Dolgovo

Dolgovo
Долгово
Village
Dolgovo is located in Vologda Oblast
Dolgovo
Dolgovo
Dolgovo is located in Russia
Dolgovo
Dolgovo
Coordinates: 59°24′N 39°43′E / 59.400°N 39.717°E / 59.400; 39.717
CountryRussia
RegionVologda Oblast
DistrictVologodsky District
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Dolgovo (Russian: Долгово) is a rural locality (a village) in Kubenskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 9 as of 2002.[1] The village was originally named Bogoyavlensky after a Russian Orthodox bishop, but was later renamed in honor of Pyotr Dolgov, a Soviet colonel in the Airborne forces, who perished after a fatal accident during a high-altitude parachute jump in 1962. He was born into a family of farmers in this village.

Geography

The distance to Vologda is 36 km, to Kubenskoye is 6 km. Kulemesovo, Midyanovo, Ileykino, Korotkovo, Nastasyino, Morino, Sopyatino, Okulovo are the nearest rural localities.

References

  1. ^ Данные переписи 2002 года: таблица 2С. М.: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, 2004.