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