Kaduy () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the

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Kaduysky District Kaduysky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1115-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Belozersky District in the north, Chere ...

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, located on the Voron River (a right

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of the

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) at the

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with the Sivets River, west of the city of

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. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kaduyskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the district. Population:

History

The first mention of the village "Kaduy" was recorded in 1626. Kaduy was founded in 1904 as the settlement around a station on the railway connecting

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and

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The actual traffic was open in 1906. At the time, Kaduy was located in Cherepovetsky Uyezd of

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. In June 1918, five uyezds of Novgorod Governorate, including Cherepovetsky Uyezds, were split off to form

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, with the administrative center in

. On August 1, 1927 Cherepovets Governorate was abolished, and its area became Cherepovets Okrug of

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. Simultaneously, uyezds were abolished, and Kaduysky District with the center in Kaduy was established. On September 23, 1937 Kaduysky District was transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast. In 1947, Kaduy got the status of an urban-type settlement.

Economy

Industry

There are enterprises of timber industry and food industry in Kaduy.

Transportation

The railroad connecting Vologda to Saint Petersburg via Cherepovets passes through Kaduy. There is a railway station in the settlement, which was, in fact, founded as a settlement around the railway station. Kaduy is connect by road with Cherepovets, and another road runs north to the village of Velikoye and further to the village of Vizma in Belozersky District. There is local bus traffic.

Culture and recreation

The Kaduysky District Museum is located in Kaduy. The museum opened in 2000, but previously functioned since the 1970s as a school museum, founded by Alexander Yukov. The museum currently is named after him.

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Urban-type settlements in Vologda Oblast Populated places in Kaduysky District