Veliky Ustyug (meteorite)
Veliky Ustyug was a meteorite that fell on July 3, 1290 in Kotovo village, near the town of Veliky Ustyug, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The fall was witnessed by local priests. The event was later described in the Life of Procopius the Righteous.
The meteorite itself has been lost. Veliky Ustyug is not included in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
Scientists of the Meteoritics Laboratory of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry presume that the fall of the Veliky Ustyug meteorite is connected to the Tunguska explosion.
