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Vologda (Province of Russia S)

a province of Russia, S.

VOLOGDA 155,498 square miles. Its surface is mostly a vast plain, becoming hilly toward the S., and mountainous toward the E., where the Urals expand into a wild highland tract. Only in the S. of the province is agriculture possible.

Most of the province lies in the great forest zone, and 87 per cent. of its surface is covered with pine woods. Vologda is drained chiefly by the Dwina and its tributaries toward the White Sea; the Petchora flows through the N.

E. part to the Arctic Ocean. Hunting and fishing are almost the only employments in the major portion of this province. Salt, skins, and iron are exported. Pop. about 1,500,000.