Krasavino
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Krasavino (Russian: Краса́вино) is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Northern Dvina River 648 km northeast of Vologda and 25 km north of Veliky Ustyug, to which it is administratively subordinated. Population: 8,000 (2006 est.); 8,211 (2002 Census); 9,535 (1989 Census).
Krasavino is home to one of the oldest flax-processing factories in Russia, established in 1848. In 1899–1914, a number of carcasses of huge reptiles from the Permian period were found in the outskirts of Krasavino. The settlement was granted town status in 1947.
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