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  Donets River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Donets owing to the confusion of the Russian severnyi with siverskyi).
Belgorod, is narrow; farther down, the river attains a width of 100 m and an average depth of 1 m.
The average water discharge 119 km from the river mouth is 159 cu m/sec.
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/D/O/DonetsRiver.htm   (280 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Donets
Donets Basin denyÄ•ts´, abbreviated as Donbas, industrial region (c.10,000 sq mi/25,900 sq km), E Ukraine and SW European Russia, N of the Sea of Azov and W of the Donets River.
A mining center of the Donets coal basin, the city is also an important producer of artificial fibers and mining machinery.
497,000), capital of Luhansk region, E Ukraine, at the confluence of the Luhan and Vilkhivka rivers, in the Donets Basin.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Donets   (452 words)

  
 Donets - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Donets, river, eastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia, 1,020 km (631 mi) long.
Donets’k, (Ukrainian Donetske), formerly Stalino, city, southeastern Ukraine, on the Kal’mius River.
- river in Russia and Ukraine that flows into the Don River northeast of Rostov in southwestern Russia.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Donets.html   (69 words)

  
 Land
Other large rivers of Ukraine—the Donets in the east, the Boh in the southwest, and the Desna in the north—have had and continue to have a profound influence on the history of Ukraine and the life of its people.
The characteristics of rivers, such as the density of the river network as well as the volume and the seasonality of the flow, depend on factors such as climate, geology, relief, vegetation, and human modifications of the landscape.
The Donets rises in the Kursk region, south of the Central Upland, at an altitude of 215 m.
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /land.asp   (3367 words)

  
 Donets - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Donets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
River rising in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and flowing 1,080 km/670 mi through Ukraine to join the River Don 100 km/60 mi east of Rostov.
The Donets is navigable for some 210 km/130 mi, and is ice-bound from December to March.
He had a look at all the details of the hunt, sent a pack of hounds and huntsmen on ahead to find the quarry, mounted his chestnut Donets, and whistling to his own leash of borzois, set off across the threshing ground to a field leading to the Otradnoe wood.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Donets   (165 words)

  
 Lugansk - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
from its confluence with the northern Donets, in the Lugan mining district, 213 m.
This district, which comprises the coalmines of Lisichansk and the anthracite mines of Gorodishche, occupies about 110,000 acres on the banks of the Donets river.
Although it is mentioned in the 16th century, and coal was discovered there at the time of Peter the Great, it was not until 1 795 that an Englishman, Gascoyne or Gaskoin, established its first iron-works for supplying the Black Sea fleet and the southern fortresses with guns and shot.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lugansk   (226 words)

  
 Donets Basin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
It is located mainly in Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine and extends E into Rostov region.
Based on a formerly rich supply of coal, the Donbas was extensively developed in the 19th and 20th cent.
The development of the Donets Basin began c.1870, and by 1913 it was the source of virtually all the coal and more than half of the iron and steel produced in czarist Russia.
www.bartleby.com /65/do/DonetsBa.html   (296 words)

  
 Donets - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Donets, river, eastern Ukraine and south-western Russia, about 1,045 km (650 mi) long.
Ukraine’s industrial base is located chiefly in the Donets Basin, near to the mineral resources that support it.
Rising at an elevation of only 190 m (630 ft) and flowing for the most part through gently sloped, fertile steppes, the river has become known as the...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Donets.html   (92 words)

  
 Russian Topography
The Neva River is 47 miles (74 km) long, flowing west from Lake Ladoga to the Gulf of Finland at the city of Leningrad.
The Pripyat Marshes are a forested, swampy area of 38,000sq miles (98,400sq km) extending along the Pripyat River and its tributaries from Brest in the west to Mogilev in the northeast and Kiev in the southeast.
Streams and even major rivers froze solid for months at a time to such an extent that vehicles were able to cross and in one case a rail line was laid across the Dnepr River to help supply the German 6th Army engaged in fighting east of the river.
www.theeasternfront.co.uk /russiantopography.htm   (2804 words)

  
 Don River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The fourth-largest river in Europe, the Don flows into the
River, which flows through Ukraine for almost its entire length.
River and the Manych River, which flow through the partly Ukrainian-settled
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/D/O/DonRiver.htm   (107 words)

  
 Donets'k, Ukraine, The
Donetsk (Ukrainian: Донецьк, Donets'k; Russian: Доне́цк) is a city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river.
Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the Donets Basin region, or Donbass.
While the majority of people in central and western Ukraine speak Ukrainian, many residents of Donetsk and the surrounding region are Russian-speaking Ukrainians and Russian immigrants; the Russian language is dominant in eastern Ukraine.
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 XXXXVIII.Panzerkorps
The sectors on the river Mulde and the river Elbe are to be prepared for defense facing the West.
The course of the river Schwarze Elster (the localities situated there are assigned to the XXXXVIII.Panzerkorps) is the rear boundary between the deputy IV.Armeekorps, the deputy III.Armeekorps and the rear Heeres-area of the Heeresgruppe Schoener.
On both sides of the river Saale in the area of Halle-Schkoppau-Leuna and south of it, the main-body of an antiaircraft artillery division had emplaced its mostly fixed antiaircraft guns for air defense (its Staff was located at Leipzig).
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 "Kudesnik" (Magician) Young Environmentalists' Club, Severodonetsk city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The first two expeditions examined the River Borova from its source to the estuary; during the third expedition the whole length of the river close to Severodonetsk city was examined and analysed; 5-16 people participated in the expeditions.
Children examined the farms close to the river and conveyed the information to the local authorities.
In addition, the River Siversky Donets was examined twice, from Serebryanka village in Donetska Oblast to Verhhne village in Luhanska Oblast.
www.uarivers.net /members/e_org12_1.htm   (461 words)

  
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In 1185 a battle was fought between the prince of Novhorod-Siversky Ihor Svyatoslavych's armies and the Polovtsians, which was masterfully described in the epic "The Lay of Ihor's Campaign."
The uprising was crushed and the Kozak towns and settlements were fumed by order of Tsar Peter I. With the establishment of the Ukrainian defence line against the Turks in 1731, the Donets lands began to be settled by foreign colonists, especially the Germans.
The development of coal mines, metallurgical plants and railroads brought an influx of Russian businessmen and workers to the Donets region.
www.dangly.com /donetsk/history/more.htm   (661 words)

  
 Government portal :: Regional and City State Administrations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the XI-XII centuries on the right bank of the river Uda an old Slavonic city Donets’ was situated, frequently mentioned in ancient chronicles, - one of the outposts of Kyiv Rus’ in the struggle against nomads.
The main river of the region united both names since then it is called Sivers’ky Donets’.
The major part of the territory is situated within the limits of Prydniprovs’ka plain, on the north and northern east – ridges of the Middle Russian Hills, on the southern east – ridges of the Donets’k mountain-ridge.
www.kmu.gov.ua /control/en/publish/printable_article?art_id=116847   (837 words)

  
 Golosiyevo Branch of the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1991, the organisation was involved in developing general recommendations on forest improvement activities and rehabilitation of flora on the banks of the Rivers Bilenka and Borova (tributaries of the River Siversky Donets in Donetska Oblast).
In 1992, the organisation's members studied the condition of the water-protection forest zones of the River Stokhid floodplain on the territory of Manevytsky State Forestry, in Volynska Oblast.
A poster, "The protective role of water on forest lands and its impact on the characteristics of erosive soils", was prepared.
www.uarivers.net /members/e_org26_1.htm   (579 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Muscovy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Stenka Razin, a Cossack who was from the Don River region, led a revolt that drew together wealthy Cossacks who were well established in the region and escaped serfs seeking free land.
The Treaty of Andrusovo, which ended the war in 1667, split Ukraine along the Dnepr River, reuniting the western sector with Poland and leaving the eastern sector self-governing under the suzerainty of the tsar.
By the middle of the 17th century, Muscovites had reached the Amur River and the outskirts of the Chinese Empire.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Muscovy   (3289 words)

  
 Nature reserves (zapovidnyky) in Ukraine, forests, environment by Olga Zyrina.
The first plant community is characterized by riparian floodplain vegetation of the Desna river and its tributaries intercepted with forest patches.
The area of Roztochchya Reserve is the main watershed for the rivers of the Black and Baltic Seas.
The Dunaiskii Biosphere Reserve (#4) is located in the Kiliy district of Odessa region in the flood plains of the Danube river delta.
oregonstate.edu /~peremysv/ukraine/reserve1.htm   (3451 words)

  
 NATO ARW Nanostructured Materials by High-Pressure Severe Plastic Deformation - Venue
The territory of Ukraine is mainly comprised of flatlands with the exception of the Carpathian Mountains to the west, (Hoverla, the highest peak, is 2081m above sea level) and the Crimean Mountains to the south (Mount Roman Kosh is 1545m above sea level).
Nearby, the meandering Seversky Donets River, which was navigable in the 17th century, is 100 meters wide and four meters deep - up to six meters in some locations.
At the foot of mountains, on the bank of Seversky Donets River, are cathedrals, churches, and chapels, as well as the 19th-century Gostiny Dvor that complement the landscape of Sv'atyje Gory and immense tracks of forest.
www.nato-arw.donbass.com /venue.htm   (992 words)

  
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German 14 Panzer Corps continues to hold the bridgeheads across the Donets southeast of Kharkov although the threat to its line of communications is growing.
In the South the Soviet line defending the bridges over the Donets is pushed back but is not broken with units from German 14 Panzer Corps coming within 20 miles of the Donets crossing south of Volvenkovo.
Preventing the Soviets from cutting the western roads and the railroad to Kharkov seems to be impossible since all German forces are needed to hold Kharkov in the face of Soviet 6 Army attack from the west.
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 Svyatohirs'k (Donets'k, Ukraine)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Taking into account often attacks and robberies of the Crimean Tatars, in second half of XVI century was organized border services near Donets' river includes also 5-th Svyatohirs'ka guard.
The right tenant is the 5-th Svyatohirs'k guards soldier (the end of XVI century) with a spear, the left tenant is cossack with a spear and a sabre.
Vert background specifies picturesqueness of the nature, azure base means the river Severs'kyi Donets', five argent mountains mean the Donets'k cretaceous rock having five cretaceous cones.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ua-dn-sv.html   (435 words)

  
 Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site
It was known that in Dnieperdzerzhinskoye resevoir, leading to the DnieperDonbass Canal, and in the canal itself, significant populations of D.
For solving the problem of water intake protection in the Dniester River periodic chlorination was recommended, but the pipeline water purification system required technological modification.
In that case chlorination of the water pipeline should not be conducted more than 2 times a year using a significantly larger dose of chlorine (10-17 mg/1) to reach the final concentration of 5 mg/1 when the water gets to the water treatment plant.
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 INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR WATER QUALITY
Such assessment must be based on a number of ecological and water usage criteria which may let to control water quality with the goal to achieve good surface water state and to comply with all standards and objectives to areas requiring special protection.
Further development of the system with the aim of increasing the quantity of river basins that are managed with its help will be possible on the basis of the national contribution in cash and in kind.
Except the Dniepro river basin which is the largest in Ukraine, there is a number of other river basins which are not included into this Dniepro project.
www.oieau.fr /ciedd/contributions/at1/contribution/lozan.htm   (1514 words)

  
 GI -- World War II Commemoration
In the first phase the German Army was to engage the Soviet main force as close to the western border of the Soviet Union as possible, cut it up by encircling movements, and destroy it and so prevent the Russians from fighting a delaying action across the vast spaces of their country.
On November 22, the Soviet spearheads met at Kalach on the Don River, and the Sixth Army and approximately half of the German and Romanian troops of the Fourth Panzer Army (250,000 to 300,000 men in all) were encircled.
In another scythelike sweep the Russians turned southward to the Donets, threatening to envelop the German remnants of Army Group B and Army Group Don, which was still endeavoring to hold open Army Group A's lifeline to the west at Rostov.
www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_6.html   (17160 words)

  
 Donetsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donetsk lies in the steppe landscape of Ukraine, which is surrounded by small forests, hills (slag heaps), rivers, and lakes.
Sailboats on the Kalmius river, with Donetsk's slag heaps in the background.
The city is an important center of heavy industry and coal mines in the Donets Basin (Donbas) and the Ukraine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donetsk   (1747 words)

  
 Green Left - Environmental disaster shuts down Ukrainian city
Water is now being released from reservoirs to increase stream flow, and compressors are being used to pump air into rivers in an effort to stop the decay of organic matter from lowering oxygen levels.
The Northern Donets is a vital source of drinking water for three of Ukraine's heavily populated eastern provinces, as well as for parts of Rostov province in Russia.
As well as Kharkov and the Northern Donets basin, the danger areas include Odessa, Simferopol in the Crimea, the coasts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and the environs of a number of rivers in southern Ukraine where cholera has been detected.
www.greenleft.org.au /1995/196/11540   (903 words)

  
 Gefreiter Johann Winkler
Soviet resistance together with rain and mud slowed meant this advance was ponderous and it was not until mid-October that the Germans were in a position to threaten Kharkov.
Armee had pushed the Soviets back over the River Donets, capturing Kharkov and Belgorod in the process, it was exhausted and a decision was made to halt and take up defensive positions on the Donets.
Shortly after this, on the 22nd November, in reaction to the enforced German retreat from Rostov, Winkler's division was taken out of the line and began a foot march south to Stalino.
home.clara.net /percy/johannwinkler.htm   (698 words)

  
 World War II - The Allies Triumph - Operation Overlord
In the second half of the month, the Soviet offensive expanded south along the Donets River and north into the Army Group Center sector.
Behind the river, the German troops found no trace of an east wall, and they had to contend from the first with five Soviet bridgeheads.
The high west bank of the river was the best defensive line left in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet armies, under Zhukov and Vasilyevsky, fought furiously to prevent the Germans from gaining a foothold there.
www.history.com /minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=975&display_order=4&mini_id=1090   (1333 words)

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