Vytegra is located in the northwestern part of the
Vologda region. It is the administrative center of Vytegorsky
district. The city is located on the Vytegra River and the
Volga-Baltic Canal, 15 kilometers south of the last exit to Lake
Onega. The city authorities seek to increase the tourist
attractiveness of the city by opening new museums and attractions.
Visiting the city for tourist purposes is actually possible in
two ways. The first one is a trip by car through the settlements of
the Vologda region and Karelia, as well as a trip to Lake Onega. The
second method involves arriving in Vytegra by water, for example, on
a personal yacht or cruise ship. However, despite the location of
the city on the main cruise route between Moscow and St. Petersburg,
Vytegra is not a traditional stopping point. The exception may be
small ships, targeted at Russian tourists.
The rectangular grid of Vytegra streets was formed according to the general plan of 1776. Most of the historical buildings are located on the right bank of the Vytegra River; its core is the former Torgovaya Square (now mostly built up) with a classicist building built in 1810. The former Resurrection Avenue (now part of Lenin Avenue) with the Resurrection Cathedral begins from the trading square. Fragments of the old buildings have also been preserved on the left bank, on Krasnaya Gorka.
The Resurrection Cathedral (1796-1800) was previously
the main city dominant. This building is cruciform in plan, elongated
along the longitudinal axis, built in the late Baroque style. The
cathedral consisted of several volumes: the main cube, the altar, the
refectory with two aisles, the porch with the bell tower. The chetverik
of the main temple was crowned with a light main and an onion drum; at
the corners of the hipped roof there were 4 small decorative cupolas.
The altar apse was also completed with a similar dome. The high
quadrangle of the bell tower ended with an octagonal dome, which served
as the base of the spire topped with a cross with an apple. The external
decoration of the cathedral consisted only of modest sandriks at the
middle windows and a belt of simple rods at the level of the height of
the altar apse. In Soviet times, the building was adapted as a house of
culture for water workers; the bell tower and drums with domes were
dismantled.
Sretenskaya Church (1869-1873)
Chapel of St. Isaac
of Dalmatia (1881; in the 1960s it was moved from Besednaya Gora, from
where, according to legend, Peter I examined the surroundings and talked
with local residents about the connection of Vytegra and Kovzha)
Stone important on the Trading Square. (later the fire
department). The building is made in a classical style. It is
rectangular in plan, with a hipped roof. The semicircular arcade of flat
niches rests on the shoulder blades. At the beginning of the 20th
century, the building housed a fire station. The round, tapering tower
with an observation tower was lost during the Soviet era.
The
oldest stone buildings of Vytegra, built at the end of the 18th century
after the adoption of the master plan, include the merchant houses of
the Nevezhins (circa 1792), Shalapanov (1796), I. Galashevsky, Vikulin
(both - around 1797). The most representative civil building in Vytegra
of the 19th century is the house of K. Galashevsky (1804, decoration in
the 1820s). Manin's house was built. Since the 1830s stone construction
in the city almost ceased. An example of a semi-stone building is
Cherepanov's house in the middle of the 19th century. Stone construction
actively resumed at the beginning of the 20th century. The largest
buildings of this period are the Loparevs' house and the women's
gymnasium. At the end of the 19th century, sawn carving spread in wooden
construction, usually with a simple geometric ornament.
List of
architectural monuments of the city of Vytegra, taken under state
protection
1. House of the Savushkins, 1889, Vyanginskaya st., 40/5.
2. Treasury, late 18th century, 1847, late 19th century, st. 3rd
International, 2/6.
3. Cathedral of the Resurrection, 1796-1800, ave.
Lenina, 5a
4. House of Lozhkarev, beginning of the 20th century, ave.
Lenina, 3-a. (This place is now the hotel "Wardencliffe Volgo-Balt")
5. House of Loparev, 1902, ave. Lenina, 52.
6. Vikulin's estate,
1823, ave. Lenina, 54, 56-a.
7. Manin's house, 1830s, ave. Lenin, 56.
8. House of Veretennikov, 1894, ave. Lenin, 60/1.
9. House of K.
Galashevsky, 1804, ave. Lenina, 62/3.
10. House of Nevezhin, 1792,
ave. Lenina, 64.
11. Temple complex, 1869-1873, Leningrad tract
(Krasnaya Gorka), mid-19th century: a) Church of the Presentation,
1869-1873; b) the chapel of St. Isaac of Dalmatia, 1881
12. Military
barracks, 1880s, Leningradsky tract, 12.
13. House of I. Galashevsky,
1797, st. Lunacharsky, 1.
14. Residential house, 1849, st. 25th
anniversary of October, 12/34.
15. Vazhnya, late 18th century - 1810,
Sovetsky Ave., 16-a.
16. Gymnasium, 1910, Soviet Avenue, 21.
17.
House of Kuznetsov, 1787, Sovetsky Ave., 27/72.
18. Residential
house, 1907, Sovetsky Ave., 30.
19. House of Matveeva, 1879, st.
Tsyurupy, 41.
20. Shilov's estate, 1899, st. Tsyurupa, 76.
Warriors Vytegor
Heroes of the Onega Flotilla
Stela to 6 Heroes of the Soviet Union
Monument to V. I. Lenin
Monument to the 50th anniversary of the Komsomol. Installed in Vytegra
in 1968 in Groshnikov square. At the base there is a capsule with a
message to the Komsomol members of 2018, which will be opened on the
100th anniversary of the Komsomol.
Gateway No. 1 of St. Sergius of
the Mariinsky water system.
Obelisk in memory of the opening of the
Novo-Mariinsky Canal. Moved to the city in the 1960s. from the place of
the new junction of the Vytegra and Kovzha rivers. The inscriptions on
the boards on the sides of the monument: “A new connecting channel
between the rivers Vytegra and Kovzha. Started in 1882. Completed in
1886 in the reign of EMPEROR ALEXANDER III” — “The canal was built under
the Ministry of PS adjutant general Admiral Posyet under the director of
the highway and water department. secret messages. owls. engineer Fadeev
"-" The work was started by eng. Mitsevich. Graduated from engineer.
Zvyagintsev. The technical presence consisted of: the head of the
Vytegorsky district, engineer. Eidrigevich, engineer. Bernadsky and the
chief of works "-" The separate reach of the new canal is lower than the
separate reach of the old one by 4.32 soots. The work was undertaken
according to the idea of Eng. Myslovsky, in the direction of the chosen
engineer. Buchatsky and executed by contractors, retired engineers
Mikhailovsky and Yafimovich, and their authorized engineer Domanevsky.
Museum Submarine B-440.
minesweeper boat
Vytegra - county town
The first written mention of the
Vytegorsky churchyard on the Veliky Novgorod-Sheksna trade route
dates back to 1496.
On the map of Muscovy from 1706 (Carte de
Moscovie /// Andre Artemonde de Matueoe) there is already a mention
as 'Vitzgora ou Vitegra', standing on the river Vytegra (R. de
Vitegra).
Since 1710, after the construction of the Vyanga
pier, it has been known as the village of Vyangi, at the confluence
of the Vyangiruchya River with the Vytegra (Karelian vengi “stream
or small river connecting two lakes (lamps, swamps); channel”, “bay,
bay”). A trade route from Arkhangelsk to St. Petersburg passed
through the pier. In 1715, a state shipyard was built, which
operated until 1847.
In 1773, by decree of Catherine II, the
village was transformed into the city of Vytegra along the more
significant (receiving) river Vytegra. The etymology of the hydronym
Vytegra has not been established, but the -egra format makes it
possible to attribute it to the number of ancient Finno-Ugric names
characteristic of the North of the European part of Russia.
In 1776, Vytegra became the administrative center of the Vytegorsk
district of the Olonetsk region of the Novgorod governorship.
From 1784 to 1922, Vytegra with the district was part of the
Olonets province. In the 19th century, the question of moving the
center of the Olonets province to Vytegra from Petrozavodsk was
repeatedly raised.
In 1806, a religious school was opened,
which operated until the mid-1830s.
The revival of economic
and cultural life in the first half of the XIX century. associated
with the opening (1810) of the Mariinsky canal of the Mariinsky
water system with a system of locks. The Board of the Vytegorsky
District of Communications was located in the city. But at the end
of the 19th century, with the opening of the
Moscow-Yaroslavl-Arkhangelsk railway and the St. Petersburg-Vyatka
road, economic prosperity gave way to decline.
In 1875, the
Vytegorsk Teachers' Seminary was opened. According to the
information for 1911, the Nikolaev Women's Gymnasium and the Real
School operated in Vytegra.
At the beginning of the 20th
century, Vytegra was one of the places of political exile.
Soviet period
Until 1927, the city was a county in the Leningrad
(until 1924 - Petrograd) province, after that - the regional center
of the Leningrad region. In 1937, the Vytegorsky district was
assigned to the Vologda region.
In 1940-1941. the
construction of the Volga-Baltic waterway began with the help of
prisoners, a forced labor camp was created in Vytegra. During the
Great Patriotic War, the front line approached Vytegra. People were
evacuated along the waterway. In 1948-1952, the Vytegorsk corrective
labor camp again operated. The Volga-Baltic waterway was opened in
1964, which led to a new increase in the importance of the city.
Vytegra is located far from the main transport routes.
By
plane
By local airlines from Vologda airport.
By train
The
nearest railway stations are Podporozhye or Lodeynoye Pole (distance 200
km). There is a regular bus to the stations, the travel time is 3-4
hours.
By car
From Vologda on the highway P5 Vologda -
Medvezhyegorsk through Kirillov. Also, the P37 Vytegra - Lodeynoye Pole
highway passes through the city.
By bus
From Vologda
From
Petrozavodsk
From Lodeynoye Pole by bus through Podporozhye.
From
St. Petersburg by regular bus to Vytegra, travel time 8-9 hours.
Cafe "Laguna" (not far from the bus station towards the Leningradsky
tract).
Cafe "Red Hill". In a five-story building opposite the
Laguna. It's tastier, cheaper and cleaner here.
Hotel Vytegra, st. Lunacharsky, d.4. ☎ +7(817)462‑11-82. Budget hotel
with 36 rooms with a comparable level of service, guest parking, cafe,
free Wi-Fi
Recreation center "Bereg" , Lake Kovzhskoye, Bereg tract
(almost 80 km from Vytegra towards Vologda, but not far from the
highway). ☎ +7 (931) 502-07-72. Double room: 2100 ₽. Rooms with private
facilities in cottages and a large guest house.
The city is located on the Vytegra River, (a pier 15 km from Lake Onega), on the Volga-Baltic waterway, 150 km from the Podporozhye railway station, 337 km northwest of Vologda. The northernmost city of the Vologda region.
The city of Vytegra, like the entire Vologda Oblast, is located in the time zone designated by the international standard as the Moscow Time Zone (MSK). The offset from UTC is +3:00.
Vytegorsky district of hydraulic structures and navigation - branch
of the Federal Budgetary Institution "Administration of the Volga-Baltic
Inland Waterways Basin"
Sawmill woodworking plant LLC "LDK No. 2"
ZAO Onegalesprom
CJSC Onego-Transles
The federal highway A119 "Vologda - Medvezhyegorsk" passes through
the city.
From 1933 to 2008, the Vytegra airport operated, ICAO
code: ULWR (ULVR). Currently, it is not used for regular flights, it is
run by the Arctic Rescue Educational and Scientific Center "Vytegra" of
the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
MBOU "Secondary School No. 1"
MBOU "Secondary School No. 2"
BPOU VO "Vytegorsk Polytechnic College"
MBOU DO VMR "Vytegorsk School
of Arts"
On the territory of the Vytegorsky district, a budgetary
educational institution of the Vologda region "Educational center-cadet
school" Shipbuilders of Prionezhye "" was built.
The institution
includes an educational building, a children's shipyard, a craft
workshop, a children's health camp, and an ice stadium.
District sanitary and epidemiological station of the city of Vytegra
Linear sanitary and epidemiological station of the city of Vytegra
District polyclinic
Central Regional Hospital