Veliky Ustyug
Veliky Ustyug () is a town in
Vologda Oblast,
Russia. It is located at the confluence of the
Sukhona and
Yug Rivers. Population: 33,419 (2002); 36,000 (1970).
History of name: first town on this place (
Gleden () was crated near mouth of a
Yug River (
South River) into
Sukhona River (after this two rivers forming one â€"
Northern Dvina). In Russian
mouth of a river is
ust'e (),
south is
yug (), together is
Ustyug (). In fifteenth century this city have a title
Great -
Veliky ().
The town of Veliky Ustyug was first mentioned in a
chronicle in 1207. It was a part of the
Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. Located at the crossroads of the most important
trade routes, the city turned into a big commercial and industrial center in the sixteenth – seventeenth centuries. Veliky Ustyug lost its significance due to gradual relocation of the Russian
foreign trade to the shores of the
Baltic Sea. The city is known for its remarkable
handicrafts, such as
silver filigree,
birch bark fretwork, decorative
copper binding, and
niello.
Veliky Ustyug is also the birthplace of
Semyon Dezhnev,
Yerofey Khabarov, and
Vladimir Atlasov.
In big forest near Veliky Ustyug in her village (the official residence -
Votchina () live
Ded Moroz.
Image:vu02.jpeg|View to cathedral complex in Veliky Ustyug from village Dymkovo (photo 2001).Image:vu05.jpeg|Spaso-Preobrazhenskij cathedral on Krasnaya street in Veliky Ustyug (photo 2001).Image:vu07.jpeg|View to Sukhona River from bell tower of Uspenskij cathedral in Veliky Ustyug (photo 2001).Image:vu11.jpeg|Portal of church of Dmitrij Solunsky in village Dymkovo near Veliky Ustyug (photo 2001).Image:vu13.jpeg|City river port of Veliky Ustyug (photo 2001).Image:vu18.jpeg|Embankment in Veliky Ustyug (photo 1913).Image:vu19.jpeg|Embankment in Veliky Ustyug (photo beginning of twentieth century).Image:Sukhona sunset.jpeg|Sunset on Sukhona River near Veliky Ustyug (photo 2001).Image:dvina.jpg|Northern Dvina starts as the confluence of Yug River (on left) and Sukhona River (on top) near Velikiy Ustyug (photo 2001).*
City webportal*
Museum compelex of Veliky Ustyug*
Satellite picture by Google Maps
