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 Britannicaindia.com: Britannica Browse
river and tributary of the Lena River in eastern Siberia, Russia.
It lies along the Terek River and on the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains.
It is centred on Vladimir city and lies east of Moscow in the basin of the Oka River.
www.britannicaindia.com /britannica_browse/v/v13.html   (1711 words)

  
  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Klyazma River
The Klyazma River (Клязьма in Russian) is a river in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Oka River.
The length of the river is 686 km.
The Klyazma is navigable within 120 km from its estuary and in the area of the Klyazminskoye Reservoir.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Klyazma   (172 words)

  
 Vladimir The Cathedral of Assumption
The white stone surface was reinforced, the dome regilded, the carving and icon frames renovated and the magnificent frescoes painted between the 12th and 19th century restored.
Today the Cathedral of the Assumption, whose massive form rises up in the centre of the town overlooking the steep bank of the river Klyazma, appears as it did after it was rebuilt between 1185 and 1189.
From the Cathedral of the Assumption standing on the oldest and highest point of the town there is a magnificent view of the low right bank of the river Klyazma with its blue green woods receding to the horizon and of the new bridge linking the town to the leisure area.
library.thinkquest.org /C006006F/engpart/vladimi2/vladimir2.htm   (528 words)

  
 Catalog Page for PIA01775
In general, dark pink areas are agricultural; pink and light blue areas are urban communities; fl areas represent lakes and rivers; dark blue areas are cleared forest; and light green areas are forested.
The Klyazma River snakes to the southeast from the reservoir in the upper left (shown in bright red), passing just east of Star City and flowing off the lower right edge of the image.
SIR-C/X-SAR radar images are being compared with data from the Russian radar satellite Almaz to evaluate the usefulness of a permanent orbital radar platform in monitoring Earth s environment and ecology.
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov /catalog/PIA01775   (410 words)

  
 Travel russia. Cities of Russia. Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Vladimir, Suzdal, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Sergiev Posad, Rostov ...
According to the latest data discovered by the historians and archaeologists, Vladimir was founded in 995 by Prince Vladimir on the bank of the Klyazma River.
The first reference to Suzdal was made in the chronicle in 1024 in connection with the peasants' uprising, which spread "throughout the land".
Kostroma is an ancient Russian town with a population situated on the left bank of the Volga river.
traveltorussia.biz /cities.html   (514 words)

  
 Vladimir, Russia
Vladimir City is one of the oldest Russian cities, located in the heart of the Vladimir region (Vladimirskaya Oblast) east of Moscow on the bank of the Klyazma River.
The city was first mentioned in 1108, when Vladimir Monomakh, the prince of Rostov-Suzdal, fortified the shores of the River and founded a town in his name.
The capital of Rostov-Suzdal was eventually moved to Vladimir in 1157.
www.itk.ilstu.edu /faculty/javila/vladimir/home.htm   (150 words)

  
 Klyazma River Information
The Klyazma River (Клязьма in Russian) is a river in the Moscow and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Oka River.
The Klyazma River freezes up in November and stays under the ice until mid-April.
The cities of Gorokhovets, Mendeleevo, Pavlovsky Posad, Vladimir, Kovrov, Shchyolkovo, Losino-Petrovsky, Noginsk, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Sobinka, and Vyazniki are located on the shores of the Klyazma River.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Klyazma_River   (124 words)

  
 Oka River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name of the river originates in Finno-Ugric languages spoken in the area before the Slavic expansion, probably Meshcheran language, meaning "river" (compare Finnish joki).
Historically, the river gave its name to the Upper Oka Principalities, situated upstream from Tarusa.
The Russian capital Moscow sits on one of the Oka's tributaries – the Moskva River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oka_River   (193 words)

  
 DSS for Water Quality Planning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Rivers under consideration were assumed to be split into a finite number of reaches separated by monitoring stations.
Though the river is quite polluted, the value of sanitarian criterion is sufficiently good in all columns.
On the geographical map of the basin (this is the Klyazma river basin which is to the north-east from Moscow), the monitoring stations were given by small squares placed along the river and its inlets.
www.ccas.ru /mmes/mmeda/waterqua.htm   (1532 words)

  
 Vladimir Region - Kommersant Moscow
The hardwood forests consist mainly of oak, although sycamore maples are sometimes encountered in river valleys and on terraces.
The two main rivers are the Oka, which extends 157 km in the region, and its tributary the Klyazma (457 km).
Eighty percent of the region is in the Klyazma basin and the remaining 20%, in the Oka basin.
www.kommersant.com /p-77/r_421/Vladimir_Region   (3697 words)

  
 Small Towns of Russia
At the end of the 18th century, Catherine II granted Myshkin town status, and by the end of the 19th century it was one of the wealthiest towns along the Volga River.
Kholui is located on the banks of the River Teza, a tributary of the Klyazma River.
Situated on the Khoper, a tributary of the Don River, Urupinsk is a port with a population of 42,400.
www.russianamericanchamber.org /regions/Small_towns.html   (3117 words)

  
 Fakultäten der Universität Heidelberg
At the new phase of cooperation, much attention was paid on the studies of the heavy metal pollution of the Klyazma and the Moskva River Basins and their sediments, the most polluted parts of the Oka River drainage area, also methods for determining some organic contaminants in sediments have been developed.
This paper presents the results of the detailed investigations of the heavy metal and organic pollution of the aquatic sediments of the largest part of the Moskva River Basin up- and downstream from the city of Moscow and of the main part of the Klyazma River Basin for the section from Moscow to Vladimir.
This work is the first systematic investigation of the aquatic sediments of the Moskva River and the Klyazma River drainage areas.
www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de /~i02/muelhome/okaelbe.htm   (366 words)

  
 Golden Ring, Russia
This Golden Ring town is picturesquely settled on the high bank of the Klyazma River.
One of the oldest Russian cities, one of the best-preserved amongst other cities of the Golden Ring, was founded by the Russian Prince Vladimir Monomakh on the banks of the Kliazma river.
The legend says this town of the Golden Ring was founded by the famous Russian prince Yaroslav the Wise in 1010 as a fortified settlement on the Volga river.
www.travelmake.com /golden_ring.html   (6442 words)

  
 While To See - Day Trips From Moscow
The complex was built in the 17th Century by Nikon, a patriarch whose reforms caused a schism in the Orthodox Church.
A hillock nearby is known as Mount Sion, the river is called Jordan and the main structure on the premises —The Cathedral of the Resurrection — is trumpeted as a copy of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchure.
Further along the bank of the Klyazma River is the Cathedral of St. Dimitry famous for its stone carvings of fantastic birds and strange animals.
www.moscowtimes.ru /travel/whilehere/sights_amoscow.html   (1279 words)

  
 The Golden Ring / Vladimir: facts, impression of vladimir, history, what to do there, life in vladimir - WayToRussia.Net
It lies on the shore of Klyazma river.
Vladimir is one of the oldest Russian cities, was first mentioned in 1108, when the price of Rostov-Suzdal land Vladimir Monomakh decided to fortify the shores of Klyazma river, and founded a town at a place of a small village, giving it his name.
The capital of Rostov-Suzdal land was Suzdal (now a small town, 38 km north of Vladimir), and in the 1157 the capital was moved to Vladimir.
www.waytorussia.net /GoldenRing/Vladimir/Vladimir.html   (733 words)

  
 The Golden Ring: Accommodation in Vladimir: hotels, homestay, camping -- WayToRussia.Net
There are 8 hotels in Vladimir, 3 of them ('Vladimir', 'Klyazma', and 'Zarya') are located quite close to the centrum.
There's no public transport, because the only bridge over the Klyazma river is being repaired now, the closest bridge is 50 km away.
Don't try to swim in the nearby Klyazma river and in ponds at the park, locals say that when you get in the river, you walk out all fl, because there are so many factories and plants around.
www.waytorussia.net /GoldenRing/Vladimir/Accommodation.html   (1386 words)

  
 Main Implementation Results of the Federal "Dioxins" Target Program
Moscow Oblast's rivers and water bodies where part of the dioxin pollutants accumulate may also be probable sources of ground water contamination.
The high dioxin contamination of Vychegda is also evidenced by the fact that even 300 km away from the STC waste water discharge point the concentration of dioxin compounds in the river-bed silt is only 33% less.
Analysis was completed of the comprehensive review of air, water, snow, soil and river bottom sediment pollution in the territory of Chapayevsk and farmlands adjacent to the Chapayevsk Chemical Fertilizer Plant (CCFP).
www.chem.unep.ch /pops/POPs_Inc/proceedings/stpetbrg/danilina.htm   (3446 words)

  
 D.A.T.E. - "The Golden Ring"
Situated on the banks of Klyazma river, this important town boasts many attractions.
Tour of downtown with stops at the historic St.Dimitrius Cathedral (1194-97), one of the finest examples of old Russian church architecture and the Assumption Cathedral (1160), the Golden Gates, built in the 12 century.
Kostroma lies North of Yaroslavl, on the Volga river.
www.date.com.ru /en/tour/routs/gold.shtml   (265 words)

  
 IREX-2
The three photo above are of the city of Vladimir and the Klyazma River Valley.
It was located strategically on a high bluff of the Klyazma River - a major east-west corridor between the Volga River to the north and the Oka River to the south.
The photo on the left is one which shows a few buildings on the bluff of the river.
www.brooksgreen.net /IREX/IREX2.htm   (473 words)

  
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This paper presents the results of heavy metal investigations (270 samples) in the Oka River drainage area.
A strong sediment pollution with respect to mercury, however, occurs in the Klyazma River, the largest tributary of the Oka River, draining the northern part of the Moscow region.
-the Klyasma River downstream from Moscow and downstream from Vladimir
www.the-conference.com /JConfAbs/1/417.html   (495 words)

  
 Imperial River Cruises :: Call Toll Free: 866.922.4640
Founded in 1108 on the banks of the Klyazma river by prince Vladimir Monomakh, Vladimir became the new capital of medieval Russia.
This status ended with the Mongol invasion in the middle of the 13th century and the rise of Moscow.
With its striking décor, perfectly balanced architecture and magnificent frescoes Uspensky Sobor's is rightfully considered a masterpieces of ancient Russian art and architecture.
www.cruisebyriver.com /Cruises/Cruise_Cities/Russia/Vladimir   (200 words)

  
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According to chronicles almost a thousand years ago on a steep bank of the Klyazma river, a tributary of the Oka river, Vladimir Monomakh, a Kiev prince, founded a town called by his name in his honour.
In the environs of Ples the ridge was dissected by the Volga river.
A gently sloping wavy plain crossed by river valleys is located southward and south-east of the Rostov-Galitch moraine ridge.
www.igu-net.org /cge/educom/conferences/Fieldtrips_2003.doc   (2396 words)

  
 Assumption Cathedral Vladimir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
The church was built in 1158-1160 by prince Andrei Bogolyubsky as a principle church of the Vladimir-Suzdal principality.
The cathedral stands on a high hill over the Klyazma river.
Its original shape expressed the dignity of Vladimir as a capital city and the power of the prince.
www.moscow-driver.com /bphoto127.html   (88 words)

  
 Playtrek Spock in Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Moscow is the capital city of Russia, having been founded by prince Yuri Dolgoruky in 1147 on the banks of the Moskva river.
Vladimir, a Russian town that claims a history of over 1000 years, is an historic capital of Russia founded on the banks of the Klyazma river.
Kostroma is nearly the same age as Moscow, founded on the banks of the Volga river, the longest river in Europe.
www.playtrek.com /pages/PTSpockRussiaMain.htm   (434 words)

  
 The Lost World of Meshchera
They occupied both banks of Oka river from the mouth of Pronya to Moksha river and neighboring with the Mordvins and Mourom on the low Oka.
The Meshchera also was exploring the middle and low Moscow river contacting with coming from upper Oka Balts.
The lands of the lower Moksha river [9], where Meshchera lived alongside with Mordvins also were occupied and devastated.
www.egorievsk.ru /eng/history/lwmecshera.html   (2156 words)

  
 Russia - White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
There are a number of magnificent 12th- and 13th-century public and religious buildings, above all the masterpieces of the Collegiate Church of St Demetrios and the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin.
Vladimir is the capital of Vladimir Oblast, western Russia, on the Klyaz’ma River.
The principality occupied a vast territory in the North-East of Kievan Rus, approximately bordered by the rivers Volga, Oka, and Northern Dvina.
worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-RussiaVladimirSuzdal.htm   (1145 words)

  
 President of Russia |
On the south, it ran along the Moscow River, reaching the point where the Tainitskaya Tower now stands.
In the west it was bordered by the Neglinnaya River and stretched from the modern day Borovitsky Gates to the Troitsky Gates.
The Kremlin housed the prince’s court, living chambers, storehouses and so on, ancient churches and cemeteries, and was a border fortress designed, along with the fortress in Dmitrov, to protect the approaches to the Klyazma River from the direction of the Yakhroma and Moscow rivers.
www.kremlin.ru /eng/articles/history_02.shtml   (372 words)

  
 International Seminar - Klyazma 2001
ISPEAC-2001 will take place in the Klyazma Hotel, which is situated on the bank of Klyazma river in the picturesque place 10-15 km north from Moscow.
You should use the metro station exit near the first carriage from center and take the bus or fixed-route taxi from Cherepovetskaya ul.
The Organizing Commettee does not provide insurance and does not take any responsibility for accidents or illness that might occur during the week or in the cource of travel to or from the meeting place.
www.chph.ras.ru /~golubkov   (465 words)

  
 MV Realty: продажа аренда от собственника VIP-коттедж дом дача ...
The Klyazma river with its beach (Mikhalkov’s Oscar-winning «Burnt by the Sun» was filmed here) is 3km away.
On the banks of the Klyazma River, only 3 km away there are skiing facilities.
Within 5 min walk is the bank of the Moscow River, Oktyabr Sports Center and a pine forest.
mvreal.com /index_eng.html   (396 words)

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