Velsky Uyezd,
Velsky (masculine), Velskaya (feminine), or Velskoye (neuter) may refer to: ;Places *Velsky District, a district of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia *Velsky Uyezd, an administrative division in the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR; most recently (1796–1929) a part of Vologda Governorate *Velskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of Velsk and three rural localities in Velsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as *Velskaya (rural locality), a rural locality (a village) in Nyandomsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia ;People *Georgy Adelson-Velsky (b. 1922), Soviet mathematician and computer scientist *Serafima Velskaya (1846–1933), Russian operetta artist who influenced Anastasia Vyaltseva, Russian operetta singer {{Disambiguation, geo, surname ...
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Velsky District
Velsky District (russian: Ве́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Velsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Shenkursky District in the north, Ustyansky District in the east, Verkhovazhsky District of Vologda Oblast in the south, Konoshsky District in the west, and with Nyandomsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Velsk. Population: The population of Velsk accounts for 43.6% of the district's total population. History The area was populated by speakers of Uralic languages and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Historically, it was a part of Vazhsky Uyezd, a vast area including almost all of the basin of the Vaga River. Velsk was ...
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