 mi) northwest of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast.
A center of commerce. Vytegra. View northeast from the Mariinsky Canal. Background: Resurrection Cathedral, Kuznetsov mansion. Summer 1909. Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky. A major point on...
- William Brumfield
Aug 27, 2013 · The small town of Vytegra (pop. around 10,000) in the northwestern corner of Vologda Province might seem like remote territory, but actually it is one of the most visited places in Russia, apart...
The Vytegra (Russian: Вытегра, IPA: [ˈvɨtʲɪɡrə]) is a river in Vytegorsky District of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It nominally flows out of Lake Matkozero and is a tributary of Lake Onega.
Today, Vytegra is a small town (since 1773) with a population of about 10,000 people standing on the banks of the Vytegra River, 337 km north-west of Vologda, in the Vologda region. You can see how this place looked like 108 years ago, in 1909.
A major point on Prokudin-Gorsky’s Mariinsky itinerary was the town of Vytegra, located on the Vytegra River. Vytegra not only served as an administrative center along the great waterway, but...
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The upper reaches of the Vytegra are close to those of the Kovsha River, which flows into White Lake (Belo ozero): Badoga wharf is on the Kovsha, just 40 versts from Vytegorskaia wharf on the Vytegra.
