Vologda, capital of a north-eastern province of Russia (stretching to the Urals), stands on both banks of the river Vologda, 260 miles NE. of Moscow by rail. It has considerable trade, and a pop. (1895) of 17,391. The area of the government (155,498 sq. m.) is a fifth larger than that of Great Britain and Ireland. Pop. (1897) 1,365,587.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 507
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