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	Vologda, Russia (Government) - LoveToKnow 1911
		The Timan Mountains are a swampy plateau, where the rivers flowing to the N. Dvina or to the Pechora take their rise in common marshes; so that on the Mylva portage boats have to be dragged a distance of only 3 m.
		The river Sukhona, which rises in the south-west and flows north-east, is navigable for 375 m.
		In the south-west the Sukhona is connected by means of Lake Kubina and the canal of Alexander von Wurttemberg with the upper Volga.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Vologda,_Russia_(Government) (967 words)

	About the Northern Dvina River
		The awakening of the northern rivers in the spring is a majestic and sometimes threatening, spectacle.
		In the spring, 50-65% of the yearly flow is carried by the rivers of the Northern area.
		The river bottom was littered with sunken logs, causing the river to become shallower, fish to die, and sandbars to form.
	www.wtvl.net /kotlas/kotlas/northern_dvina.htm (1311 words)

	ブリタニカ・ジャパン - Encyclopædia Britannica A-Z Browse
		river of Europe, the continent's longest, and the principal waterway of western Russia and the historic cradle of the Russian state.
		The river is 139 miles (224 km) long and drains a basin of 31,000 square miles (80,200 square km).
		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.co.jp /azbrowse/v/v23.html (1847 words)

	EUROPEAN - Online Information article about EUROPEAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Moreover, the chief rivers, the Volga, the W.
		The Vychegda, which flows W.S.W. to join the Sukhona, through a woody region, thinly peopled, is navigable for 500 M. and in its upper portion is connected by a canal with the upper Kama.
		December the 20th nearly all the rivers of the country are highways for sledges.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /EUD_FAT/EUROPEAN.html (6197 words)

	[Russia 1: culture]
		These were the lands situated in the basins of the rivers Onega, Northern Dvina, Vychegda, Mezen and Pechora, and also to the north of Lake Onega.
		In the south-east their border was the River Sukhona and in the east the basin of the Northern Dvina and its tributaries, the Toima and the Pinega.
		Overcoming Novgorod's power with great difficulty, these southerners forced their way to the River Sukhona, and moved the Novgorodian boundary to the watershed dividing the Sukhona and the Vasa river basins.
	www.russia-hc.ru /eng/culture/russev/russev_1.cfm (760 words)

	¥193/10/Opinion
		Even during the Soviet period, rivers such as the Sukhona, the Yug and the Northern Dvina served as important transportation routes, while roads in the same area were often barely passable.
		To be sure, the route is circuitous (some 550 kilometers) and goes far inland from the Sukhona River, all the way to Nikolsk on the River Yug.
		And in small, sleepy Totma on the Sukhona River, there are soaring churches and bell towers of unusual design - some, to be sure, showing the effects of neglect, misuse and inadequate funds for restoration.
	www.friends-partners.org /oldfriends/spbweb/times/193-194/newhigh.html (941 words)

	Search Results for "Sukhona"
		Sukhona, (sookho´n) (KEY), river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, N European Russia.
		It flows from Kubeno Lake NE into the Yug River at Veliki Ustyug to form the Northern...
		It is formed near Veliki Ustyug by the union of the Sukhona and Yug rivers, flows N past Kotlas,...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Sukhona (108 words)

	Vologda
		That is why in the 12th century the inhabitants moved to the left bank of the Sukhona river, to the Black Yar (steep bank) and founded a new settlement there - Ust'-Yug or Ustyug (by the name of the estuary of the Yug river).
		The network of navigable rivers connecting Ustyug with Kholmogory, Arkhangelsk and Pomoriye (along the Dvina), with Vologda, Yaroslavl and Moscow (along the Sukhona), with Vetluga, Vyatka and Kazan (along the Yug and the Luza), with Mezen and Pechora (along the Vychegda) was a major transportation route in the north of Russia.
		The streams symbolize the Sukhona and the Yug, and the torrent - the Northern Dvina.
	www.vologda-oblast.ru /main_prn.asp?V=181&LNG=ENG (1110 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for 350 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Sukhona, river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, N European Russia.
		Penobscot penÅb´skÅt, river, 350 mi (563 km) long, rising in numerous lakes in central Maine and flowing generally east in four branches, uniting, then flowing S into Penobscot Bay; longest river in Maine.
		It is a river port and large railroad junction in an agricultural district.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=350&StartAt=11 (668 words)

	The Right to Ecological Safety Brief Overview of the Environmental Situation in the Russian Regions
		In the middle of October 2001, the very same Vologda region-based Sukhona pulp-and-paper industrial facility had its pulp refining operation performed with the use of calcium hypochloride that is known to have the capability to readily react with the waste water microorganisms to produce chlororganic compounds containing dioxins.
		Untreated industrial and household wastes continue to be dumped into the area’s rivers and streams, with the indicator for heavy metals (copper, zinc, nickel and chrome) rising by 8.5%.
		In the course of 2001, the Krasnodar territory’s water basins, particularly the Kuban river, continued to be polluted.
	www.mhg.ru /english/1E7F21D (5524 words)

	hidden europe magazine - Articles - get a flavour of hidden europe - visiting Father Frost (hidden europe 5)
		From the late Baroque monastery of the Holy Trinity at Gleden, the view across the Sukhona river in the mist of an early May morning is picture perfect.
		The Yug and the Sukhona rivers, which converge just upstream of Veliky Ustyug, have sometimes wrought havoc through the region, as in 1998 when ice dams suddenly broke and caused catastrophic flooding.
		This is a fine historical detail that goes unremarked in the modern town on the Sukhona river by the men with their vodka bottles who gather each day at the Dezhnev monument.
	www.hiddeneurope.co.uk /carticle_info.php?articles_id=135 (2330 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for 350
		Guadalquivir, river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in the Sierra de Cazorla, SE Spain, and flowing generally SW past Córdoba and Seville into the Atlantic Ocean near Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
		Known to the Arabs as Wadi al-Kebir [the large river], it is the longest stream in the Andalusia region of S Spain.
		Mazaruni, river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in the Guiana Highlands, NW Guyana, and flowing generally E to the Essequibo River at Bartica.
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	Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Shop
		It lies along the Sokoto (Kebbi) River just east of the latter's junction with the Rima River.
		It lies 18 miles (30 km) upstream from the mouth of the Magdalena River.
		It rises on the slope of Mount Lawu volcano (10,712 feet [3,265 m]) and the southern limestone range (Sewu Mountains) and flows north, then...
	www.britannica.co.uk /britannica_browse/s/s58.html (1898 words)

	Travel to the Homeland of Ded Moroz (Russian Santa Claus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The town was founded in the 12th century at the confluence of the Yug and Sukhona rivers, and quickly became a busy port.
		Locals advise taking a stroll along the banks of the Sukhona River for its beautiful vistas, but if you visit during the winter, you might not want to stroll too far in the cold.
		The pearl of Veliky Ustyug, the Trinity-Gledensky Monastery, is found on the opposite bank of the Sukhona, and is accessible by car.
	www.manited.net /dedmoroz.html (1058 words)

	Russia Profile - The Russian North Revisited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Vologda was built entirely of wood until the reign of Ivan IV (the Terrible), who in 1565 included the town in his private domain and initiated the construction of a masonry fortress, or kremlin, apparently to serve as his northern residence.
		In the 18th century, Totma’s river trade was augmented by the arrival of merchants active in the Russian-American Company, which for a few decades reaped fabulous wealth from the fur trade.
		Veliky Ustyug (population about 36,000) is located at the confluence of two rivers, the Sukhona and the Yug, which merge into a third the Northern Dvina.
	www.russiaprofile.org /culture/2006/7/10/4026.wbp (2431 words)

	MONUMENTS OF CHURCH ARCHITECTURE IN THE TOTMA REGION William C. Brumfield
		Located on the Sukhona River midway between Vologda and Velikii Ustiug, Totma is a small town of some 10,000 souls, and yet from its midst there rise some of the most dramatic forms of church architecture to be found anywhere in the north.
		Whether one approaches Totma by road over the rolling fields and forests to the west or from the wide valley of the Sukhona River, the appearance of these tall spires on the landscape calls forth a sense of wonder.
		Yet present-day Totma is not near the Totma River, which flows into the Sukhona some seventeen kilometers downriver (i.e., to the northeast).
	www.pomorsu.ru /Brumfield/epregalery2.html (3552 words)

	Veliky Ustyug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Russian mouth of a river is ust'e (устье), south is yug (юг), together is Ustyug (Устюг).
		Veliky Ustyug lost its key role as a river port with the diminishing importance of the Sukhona river route for trade between China and western Europe.
		View to Sukhona River from bell tower of Uspenskij cathedral in Veliky Ustyug (photo 2001).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Veliky_Ustyug (428 words)

	William C. Brumfield. "Damp Area with Firs and Bushes"
		Hidden in a lightly populated expanse between Vologda and Veliky Ustyug, along the peaceful Sukhona river, is Totma, an 860-year-old architectural marvel.
		Located on the Sukhona River midway between Vologda and Veliky Ustyug, Totma is a sleepy settlement of some 10,000 souls.
		Whether one approaches by road over rolling fields and forests, or from the wide valley of the Sukhona River, the appearance of Totma's tall spires on the landscape produces a sense of amazement.
	www.cultinfo.ru /brumfield/articles/article10.htm (2139 words)

	Velikij Ustjug. The Dymkovo village
		The temples of Dymkovo village are situated on the other bank of Sukhona river opposite of the ensemble of the cathedrals of the Assumption, the St. Prokopij and the St. Ioann (Sobornoe Dvorische).
		It is said that these churches are the monuments of the participation of townspeople in the battle on Kulikovo field in the time of Tartar invasion.
		The sentinels had to watch of the road from Totma to the upper Sukhona and switch on the icon-lamp in case of danger.
	www.ustjug.museum.ru /eng/objekts/dymkovo.html (370 words)

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		Soldiers led him to the banks of the River Sequanum (now the Seine), but suddenly their eyes were beclouded, and Patrocles walked across the river on the water and began to pray on an hill on the other river-bank.
		The Monk Levkii of Volokolamsk was the founder of the Uspenie (Dormition) monastery on the Ruza River (the monastery was located 32 versts [34 kilometers/21 miles] from the city of Volokolamsk and 2 versts [2.1 kilometers/1.3 miles] from the village of Seredo-Stratilatsk).
		The Monk Philip of Sukhonsk was an hermit on Yankovsk hill, on the left bank of the Sukhona River -- two versts [2.1 kilometers/1.3 miles] from the city of Ustiug.
	www.missionstclare.com /english/people/aug17o.html (1180 words)

	Russian River Ships - Russian Shipbuilding Industry
		The plant in Velikiy Ustyug (Vologda Region), Sukhona river.
		The plant in Limenda (Kotlas, Arkhangelsk Region), Northern Dvina river.
		River and sea ships, ship equipment, repair and operation of ships.
	www.riverships.ru /english/russian_industry.shtml (1452 words)

	Sukhona - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		SUKHONA [Sukhona], river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, N European Russia.
		It flows from Kubeno Lake NE into the Yug River at Veliki Ustyug to form the Northern Dvina River.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Sukhona" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-sukhona.html (123 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Soldiers led him to the banks of the River Sequanum (now the Seine), but suddenly their eyes were beclouded, and Saint Patrocles at this time went across the river on the water and began to pray on an hill on the other river-bank.
		The Monk Levkii of Volokolamsk was the founder of the Uspenie (Dormition) monastery on the Ruza River (the monastery was located 32 versts from the city of Volokolamsk and 2 versts from the village of Seredo-Stratilatsk).
		The Monk Philip of Sukhonsk was an hermit on Yankovsk hill, on the left bank of the Sukhona River -- two versts from the city of Ustiug.
	cs-people.bu.edu /butta1/divenbog/AUGST/17-AUGST.DOC (3068 words)

	Search Results for "Dvina ... Latvia)"
		A major Baltic port, it is also a rail junction, a military base, and an industrial and cultural...
		It was founded (1278) by the Livonian Knights and became a strategic fortress....
		...Latvian Kurzeme, historic region and former duchy, in Latvia, between the Baltic Sea and the Western Dvina River.
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	Russian scientists pick up the trail of dinosaurs - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The discovery was made on the river Sukhona in Vologodskaya region.
		During the short periods of drought the river flow was reduced.
		The mechanism of formation of the prints on Sukhona banks could be the following: at first the water went away, then a large field of the drying lime mud covered with vegetation was formed.
	english.pravda.ru /science/19/94/377/16282_dinosaurs.html (1541 words)

	Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Saints - Saints by Day - January - 1st
		In 1594 the monk resettled not far from Tot'ma, at the River Tiksna, nearby a church in the name of Sainted Nicholas the Wonderworker.
		Abba Sergei came to Serpukhov with his beloved disciple Athanasii, and having situated the monastery of the Conception of the MostHoly Mother of God, he gave blessing to the Monk Athanasii to organise it, and then to be its hegumen.
		The monastery of Saint Athanasii was built nearby the city of Serpukhov, on the high bank of the River Nara.
	www.stlukeorthodox.com /html/saints/september/12th.cfm (2898 words)

	Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Saints - Saints by Day - January - 1st
		In this manner of suffering the holy martyr died, having signed himself with the sign of the cross.
		The river current carried the remains of the holy Martyr Doulos to his native city right up to shore.
		One of them sat and guarded the body of the holy martyr from birds, and another brought in its teeth a shepherd's robe and covered up the body of the saint.
	www.stlukeorthodox.com /html/saints/june/15th.cfm (3782 words)

	2000 Y2K Current Trip Plan for Project Whitewater Russia/USA
		In doing Rivers of an Unknown Land, we must proceed with maximum caution as we most importantly want to bring back everyone safely and uninjured.
		Rivers in the former Soviet republics will not normally be what we call "forgiving", and being largely Class V, means there is often no more than one right way to run the rapids correctly.
		But we know that there are rivers in the former Soviet republics which are extremely difficult for us to run rafts through, paddle or oars.
	www.raft.org /plan.html (1608 words)

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		The Monks Gregory and Kassian of Avnezh pursued asceticism at the River Sukhona in the Vologda land.
		The governor tried to confute his faith in Christ, but he was not able to resist against the grace-given words of Saint Doulos.
		Doulous was executed, but the river current carried his remains to his native city right up to shore.
	www.missionstclare.com /english/people/jun15o.html (3349 words)

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