Skorodumovo (Yaroslavl district)

Winter in Skorodumovo moderately cold, moderately snowy, lasts about four months. The average January temperature is -9 ° C, in some winters frosts reach −20 ° C, −25 ° C. The height of the snow cover is 45–60 cm, usually does not exceed 30 cm. The snow cover is established in early December. Southern and western winds predominate.

Spring is characterized by low precipitation. The average temperature in April is about +6 ° C. Snowfall occurs in the second half of March.

The summer is warm and arid, with the highest rainfall per year - up to 60 mm per month. The average July temperature is +28 ° C, on some hot days the maximum temperature during the day reached +37 ° C. In July, the largest amount of precipitation falls in the year - 50-70 mm per month. Rainfall is predominantly rain, often with thunderstorms. Winds of westerly and northerly directions prevail.

Autumn is characterized by a sharp increase in the overcast sky - up to 18 days per month. The average October temperature is about +10 ° C.

Skorodumovo, as well as the entire Yaroslavl region, is in the time zone, designated by the international standard as Moscow Time Zone (MSK / MSD). The offset relative to UTC is +3: 00 (MSD).

Not far from Skorodumovo, bus 122 stops in the village of Golovinskoe, which runs from Zavolzhye to Dievo-Gorodishche.

More than half of the houses were built in the 1940s. This is a simple rural home. Inside the house, more than no more than 3 rooms, in each of these houses there is necessarily a Russian clay oven and a canopy. On the windows are beautiful carved platbands. In traditional houses the entire second floor is occupied by an attic, non-residential premises.

Through the village flows the river Shigolost . The depth of the river in the area of ​​the village is about 2 meters, and the average width is 4 meters. Many streams from water sources flow into the river, which makes the water clean and cold even in summer.

A kilometer from the village is Kudrinskoye Lake . The depth of the lake is up to 4 meters, and the width is about 250 meters.

National composition

Most of the Russians are by nationality, but about 90% of the population recognize themselves as descendants of the ancient Finno-Ugric tribes, more precisely the Meryan, who lived in these places in the 5th — 17th centuries. This is evidenced by the numerous Merya names of nearby objects (the Shigolost River, Dievo-Gorodishche, Kudrinskoye Lake).

Core Lessons

The majority of the population are engaged in home subsidiary farming, however, there are farms and collective farm fields. The traditional occupation since ancient times is hunting and fishing.