century, Totma was frequently used as a destination for political exile. On July 15, 1929, several governorates, including Vologda Governorate, were merged into Northern Krai and the uyezds were abolished. Totma became the administrative center of Totemsky District, which included parts of former Totemsky Uyezd. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Totma serves as the administrative center of Totemsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Totemsky District as the town of district significance of Totma. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Totma is incorporated within Totemsky Municipal District as Totma Urban Settlement. Climate Economy Industry The most important industry in Totma is the food industry. Transportation Paved roads connect Totma with Vologda via Kadnikov (southwest), Veliky Ustyug via Nyuksenitsa (northeast), and Nikolsk via Imeni Babushkina (east). Before the road between Totma and Veliky Ustyug along the Sukhona was completed in the first decade of the 2000s, the only connection between the towns was via Nikolsk. The Sukhona is navigable in Totma; however, there is no passenger navigation. Culture and recreation Totma is a historical town which preserved, along with other heritage, several churches which have all similar structure not related to any other region of Russia. A Totma church is a building on which the church proper is based on one side and the bell-tower on the other side so that the construction reminds a ship. This style is sometimes referred to as Totma Baroque. Totma contains twelve objects classified as cultural and historical heritage by Russian Federal law and additionally seventy-four objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance. The town of Totma is classified as a historical town by the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation, which implies certain restrictions on construction in the historical center. The monuments classified as cultural heritage by the federal law are the following: The complex of the Resurrection Church and the Assumption Church (1744–1755) The Nativity Church (1746–1748) The Trinity Church in Zelenskaya Rybatskaya Sloboda (1768–1772) The complex of the Church of the Entry into Jerusalem and the Church of St. John the Baptist (1738–1740) The Kholodilov House (middle of 19th century) The ensemble of Spaso-Sumorin Monastery (1685–1689) The town hall The house where Anatoly Lunacharsky lived in 1903-1904 Totma hosts five six museums: The Totma Regional Museum, founded in 1915. Feodosy Vakhrushov, a landscape painter, was the founder