Why visit Vokhtoga
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About Vokhtoga
Vokhtoga (Russian: Вохтога) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Gryazovetsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vokhtogskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the district. Vokhtoga is located on the right bank of the Lezha River, a right tributary of the Sukhona. Population: 6,375 (2010 census); 7,247 (2002 census); 7,623 (1989 Soviet census).
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History
Vokhtoga was founded in 1938 to serve timber production and timber industry and obtained the status of the urban-type settlement in 1960.
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Map of Vokhtoga
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Getting there and nearby towns
Vologda Airport (VGD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 83 km away.
- Buy 46 km southeast, about 46 min by car
- Gryazovets 47 km west, about 47 min by car
- Lyubim 54 km southwest, about 54 min by car
- Chistyye Bory 60 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Prechistoye 60 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Shuyskoye 63 km north, about 1 h by car
- Kukoboy 67 km west, about 1 h by car
- Soligalich 76 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Vologda 82 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Danilov 86 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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