Nyuksenitsa (russian: Нюксеница) is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') and the
administrative center
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of
Nyuksensky District
Nyuksensky District (russian: Ню́ксенский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1120-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borde ...
,
Vologda Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the
Sukhona River
The Sukhona (russian: Су́хона) is a river in the European part of Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina. The course of the Sukhona lies in Ust-Kubinsky, Sokolsky, Mezhdurechensky, Totemsky, Tarnogsky, Nyuksensky, and Velikoustyu ...
. It also serves as the administrative center of
Beryozovsky and
Nyuksensky Selsoviets, two of the eleven selsoviets into which the district is
administratively divided.
Municipally, it is the administrative center of
Nyuksenskoye Rural Settlement. Population:
History
Nyuksenitsa has been first mentioned in 1619. At the time, the Sukhona was intensively used as a transport waterway, connecting
Moscow
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to
Arkhangelsk
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, till 1703 the main hub of Russian foreign trade. In the 19th century, Nyuksenitsa belonged to
Velikoustyugsky Uyezd of
Vologda Governorate
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. In 1918, the area was transferred to the newly established
Northern Dvina Governorate
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, and in 1924 the
uyezd
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s were abolished in favor of the new divisions, the districts (raions).
Nyuksensky District was established on June 25, 1924 and included areas of former
Solvychegodsky and
Velikoustyugsky Uyezds. On February 27, 1928, it was renamed into
Sukhonsky District. On July 30, 1931 Sukhonsky and Kokshengsky Districts of the
Northern Krai
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were merged, and Nyuksensky District was re-established, with the administrative center again located in Nyuksenitsa.
Economy
Industry
In Nyuksenitsa, timber and food industry are present, including a milk factory.
Transportation
Nyuksenitsa is on the road connecting
Vologda
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and
Veliky Ustyug
Veliky Ustyug (russian: Вели́кий У́стюг) is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the northeast of the oblast at the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 31,665.
Veliky U ...
, and in Nyuksenitsa the road moves over the bridge from the left bank to the right bank of the Sukhona. Another paved road branches off in Nyuksenitsa northwest to
Tarnogsky Gorodok
Tarnogsky Gorodok (russian: Та́рногский Городо́к) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Tarnogsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kokshenga River, at its conflue ...
and further to
Oktyabrsky in
Arkhangelsk Oblast
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. There is regular passenger bus service on both roads.
The Sukhona is navigable within the district, however, there is no passenger navigation.
Nyuksenitsa has an oil-pumping station in the
Baltic Pipeline System
The Baltic Pipeline System (BPS) is a Russian oil transport system operated by the oil pipeline company Transneft. The BPS transports oil from the Timan-Pechora region, West Siberia and Urals-Volga regions to Primorsk oil terminal at the eastern ...
.
Culture and recreation
Nyuksenitsa hosts the District is the Nyuksenitsa Regional Museum.
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Rural localities in Nyuksensky District
Velikoustyuzhsky Uyezd