Melekhovo, Kirillovsky District, Vologda Oblast Explained

Official Name:Melekhovo
Native Name:Мелехово
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Russia Vologda Oblast#Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Name1:Vologda Oblast
Subdivision Name3:Kirillovsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+3:00
Coordinates:59.85°N 73°W[1]

Melekhovo (Russian: Мелехово) is a rural locality (a village) in Nikolotorzhskoye Rural Settlement, Kirillovsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 5 as of 2002.[2] It is close to the IK-6 Penal Colony where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is imprisoned.

Geography

Melekhovo is located 14 km east of Kirillov (the district's administrative centre) by road. Demidovo is the nearest rural locality.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://mapdata.ru/vologodskaya-oblast/kirillovskiy-rayon/derevnya-melehovo/ Деревня Мелехово на карте
  2. Данные переписи 2002 года: таблица 2С. М.: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, 2004.
  3. http://allroutes.ru/rasstoyanie_kirillov_melehovo-35 Расстояние от Кириллова до Мелехова