Vetluga

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History

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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vetluga serves as the administrative center of Vetluzhsky District.[3] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Vetluzhsky District as the town of district significance of Vetluga.[3] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Vetluga is incorporated within Vetluzhsky Municipal District as Vetluga Urban Settlement.[4]

Notable people

  • Aleksey Pisemsky (1821–1881), novelist and dramatist, lived his first ten years in Vetluga
  • Vasily Rozanov (1856–1919), writer and philosopher, born in Vetluga
  • Viktor Rozov (1913–2004), dramatist and screenwriter, received primary education at Vetluga from 1918

Climate

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References

Notes

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  4. Law #109-Z

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Sources

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