Tarnogsky Gorodok is a
rural locality (a
selo) and the
administrative center of
Tarnogsky District of
Vologda Oblast,
Russia, located on the left bank of the
Kokshenga River, at its
confluence with the Tarnoga River. It also serves as the administrative center of Tarnogsky Selsoviet, one of the thirteen selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Tarnogskoye Rural Settlement. Population:
History
Tarnogsky Gorodok has been first mentioned in the chronicles in 1453. The area produced crops, and the Kokshenga and the Vaga were used to transport bread to Arkhangelsk. In the course of the
administrative reform carried out in 1708 by
Peter the Great the area was included into Vazhsky Uyezd of
Archangelgorod Governorate. In 1796, the area became part of Totemsky Volost in the center in the town of
Totma. In 1890s, Tarnogsky Gorodok became the center of Shevdenitskaya Volost.