Totma

Totma (English)
Тотьма (Russian)
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The Sukhona River in Totma

Location of Vologda Oblast in Russia
Totma
Location of Totma in Vologda Oblast
Coordinates: 59°58′N 42°45′E / 59.967°N 42.750°E / 59.967; 42.750Coordinates: 59°58′N 42°45′E / 59.967°N 42.750°E / 59.967; 42.750
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Administrative status (as of June 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Vologda Oblast[1]
Administrative district Totemsky District[1]
Town of district significance Totma[2]
Administrative center of Totemsky District,[1] town of district significance of Totma[2]
Municipal status (as of July 2012)
Municipal district Totemsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Totma Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Totemsky Municipal District,[3] Totma Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 9,785 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
First mentioned 1137[6] or 1138[7]
Previous names Todma
Official website
Totma on Wikimedia Commons

Totma (Russian: То́тьма) is a town and the administrative center of Totemsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River at its confluence with the Pesya Denga, 217 kilometers (135 mi) northwest of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 9,785 (2010 Census);[4] 10,531 (2002 Census);[8] 10,622 (1989 Census).[9]

History

It was first mentioned in the chronicles in 1137 (according to other sources—in 1138[7]) as the pogost of Todma (Тодма).[6] It was founded by Novgorodians, who used the Sukhona as the main waterway leading to the north and eventually to the White Sea. The name "Totma" is nevertheless of Finno-Ugrian origin, which, together with archeological discoveries, indicates that an earlier settlement on the site of the present town was established by the Merya people. The original pogost was located 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) downstream of the current location, close to the mouth of the Staraya Totma River.[6] In the 13th century, salt production started around Totma and the town was relocated. In 1539, Totma was plundered by Kazan Tatars;[6] a fortress was built after this event.[7] In 1554, monk Feodosy Sumorin founded the Transfiguration Monastery.[6] In the 16th–17th centuries, Totma was one of the most prosperous towns of the Russian North, due to the trade and to the salt production.[6] In the 17th and 18th centuries, Totma was visited several times by Peter the Great,[6] which was rather exceptional given the remote location of the town.

In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, Totma was included into Archangelgorod Governorate and named one of the towns constituting the governorate.[10] In the 18th century, Totma was one of the main centers of the exploration of and the trade with Alaska.[6] In particular, Ivan Kuskov, the first administrator of Fort Ross, a Russian fortress in California, was a native of Totma.[6] In 1780, Totma became the seat of Totemsky Uyezd of Vologda Viceroyalty,[6] and since 1796 it was a part of Vologda Governorate.[7]

In the 19th century, Totma quickly lost its significance[6] as the foreign trade was rerouted from Arkhangelsk to St. Petersburg and the river transportation was gradually replaced by railways and highways. The railway from Vologda to Arkhangelsk was constructed along the shortest way via Konosha and bypassed Totma, while the old highway from Moscow to Arkhangelsk never ran via Totma. Until the late 1990s, the only road through Totma connected Vologda with Veliky Ustyug via Nikolsk. In the second half of the 19th century, Totma was frequently used as a destination for political exile.[7]

On July 15, 1929, several governorates, including Vologda Governorate, were merged into Northern Krai and the uyezds were abolished. Totma became the administrative center of Totemsky District, which included parts of former Totemsky Uyezd.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Totma serves as the administrative center of Totemsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Totemsky District as the town of district significance of Totma.[2] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Totma is incorporated within Totemsky Municipal District as Totma Urban Settlement.[3]

Economy

Industry

The most important industry in Totma is the food industry.[11]

Transportation

Paved roads connect Totma with Vologda via Kadnikov (southwest), Veliky Ustyug via Nyuksenitsa (northeast), and Nikolsk via Imeni Babushkina (east). Before the road between Totma and Veliky Ustyug along the Sukhona was completed in the first decade of the 2000s, the only connection between the towns was via Nikolsk.

The Sukhona is navigable in Totma; however, there is no passenger navigation.

Culture and recreation

Totma is a historical town which preserved, along with other heritage, several churches which have all similar structure not related to any other region of Russia. A Totma church is a building on which the church proper is based on one side and the bell-tower on the other side so that the construction reminds a ship. This style is sometimes referred to as Totma Baroque.[12]

Totma contains twelve objects classified as cultural and historical heritage by Russian Federal law and additionally seventy-four objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance.[13] The town of Totma is classified as a historical town by the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation, which implies certain restrictions on construction in the historical center.[14]

The monuments classified as cultural heritage by the federal law are the following:

The Church of the Entry into Jerusalem
The former Spaso-Sumorin Monastery

Totma hosts five six museums:[15]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Resolution #178
  2. 1 2 3 Law #371-OZ
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #1124-OZ
  4. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 475. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Н. В. Солдатова (2006). Г. В. Судаков, ed. Вологодская энциклопедия (PDF) (in Russian). Вологда: ВГПУ, Русь. p. 474. ISBN 5-87822-305-8. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  8. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов (Russian)
  11. ↑ Структура видов экономической деятельности (in Russian). Администрация Тотемского муниципального района. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  12. ↑ Брамфилд, Уильям (2000). Памятники церковной архитектуры Тотемского района (in Russian). Поморский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  13. ↑ Памятники истории и культуры народов Российской Федерации (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  14. ↑ Министерство культуры Российской Федерации. Приказ №418/339 от 29 июля 2010 г. «Об утверждении перечня исторических поселений». Вступил в силу 10 октября 2010 г. Опубликован: "Российская газета", №219, 29 сентября 2010 г.. (Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Order #418/339 of July 29, 2010 On Adopting the Registry of the Historic Settlements. Effective as of October 10, 2010.).
  15. ↑ Музеи Тотьмы (in Russian). Российская сеть культурного наследия. Retrieved November 26, 2013.

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