page_title: Velikoustyugsky District
section_title: Culture and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Velikoustyugsky District / Culture and recreation
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Residenz von Vaeterchen Frost bei der Stadt Weliki Ustuk in RusslandEnglish: The residence of Ded Moroz in Veliky UstyugУкраїнська: "Резиденція Діда Мороза" у місті Великий Устюг в Росії
context_page_description: Velikoustyugsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Luzsky District of Kirov Oblast in the east, Podosinovsky District of Kirov Oblast in the southeast, Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District in the south, Nyuksensky District in the west, and with Ustyansky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 7,700 square kilometers. Its administrative center is the town of Veliky Ustyug. Population: 18,087; 22,210; 26,146.
context_section_description: The district contains one object classified as cultural and historical heritage by the Russian Federal law, and additionally forty-one objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance. Most of these are wooden farms and churches built prior to 1917. These numbers do not include the protected monuments in Veliky Ustyug.
  The only object protected at the federal level is the archaeological monument "Palemsky Gorodok".
  Troitse-Gledensky Monastery in the village of Morozovitsa, close to the confluence of the Sukhona and the Yug, is located in the district.
  Since the 1990s, Veliky Ustyug has been marketed as the residence of Ded Moroz, a fictional character similar to Santa Claus. The residence, which is a major tourist attraction, is actually located outside of the town, on the territory of Velikoustyugsky District.
caption: Main building of the Ded Moroz residence
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