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	Volga River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Volga river in Western Russia, Europe's longest river, with a length of 3,690 km (2,293 miles), provides the core of the largest river system in Europe.
		Rzhev is the uppermost town situated on the Volga.
		The upper Volga was the border of a prehistoric Baltic-speaking population, as attested by river names.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Volga_River (824 words)

	VOLGA - LoveToKnow Article on VOLGA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is by far the longest river of Europe, the Danube, which comes next to it, being only 1775 m., while the Rhine (760 m.) is shorter even than two of the chief tributaries of the Volgathe Oka and the Kama.
		From its confluence with the Sheksna the Volga flows with a very gentle descent towards the south-east, past Yaroslavl and Kostroma, along a broad valley hollowed to a depth of 150200 ft. in the Permian and Jurassic deposits.
		The figures given show how immensely the river varies in volume, and the greatness of the changes which are constantly going on in the channel and on its banks.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VO/VOLGA.htm (2342 words)

	AllRefer.com - Volga-Baltic Waterway (CIS And Baltic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		It consists of the Moscow-Volga Canal, the Volga River, the Rybinsk Reservoir, the Mariinsk system (composed of the Sheksna River, the White Lake Canal, the Kovzha River, the Mariinsk Canal, and the Vytegra River), the Onega Canal, the Svir River, the Ladoga Canals, and the Neva River to St. Petersburg.
		The waterway was begun in 1709 to connect St. Petersburg with the interior.
		The waterway was reconstructed and modernized in the early 1960s, the principal addition being a dam across the Sheksna River near Cherepovets, which deepened the waterway as far as the Kovzha River, facilitating the use of larger vessels.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/VolgaBal.html (278 words)

	The Volga-Baltic Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Reconstructed and modernized in the early 1960s, the principal addition to the deepening of the waterway was a dam across the Sheksna River.
		The Canal consists of the Moscow-Volga Canal, the Volga River, the Rybinsk Reservoir, the Mariinsk system (composed of the Sheksna River, the White Lake Canal, the Kovzha River, the Mariinsk Canal, and the Vytegra River), the Onega Canal, the Svir River, the Ladoga Canals, and the Neva River to St. Petersburg.
		The Rybinsk Reservoir was formed in 1941 between the upper Volga River and its tributaries, the Mologa and Sheksna rivers.
	users.rcn.com /bcccsbs/eeurope/Russia/canal.htm (255 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sheksna river and Yakjgorba river.And if possible could you send me a map of this place.
		Both rivers go throught the center of the city and they join (yagrba gets into sheksna) at the SE part of town.
		The yagorba river flows from N to S and Sheksna is from E to W. To better understand where and how search internet for maps russia cherepovets sheksna.
	www.greatestcities.com /go.bml?journal=forum&itemid=49442&dir=next (78 words)

	Volga River - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Volga river (Russian Во́лга, Tatar İdel, Идел, Mordvin Рав, Mari Юл, German Wolga) in Western Russia, Europe's longest river, with a length of 3,690 km (2,293 miles), provides the core of the largest river system in Europe.
		Other important cities on the river include Saratov, Kazan (Qazan), Togliatti, and Samara (formerly Kuybyshev).
		The river basin played an important role in the great movements of people from Asia to Europe.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Volga (552 words)

	Russia - August 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cruising the River Sheksna which then joins White Lake at Krokhino where the church (right) became another victim of the floods due to the construction of the Volga-Baltic Waterway and an Ecology Centre as now been set up to monitor and repair the damage caused to the environment.
		Cruising the River Svir with further locks, an example to the right showing how large they are and how the boats only just fit, we had a lecture on the Romanov Dynasty.
		During dinner we entered the River Neva at Petrorepost where the fortress was used as a prison for high-ranking persons until 1917.
	freespace.virgin.net /stuart.farrell/russia/cruise.htm (554 words)

	Vologda
		It is 7 km off the city on the bank of the Sheksna river at the foot of the Maura hill.
		On the opposite side among the hills and the lowlands the Sheksna river flows.
		Soon after it Evdokiya was drowned in the Sheksna river at the order of the tsar.
	www.vologda-oblast.ru /main_prn.asp?V=521&LNG=ENG (401 words)

	Cherepovets -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Cherepovets lies on the right bank of the Sheksna River where it flows into the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga River.
		The oblast consists of alternating broad river basins and morainic hills.
		The western third is drained by tributaries of the upper Volga River, while the eastern part belongs to the Northern Dvina River basin, draining into it by the Sukhona River.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9023835 (259 words)

	Sheksna River - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Sheksna River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sheksna River - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Sheksna River.
		The list of the Sheksna River Authors is
		The orginal Sheksna River article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Sheksna-River.html (86 words)

	Essay "My Homeland" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In XI centure settlements were situated on shores of Volga, Sheksna, Tcheremkha rivers.
		In the beginning of XVI century tsar Ivan III wrote testament where he enumerated towns that were left to his sons and he also mentioned Rybnaya Village on Volga river.
		Rybinsk was "capital of barge haulers and dockers" on Volga river.
	www.edu.yar.ru:8103 /english/projects/world-98/gorod/rybinsk.html (463 words)

	Russia Itinerary - July 20, 2002
		The Sheksna Hydroplant consists of a hydrostation, uncharacteristically built into the concrete dam, and Locks #7 and #8.
		After weighing anchor at Irma, we continued sailing along the Sheksna River and by early evening entered into the Sizminsky Floodwaters.
		This massive basin resembling a lake formerly was a shallow and winding stretch of the Sheksna River of the Sheksna river
	www.ourheritage.net /Great_Adventures/Waterways_of_Russia/Itinerary/7-20-02.html (206 words)

	Cal Aggie Alumni Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the eight centuries that saw Moscow grow from a river outpost to a global power center, the city has survived onslaughts by the Tatars, the Poles, the French and the Germans, interspersed with internal convulsions — from the 17th century’s Time of Troubles to the Bolshevik Revolution to today’s striving for identity.
		The German-crafted MS Litvinov was built in 1991 exclusively to navigate the rivers and lakes of Russia, and has recently undergone a full refurbishment.
		Cruise on the waterways of Russia: the Volga River, Lake Beloye, the Kovzha River, Lake Onega, the Svir River, Lake Ladoga, and the Neva River to St. Petersburg.
	www.ucdavis-alumni.com /travel2003/russia.htm (1553 words)

	trussia.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In fact mist on the river in the early morning made us late and the tour was rescheduled to visit Kizhi island first.
		Time to visit the Nunnery of the Resurrection on the banks of the Sheksna river, and then a bus ride to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery and its museum containing numerous icons; also tools, instruments and a curious weighing machine.
		Yaroslavl at the junction of the rivers Volga and Kotorosl was named after Yaroslavl the Wise who ruled over the area from 988 to 1010.
	www.travoto.demon.co.uk /trussia.htm (2278 words)

	CWRU Alumni Travel Program - Alumni College in Normandy
		Cruise the upper Volga River this morning to the 10th-century town of Uglich, one of the ancient Russian towns comprising the "Golden Ring" of cities surrounding Moscow.
		Continue cruising along the "blue road" of the Sheksna River to the tranquil village of Goritsy.
		Litvinov was built in 1991 exclusively to navigate the rivers and lakes of Russia, and has just undergone a full refurbishment.
	www.cwru.edu /development/alum2/alumnirelations/benefits/programs/travelprogram/travel/russia_details.shtml (1218 words)

	VOLOGDA REGION - William C. Brumfield. PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
		Both are located considerably to the north of Vologda, near the confluence of the Sheksna River and the White Lake (Beloe ozero).
		The first monastery, formally dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin, was founded in 1397 on Siverskoe Lake, seven kilometers to the east of the Sheksna River.
		The terrain is defined by the confluence of two large rivers, the Sukhona and the lug, which merge to form a third-the Northern Dvina (15).
	www.cultinfo.ru /brumfield/province/index_e.htm (5607 words)

	FABULOUS RUSSIA
		It was 'back to the cabin' at about 8pm - but it was difficult tearing oneself away from the beautiful live music which played on the banks of the Sheksna River during and after the barbecue.
		The trees were very much closer to the boat and we were, quite obviously, on the Kovzha River part of the Volga-Baltic Canal.
		We were watching the river, its scenery and its peoples until the flood-plane appeared over the left- bank.
	www.olympus.u-net.com /russ08.htm (2865 words)

	Russia Itinerary - July 19, 2002
		Over the years Yaroslavl has been fairly prosperous as a major mercantile center on the Volga, resulting in the construction of numerous immaculate churches and the Grand Savior’s Monastery which is still the spiritual and cultural centre of the city.
		The dam and hydrostation lie in the old mouth of the Sheksna River, and the lock, in the former bed of the Volga.
		The flooding of the basin in 1941 was largely kept under wraps because of the mass destruction, human displacement, and ecological damage it necessitated.
	www.ourheritage.net /Great_Adventures/Waterways_of_Russia/Itinerary/7-19-02.html (671 words)

	RIVER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Search the RIVER Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the RIVER Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named RIVER at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/R/RIVER.htm (73 words)

	Moscow2000
		Since we are on a river voyage of sorts, we talk about the theme of the river in American literature, and how I feel as an American on a river voyage.
		Rechnaya means 'of the river', and refers to the Neva, which is right across the street from the hotel.
		This is the area of the river where all of the cruise ships moor, so the hotel was probably built here to cater to them.
	www.fscwv.edu /users/lboggess/Moscow2000/Moscow2000.htm (10518 words)

	Volga River articles and news from Start Learning Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Volga river in Western Russia, Europe's longest river, with a length of 1 E6 m3,690 km (2,293 miles), provides the core of the largest river system in Europe.
		The Volga has many tributaries, most importantly the Kama RiverKama, the Oka RiverOka, the Vetluga RiverVetluga, and the Sura RiverSura rivers.
		Other important cities on the river include Saratov, Kazan, Tolyatti, and Samara, RussiaSamara.
	www.startlearningnow.com /Volga.htm (748 words)

	Volga-Baltic Waterway -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The waterway starts at Rybinsk, on the Volga River and the Rybinsk Reservoir, and goes northward by way of the Sheksna River, which has been converted to a reservoir by a dam and power station above Cherepovets, to Lake Beloye.
		Crossing the lake, now within the Sheksna Reservoir, the waterway follows the Kovzha River, which is linked by a canal section over the watershed to the Vytegra River; the latter has been canalized by the construction of six locks and two hydroelectric stations and reservoirs.
		It follows the Svir to Lake Ladoga and the Novoladozhsky Canal, and then to the Neva River, which empties into the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea at St. Petersburg.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9075666?tocId=9075666 (1080 words)

	Volga-Baltic Waterway -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The project began in 1935, the artificial lake began to form in 1941, and, when the project was completed in 1947, a lake of 1,768 square miles (4,580 square km) in area, a maximum width of 37 miles (60 km), and an average depth of...
		Europe's longest river and the principal waterway of Russia, the Volga arises in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow and flows southeastward for 2,325 miles (3,740 kilometers) to empty into the Caspian Sea.
		Known as Mother Volga, it is a symbol of Russia and a central theme in songs and stories.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9075666 (880 words)

	Russiana River Cruises - Destinations 2006
		Located in the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of the River Neva, St.Petersburg is constructed entirely on islands - 44 to be precise.
		More than 65 river arms and canals separate these islands, which are linked by over 300 bridges.
		We visit the Monastery itself (founded by Ivan the Terrible) and what remains of the Nunnery of the Resurrection on the banks of the Sheksna River in Goritsy, within a quarter of a mile of where the ship stop, this will be interesting for any tourist with a real interest in Russian history.
	www.russiana.co.uk /destinations.html (750 words)

	Yale Educational Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The tour features the Armory, the oldest museum in Russia, which displays arms and armaments, as well as state treasures including Ivan the Terrible’s throne and the Fabergé eggs.
		Today cruise the upper Volga River to the 12th-century town of Uglich, one of the “Golden Ring” of fortified cities surrounding Moscow.
		Late this afternoon, cruise across Lake Ladoga, the largest freshwater lake in Europe, to the Neva River, which links the heart of Russia to the Gulf of Finland and the open sea, en route to St. Petersburg.
	www.aya.yale.edu /yet/russia05/itinerary.htm (928 words)

	This what we will see
		Petersburg: The city on the Neva River, St. Petersburg is the second largest industrial, scientific and cultural center in Russia.
		Lake Onega and Svir River: After cruising Lake Onega, Europe's second largest and one of the world's purest, we'll continue along the 139 mile-long Svir River which connects Lake Onega with Lake Ladoga.
		The view of the town as it is approached from the Volga River is especially lovely with the Cathedral of the Resurrection and St. John's Church looming on the horizon.
	www.wendingerbandtravel.com /russitin.htm (1372 words)

	VEN: Current Research Focus
		The specimens found before this Ophiocistoidea had lower sizes and were not in such undamaged state comparing with the one found 600 km to the North from Moscow on the North-East of Russian Plate (Europe part of Russia).
		of August of 1996 on the bank of Jagorba river (Cherepovets), which is forming together with Sheksna river the largest artificial storage in the world, was found quartzite copy of large Echinodermata.
		The windfall was made due to the lowest level of the water in the river of all the seasons of the last century.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /iz/echinoderm/Curresfocus/body_curresfocus.html (2258 words)

	NEWS
		By the end of January, 2005 near to the Ivanov Bor Township, Sheksna River, were completed commissioning and start-up works of non-directional beacon "Jantar-2М-400" which one is the first GNSS GLONASS/GPS beacon for the River Fleet in Russia.
		The river beacon "Sheksna" and before mounted and commissioned maritime beacon “Shepeljovskij” (Gulf of Finland) will provide the receiving of positioning information during river ship motion along the Volga-Baltic Route.
		The over day finished "The 2d All-Russian Conference of River Transport Communications" and the exhibition "Communication on the river - 2003" which have been called to illuminate such subject as a safety of navigation on Internal waterways.
	www.technomarine.ru /sf/news/news_en.htm (2869 words)

	2004 TDF The Magic of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We have entered the Volga, the most beloved of all Russian rivers.
		This afternoon, we dock at Uglich, spectacularly set on a sharp bend in the river.
		In 1591, Ivan the Terrible's nine year old son Prince Dmitry was assassinated here, a murder widely believed to have been ordered by Boris Godunov.
	www.tdf.org /travel/russia_itin.html (1193 words)

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