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)
Kargopolsky District is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kargopolsky Municipal District. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Plesetsky District in the north, Nyandomsky District in the northeast, Konoshsky District in the east, Kirillovsky District of Vologda Oblast in the south, Vytegorsky District, also of Vologda Oblast, in the southwest, and with Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the northwest. The area of the district is 10,127 square kilometers (3,910 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kargopol. Population: 18,466 (2010 Russian census); 21,514 (2002 Census); 24,589 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kargopol accounts for 55.3% of the district's total population.
Primary school in the village of Gavrilovskaya in Kargopolsky District
The village of Niz in winter
The Saunino Pogost: the wooden church of St. John Chrysostom (1665) with bell tower
The painted ceiling of the St. Michael church in Arkhangelo