Vashkinsky Destrict

**Vashkinsky Destrict ** () is a admeenistrative and municipal destrict (raion), ane o the twinty-sax in Vologda Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the northwast o the oblast an borders wi Vytegorsky Destrict in the north, Kirillovsky Destrict in the east, an wi Belozersky Destrict in the sooth an wast. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the landwart locality (a *[[veelage#Roushie|selo]]*) o Lipin Bor. Destrict's population:  10,002 (2002 Census);  The population o Lipin Bor accoonts for 45.4% o the destrict's total population.

## Geografie

The destrict is locatit northeast o Loch Beloye an the aurie o the lake is dividit atween Vashkinsky an Belozersky Destricts. Hintle o the aurie o the destrict belangs tae the basin o Loch Beloye an thus o the Caspian Sea. In pairticular, the Kovzha River, ane o the main tributars o the loch, forms the wastren border o the destrict, an the Kema River, anither major tributar, crosses the destrict frae north tae sooth. Maist o the aurie o the destrict is in the Kema's drainage basin. The eastren an northeastren pairts o the destrict belang tae the basin o the Onega River, which flows tae the White Sea.

Thare are mony lochs in the destrict, the biggest o which are Loch Druzhinnoye, Loch Volotskoye, Loch Unzhinskoye, an Loch Pushtorskoye, aw belangin tae the basin o Loch Beloye.

## History
Accordin tae the Primary Chronicle, Sineus, a brither o Rurik, became the prince o Beloozero in 862. Housomeivver, it is likely that Sineus niver existit. Nivertheless, the airchaeological data show that the dounset existit till the 10t century on the northren shore o the loch, close tae the *selo* o Kisnema (nou Troitskoye in Vashkinsky Destrict). In the 10t century, it wis transferred tae the ootflow o the Sheksna River. The aurie wis unner the influence o the Novgorod Republic an the Novgorodians uised the watterwey tae the White Sea which runs throu the current aurie o the destrict. In the 13t century, the aurie wis admeenistered bi princes o Beloozero, an then in the 14t century, it fell unner control o the Grand Duchy o Moscow.

In the course o the admeenistrative reform carriet oot in 1708 by Peter the Great, the aurie wis includit intae Ingermanland Govrenorate (kent syne 1710 as Saunt Petersburg Govrenorate). In 1727, separate Novgorod Govrenorate wis split aff. The aurie became a pairt o Belozersky Uyezd o Belozersk Oblast o Novgorod Govrenorate. In 1776, the aurie wis transferred tae Novgorod Viceryalty. In 1796, the viceryalty wis abolisht, an the aurie wis transferred tae Novgorod Govrenorate. In the 19t century, the aurie wis transferred tae Kirillovsky Uyezd.

In Juin 1918, five uyezds o Novgorod Govrenorate, includin Kirillovsky Uyezd, wur split aff tae form Cherepovets Govrenorate, wi the admeenistrative centre in Cherepovets. On 1 August 1927, Cherepovets Govrenorate wis abolisht an its aurie became Cherepovets Okrug o Leningrad Oblast. Simultaneously, the uyezds wur abolisht an Vashkinsky Destrict wis establisht. The admeenistrative centre o the destrict wis establisht in the veelage o Vashki, hence the name o the destrict. On September&nbsp;23, 1937, Vashkinsky District was transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast. In 1938, the admeenistrative centre o the destrict wis muivit tae the *selo* o Lipin Bor.

On 1 August 1927, Kovzhinsky Destrict (wi the admeenistrative centre in the *selo* o Annensky Most) an Sholsky Destrict (wi the admeenistrative centre in the *selo* o Zubovo) wur establisht an aw. In 1937, they wur transferred frae Leningrad Oblast tae Vologda Oblast. In 1959, baith destricts wur abolisht. The aurie o Sholsky Destrict wis split atween Vashkinsky an Belozersky Destricts, an the aurie o Kovzhinsky Destrict wis split atween Vashkinsky an Vytegorsky Destricts.

## Economie
### Industrie
The industrie o the destrict is essentially fuid industrie an timber industrie.

### Agricultur
Thare are seiven ferms in the destrict, an the nummer o employees in agricultur in 2010 wis&nbsp;325. The main specializations are cattle breedin (meat an milk production) an crops growin.

### Transportation
A heich-gate connectin Vologda an Vytegra crosses the destrict bypassin Lipin Bor. Anither road branches aff sooth, runnin via Lipin Bor tae Belozersk. Thare are local roads wi bus traffic an aw.

The Volga–Baltic Watterwey (umwhile kent as the Mariinsk Canal Seestem), connectin the Rybinsk Reservoir in the basin o the Volga River wi Lake Onega in the basin o the Neva River, runs throu the destrict, follaein the course o the Kovzha River. Loch Beloye is a pairt o the Volga-Baltic Watterwey an aw.

## Cultur an recreation
The destrict contains twa cultural heritage monuments o federal significance (baith are airchaeological monuments which are the remains o umwhile dounsets) an forty-three objects classifee'd as cultural an historical heritage o local significance. Maist o these are firthen ferms built prior tae 1917.

Vashkinsky Destrict Museum is locatit in Lipin Bor.

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