Isakovo, Gryazovetsky District, Vologda Oblast Explained

Official Name:Isakovo
Native Name:Исаково
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Russia Vologda Oblast#Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Name1:Vologda Oblast
Subdivision Name3:Gryazovetsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+3:00
Coordinates:58.9167°N 80°W[1]

Isakovo (Russian: Исаково) is a rural locality (a village) in Yurovskoye Rural Settlement, Gryazovetsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 9 as of 2002.[2] One of the earliest appearance of pottery has been found in Isakovo, alongside flint and bone tools (arrowheads, knives, points, half-ground adzes). Pointed-based pots in Isakovo probably were copies of similarly shaped baskets. The period of the artifacts and pottery may reach back to about 4000 BC.[3]

Geography

Isakovo is located 43 km northwest of Gryazovets (the district's administrative centre) by road. Zakharovo is the nearest rural locality.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://mapdata.ru/vologodskaya-oblast/gryazoveckiy-rayon/derevnya-isakovo/ Деревня Исаково на карте
  2. Данные переписи 2002 года: таблица 2С. М.: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, 2004.
  3. Web site: Isakovo culture archaeology. Encyclopedia Britannica. en. 2020-05-08.
  4. http://allroutes.ru/rasstoyanie_isakovo-7-35_grjazovec Расстояние от Исакова до Грязовеца