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Mikhail Mordasov
Vologda citizens are used to agriculture, cattle breeding, fishing and hunting. They were known also as skilful handicraftsmen: they practiced domestic weaving and sewing, manufacturing of tools, objects of everyday life, ceramics.
Ricardo Marquina
Vologda is one of Russia's few cities with a harmonious blend of ancient and modern strata.
Ricardo Marquina
Among other Vologda products laces have become a popular souvenir.
Ricardo Marquina
The main exposition features over 500 items.
Ricardo Marquina
The Museum’s main exposition is dedicated to the origins and development of the Vologda Region’s traditional craft and global trends in lace-making.
Ricardo Marquina
In 2010 a Museum of Lace opened its doors in Vologda. Its classroom offers lace-making courses.
Ricardo Marquina
Vologda is the motherland of the rare epic and musical folklore, as well as the richest original culture that is passed from generation to generation.
Ricardo Marquina
It is a playground with a number of traditional games and entertainments, a swing, "giant strides".
Ricardo Marquina
Traditional festivals includes dancing, arranging feasts and concerts of folklore groups.
Ricardo Marquina
Celebration of the Vologda's anniversary.
Ricardo Marquina
A harmonica player was always respected by local people.
Mikhail Mordasov
Music traditions are still alive in the Vologda region. A big festivity can hardly go without a harmonica melodies and chastushkas (humorous rhymes).
Mikhail Mordasov
In Vologda settlements you can still hear old local monotonous songs and see a traditional round dance “Kruzhka” (a mug).
Mikhail Mordasov
In their everyday and cultural life today’s Vologda Region villagers largely follow the traditions and pursue the crafts of their ancestors.
Mikhail Mordasov
The trademarks of Vologda and the main local souvenirs are the Vologda laces, the Vologda butter, and the Vologda flax.
Ricardo Marquina
When the glacier retreated, a hilly landscape and Lake Kubenskoye were formed.
Ricardo Marquina
About 10,000 years ago the land of the modern Vologda Region was beneath a glacier.
Ricardo Marquina
In Vologda there are 193 monuments of architecture and history th are designated as cultural monuments of federal significance.
Ricardo Marquina
Most of the scenes in the frescoes are devoted to Jesus Christ. The painting of the dome space is traditional for Byzantine and Orthodox cathedrals.
Ricardo Marquina
The painting technique of the Vologda Sophia Cathedral is similar to those used in other 17th century cathedrals decorated with Yaroslavl artists' frescoes.
Ricardo Marquina
The Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin became a prototype for the central cathedral of Vologda.
Ricardo Marquina
Among 116 historical cities of Russia only 16 managed to preserve monuments of wooden architecture. Vologda is one of them.
Ricardo Marquina
Vologda is one of the best preserved cities of Russia combining traditional wooden architecture and stone monuments.
Ricardo Marquina
In 2000 a pearl of Vologda Oblast - St.Ferapont monastery, with its frescoes by Dionysius, was included into the World Heritage List of the UNESCO.
Ricardo Marquina
1147 is considered to be the year of Vologda's foundation.
Ricardo Marquina
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Vologda is a Russian Orthodox cathedral, the oldest building in the city that has survived since 16th century.
Ricardo Marquina
Vologda is the capital of Vologda oblast. It is located on the Vologda river, the right confluent of the Sukhona river (the Northern Dvina basin), 460 km to the north-west off Moscow, 600 km to the south-west off Saint Petersburg.
