Babayevsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Vytegorsky District in the north, Belozersky District in the east, Kaduysky District in the southeast, Ustyuzhensky District in the south, Chagodoshchensky District in the southeast, and with Boksitogorsky, Tikhvinsky, and Podporozhsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 9,200 square kilometers (3,600 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Babayevo. Population: 21,944 (2010 Russian census); 24,930 ; 29,535 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Babayevo accounts for 55.0% of the district's total population.
Kolp River, Babayevsky District
Babayevo railway station
Vytegorsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the north, Kargopolsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the east, Kirillovsky, Vashkinsky, and Belozersky Districts in the southeast, Vologodsky District in the southeast, Babayevsky District in the southwest, and with Podporozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 13,100 square kilometers (5,100 sq mi), making it the largest district in Vologda Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Vytegra. Population: 27,139 (2010 Russian census); 31,757 ; 37,792 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Vytegra accounts for 38.6% of the district's total population.
Andoma Hill, the formation on the coast of Lake Onega close to Andomsky Pogost
The church complex in Paltoga: The Epiphany Church (right) and the Church of Our Lady of the Sign (left)