Vologda Region

Regional centre Vologda was founded in 1147. The majority of towns in Vologda region were found in the period of Catherine's The Great administrative reform: Vytegra in 1773, Kirillov in 1776, Cherepovets in 1777, Gryazovets, Kadnikov and Nikolsk in 1780.

Traditional trades of Vologda Region territory are hunting, fishery, salt, tar and wax productions, forging and gun production.

Vologda, while being convenient transport point, attracted attention of Dutch and English merchants. Merchant class of Vologda, Toma, Ustug conducted active trade with Holland, Germany, Siberia and China.

Geography, population, climate

Vologda Region was founded on September 23, 1937. It is located in the north of European part of Russia in the zone of temperate continental climate, 500 kilometers away from Moscow.

In terms of area Vologda Region is one of the largest regions of Russian Federation and makes 1% of its territory (145.7 thousands square kilometers); the area stretches 385 km north-south and 650 km east-west.

Population - 1 million 227 thousands 800 people. The Region has borders in the north with Arkhangelsk Region, in the east - with Kirov Region, in the south - with Kostroma and Yaroslavl Regions, in the south-east - with Tver and Novgorod Regions, in the west - with Leningrad Region, in the north-west - with the Republic of Karelia.

Economic sectors of the Region

Dominant sectors: iron industry, chemical industry (Cherepovets), machinery construction, metal-working manufacturing, timber, woodworking and pulp-and-paper industries (Vologda and Sokol). In the light industry there are linen mills, 2 large flax-processing businesses, lace-making, clothing and knitwear manufactures.

Key agriculture industry is dairy cattle husbandry.

The development of power supply system in the region

First electric power station with capacity of 115 kilowatt was started-up in Vologda in may 1904. First rural electric power station was built in 1930 on Komel River in

Gryazovetsk uyezd (district). In 1945 specialized organizations Selelectro were created, the electrification of the Region continued on a larger scale.

The completion of construction of Vologda combined heat and power plant with capacity of 25 megawatt in august 1956 was very important for Vologda power supply.

Including Vologda region into the Unified Energy System of North-Western part of Russia allowed for a new approach to power supply in the region. In 1974 Konakovo State District Power station - Cherepovec VL 500 kW with a substation 500 kW Cherepoveckaya.

On December 31, 1978 Cherepovets State District Power plant with installed capacity of 630 megawatt was accepted for operation. In 1980 high-voltage line - 500 kilovolt Kostroma State District Power station - Vologda with substation (with capacity of 500 kilovolt) Vologodskaya, and then high-voltage line- 500 kilovolt Vologda-Cherepovets were built. All that provided reliable power supply for Cherepovets industrial hub. Today 50% of electric power is provided by means of own sources, the rest is received from power supply systems of other regions: Tver, Kostroma, Kirov, Leningrad, Yaroslavl. Vologda Central Administrative Board of PJSC TGC-2 includes: Vologda CHPP and industrial co-generation plant Belyi Ruchey (Vytegorsk district). Total installed capacity is 34 megawatt, installed thermal capacity is 582 Gcal/h. Vologda CHPP is the largest heat source in Vologda. The length of transmission heat supply system of CHPP is 19.9 km (in double-pipe calculation). Over 40% of Vologda housing is supplied by heat from Vologda CHPP.

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