Vokhtoga

Urban-type settlement in Vologda Oblast, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vokhtoga (Russian: Вохтога) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Gryazovetsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vokhtogskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the district. Vokhtoga is located on the right bank of the Lezha River, a right tributary of the Sukhona. Population: 6,375(2010 census);[3] 7,247(2002 census);[7] 7,623(1989 Soviet census).[8]

CountryRussia
Founded1938[2]
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Vokhtoga is located in Russia
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Vokhtoga is located in Vologda Oblast
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Vokhtoga (Vologda Oblast)
Coordinates: 58°48′N 41°02′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVologda Oblast
Administrative districtGryazovetsky District[1]
Founded1938[2]
Population
  Total
6,375
  Estimate 
(2023)
5,425 (−14.9%)
  Municipal districtGryazovetsky Municipal District[4]
  Urban settlementVokhtogskoye Urban Settlement[4]
  Capital ofVokhtogskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code[6]
162040Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID19624160051
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History

Vokhtoga was founded in 1938[2] to serve timber production and timber industry and obtained the status of the urban-type settlement in 1960.[9]

Economy

Industry

Vokhtoga has a number of timber industry enterprises.[2]

Transportation

The railway station Vokhtoga-2: The beginning of the Monza Railroad

Vokhtoga has a railway station on the railroad connecting Vologda in the north and Buy in the south. At Vokhtoga, another railroad branches off east, the Monza Railroad, built for timber transport and operated by the timber production authorities, which runs along the border of Vologda and Kostroma Oblasts. The Monza railroad crosses the district and enters Mezhdurechensky District, eventually continuing to the southeastern districts of Vologda Oblast. The plans to extend it further east to Nikolsk were never realized.[10] The Monza Railroad has a separate station in Vokhoga, Vokhtoga-2 railway station. The headquarters of the Monzales company which owns the railroad are located in Vokhtoga.

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