Vytegra

It was first mentioned in 1496 as Vytegorsky Pogost ({{lang|ru|Вытегорский Погост}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.vytegra-adm.ru/ob_sved.php|script-title=ru:Вытегорский муниципальный район|year=2009|publisher=Администрация Вытегорского муниципального района|language=ru|access-date=December 2, 2013}} Since 1710, it was known as Vyangi ({{lang|ru|Вянги}}), located at the confluence of the Vytegra and the Vyangi Rivers.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}

In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, Vyangi was included into Ingermanland Governorate (known from 1710 as Saint Petersburg Governorate).{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} In 1715, a shipyard was founded on the Vytegra River upstream from Vyangi, which remained in operation until 1847.{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|pages=97}}

In 1773, Vyangi was chartered and renamed Vytegra and in 1776 Vytegorsky Uyezd was established as one of the uyezds of Olonets Province in the newly established Novgorod Viceroyalty.Snytko, pp. 20–23 A sequence of administrative reforms followed. In 1781, Olonets Oblast was transferred to Saint Petersburg Governorate, and in 1784, it was transformed into an independent administrative unit, Olonets Viceroyalty.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} In 1785, Vytegorsky Uyezd was abolished and merged into Pudozhsky Uyezd.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} In 1799, Olonets Viveroyalty was abolished and divided between Novgorod and Arkhangelsk Governorates.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} Vytegorsky Uyezd returned to Novgorod Governorate. In 1801, Olonets Governorate was established, and Vytegorsky Uyezd became one of its several uyezds.

In 1922, Olonets Governorate was abolished and Vytegra was transferred to Petrograd Governorate (later Leningrad Oblast).{{cite web|url=http://portal.rusarchives.ru/guide/voanpi/126sia.shtml|script-title=ru:Справка об изменениях административно-территориального устройства и сети партийных и комсомольских органов на территории Вологодской области (1917-1991)|publisher=Архивы России|language=ru|access-date=December 2, 2012}} On August 1, 1927, the uyezds in Leningrad Oblast were abolished and Vytegorsky District with the administrative center in Vytegra was established as a part of Lodeynoye Pole Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. On September 23, 1937, it was transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast.

During World War II, Finnish troops occupied the western part of Oshtinsky District and in October 1941, prepared an advance to Vytegra.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} The Finnish advance was stopped by the Red Army, but the occupation continued until June 1944.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} Vytegra was under threat for these two and a half years, but was never occupied.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vytegra serves as the administrative center of Vytegorsky District.Resolution #178 As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Vytegorsky District as the town of district significance of Vytegra.Law #371-OZ As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Vytegra is incorporated within Vytegorsky Municipal District as Vytegra Urban Settlement.Law #1113-OZ

There is a butter-making, a fish-processing, and an automotive and tractor overhaul and repair plants in the town, as well as several metalworking enterprises.

Located at the crossing of a waterway connecting central Russia with Lake Onega and a road connecting St. Petersburg with Arkhangelsk, Vytegra was an important transit point for cargo.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} The idea to build a canal connecting the drainage basins of the Neva and the Volga Rivers was already discussed by Peter the Great, but the canal, formerly the Mariinsky System, was only built in 1810. In the 20th century, it was reconstructed and renamed the Volga–Baltic Waterway.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} The waterway passes through the town, following the course of the Vytegra River. The passenger navigation on Lake Onega, connecting Vytegra with Petrozavodsk, has been discontinued.

Vytegra is a road junction where a partially paved road connecting to Podporozhye in Leningrad Oblast branches off from the highway connecting Vologda with Medvezhyegorsk in the Republic of Karelia via Lipin Bor and Pudozh. There is bus traffic originating from Vytegra.

The Vytegra Airport in 2011 was not served by regular passenger flights.

File:Город Вытегра, дом Веретенникова (проспект Ленина, 60).JPG

Vytegra contains three objects classified as cultural and historical heritage by Russian Federal law and additionally sixty-six objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance.{{RKN_base}} The cultural heritage monuments of the federal significance are the remains of the Mariinsky Waterway from the early 19th century.

The Vytegorsky District Museum is located in Vytegra.{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.ru/M781|script-title=ru:Вытегорский районный краеведческий музей|publisher=Российская сеть культурного наследия|language=ru|access-date=December 2, 2013}} Another museum in Vytegra is located in the B440 Foxtrot-class submarine.

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|location=Vytegra (extremes 1878-present)

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|Jan record high C = 6.9

|Feb record high C = 6.7

|Mar record high C = 15.8

|Apr record high C = 26.6

|May record high C = 33.5

|Jun record high C = 34.6

|Jul record high C = 35.7

|Aug record high C = 35.6

|Sep record high C = 28.3

|Oct record high C = 21.5

|Nov record high C = 12.1

|Dec record high C = 9.7

|Jan high C = -5.8

|Feb high C = -4.9

|Mar high C = 0.8

|Apr high C = 8.5

|May high C = 15.8

|Jun high C = 20.4

|Jul high C = 23.2

|Aug high C = 20.6

|Sep high C = 14.7

|Oct high C = 6.8

|Nov high C = 0.0

|Dec high C = -3.5

|Jan mean C = -8.8

|Feb mean C = -8.6

|Mar mean C = -3.7

|Apr mean C = 3.2

|May mean C = 9.7

|Jun mean C = 14.7

|Jul mean C = 17.7

|Aug mean C = 15.3

|Sep mean C = 10.3

|Oct mean C = 4.1

|Nov mean C = -2.1

|Dec mean C = -5.9

|Jan low C = -12.2

|Feb low C = -12.3

|Mar low C = -7.7

|Apr low C = -1.3

|May low C = 4.1

|Jun low C = 9.1

|Jul low C = 12.4

|Aug low C = 10.8

|Sep low C = 6.8

|Oct low C = 1.8

|Nov low C = -4.2

|Dec low C = -8.5

|Jan record low C = -49.4

|Feb record low C = -49.4

|Mar record low C = -44.1

|Apr record low C = -26.8

|May record low C = -14.5

|Jun record low C = -7.3

|Jul record low C = 0.4

|Aug record low C = -2.0

|Sep record low C = -8.4

|Oct record low C = -21.4

|Nov record low C = -33.9

|Dec record low C = -45.9

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 45.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 35.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 34.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 29.6

|May precipitation mm = 48.0

|Jun precipitation mm = 67.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 92.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 87.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 65.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 76.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 64.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 54.1

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 12

| Feb precipitation days = 10

| Mar precipitation days = 9

| Apr precipitation days = 7

| May precipitation days = 9

| Jun precipitation days = 10

| Jul precipitation days = 11

| Aug precipitation days = 12

| Sep precipitation days = 11

| Oct precipitation days = 13

| Nov precipitation days = 13

| Dec precipitation days = 13

| year precipitation days = 130

| Jan humidity = 85

| Feb humidity = 82

| Mar humidity = 76

| Apr humidity = 69

| May humidity = 65

| Jun humidity = 69

| Jul humidity = 74

| Aug humidity = 79

| Sep humidity = 82

| Oct humidity = 85

| Nov humidity = 87

| Dec humidity = 86

| year humidity = 78

| Jan sun = 22.0

| Feb sun = 54.1

| Mar sun = 125.0

| Apr sun = 190.8

| May sun = 265.7

| Jun sun = 277.5

| Jul sun = 278.8

| Aug sun = 222.5

| Sep sun = 127.1

| Oct sun = 54.2

| Nov sun = 21.7

| Dec sun = 8.0

| year sun = 1647.4

|source 1 = pogoda.ru.net{{cite web|title=Климат Вытегры|url=http://pogoda.ru.net/climate/22837.htm|accessdate=December 24, 2022|language=Russian}}

| source 2 = NOAA{{cite web

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|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Vytegra

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|access-date = April 9, 2024}}

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