Imeni Babushkina formerly Ledengskoye is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Babushkinsky District

Babushkinsky District, Vologda Oblast

Babushkinsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Babushkinsky Municipal District...

, Vologda Oblast

Vologda Oblast

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, Russia

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, located on the banks of the Ledenga River. It also serves as the administrative center of Babushkinsky Selsoviet, one of the fifteen selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Babushkinskoye Rural Settlement. Population:

Prior to 1941, the selo of Imeni Babushkina was known as the selo of Ledengskoye. Both the district (Ledengsky District into Babushkinsky District) and the district center were renamed in March 1941 to commemorate Bolshevik

Bolshevik

The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....

 revolutionary Ivan Babushkin

Ivan Babushkin

Ivan Babushkin was a Russian professional Bolshevik revolutionary. He was born in the selo of Ledengskoye of the Vologda Governorate, currently in Babushkinsky District of Vologda Oblast....

, who was born in Ledengskoye.

History

In 14th century, salt was discovered in the valley of the Ledenga, and the selo of Ledengskoye was historically known for salt production. In 19th century, Ledengskoye belonged to Totemsky Uyezd of Vologda Governorate

Vologda Governorate

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. On July 15, 1929 Ledengsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Ledengskoye was established as part of Vologda Okrug of Northern Krai

Northern Krai

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.

From 1841, the salt water of Ledengskoye was used for medical purposes. In 1989, the Ledengsk Spa

Spa

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 Resort was open. The resort uses underground lakes with high concentration of salt.

Economy

The salt production was traditionally the main occupation of the population of Ledengskoye, but it is extinct. The economy of babushkinsky District is based on timber production.

Transport

A paved road connecting Totma

Totma

Totma is a town and the administrative center of Totemsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia,, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River at the confluence with the Pesya Denga River. Municipally, it is incorporated as Totemskoe Urban Settlement in Totemsky Municipal District. Population:...

 with Nikolsk

Nikolsk, Vologda Oblast

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 passes through Imeni Babushkina. Before the road between Totma and Veliky Ustyug

Veliky Ustyug

Veliky Ustyug is a town in the northeast of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance . It also serves as the administrative center of Velikoustyugsky District, by which it is completely...

 along the Sukhona was completed in 2000s, this was the only road connecting Vologda

Vologda

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 and Totma to Veliky Ustyug. There is regular bus traffic.

Culture and recreation

Imeni Babushkina contains one object (a monument to Ivan Babushkin) classified as cultural heritage of the federal significance and eight objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. These are the buildings of Ledengskoye Salt Production Factory, the church ensemble, and the house where Ivan Babushkin

Ivan Babushkin

Ivan Babushkin was a Russian professional Bolshevik revolutionary. He was born in the selo of Ledengskoye of the Vologda Governorate, currently in Babushkinsky District of Vologda Oblast....

was born.

The Memorial Museum of Ivan Babushkin is located in Imeni Babushkina.