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Village in Vologda Oblast, Russia
Dobrets Добрец
Village
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Coordinates: 59°09′N 38°20′E / 59.150°N 38.333°E / 59.150; 38.333
CountryRussia
RegionVologda Oblast
DistrictSheksninsky District
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Dobrets (Russian: Добрец) is a rural locality (a village) in Zheleznodorozhnoye Rural Settlement, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 72 as of 2002.

Geography

Dobrets is located 15 km southwest of Sheksna (the district's administrative centre) by road. Krasny Kholm (former Matukovo) is the nearest rural locality.

History

First noted in sources in 1477: Belozersk prince. Mikhail Andreevich granted the village of Doboets to the Moscow Simonov Monastery (ASEI, P. No. 390). Soon the village became unhabited, so the charter of 1485 already speaks of the Dobrets wasteland (ibid., No. 397).

Etymology of Name

From the old russian male personal name Dobry. The same-root names Dobrilo and Dobrynya were very active in Rus' in the 14th – 16th centuries. Toponyms -ets are often found in the southern part of Belozerye: Pashnets, Yuryevets, Ovinets, etc.

References

  1. Деревня Добрец на карте
  2. Данные переписи 2002 года: таблица 2С. М.: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, 2004.
  3. Расстояние от Шексны до Добреца
  4. ^ "Чайкина Ю. И. Географические названия Вологодской области. Топонимический словарь(2)". www.booksite.ru. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
Rural localities in Sheksninsky District
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