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	Volga. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Volga-Baltic Waterway links the Volga with the Baltic Sea and with the Baltic–White Sea Canal; the Volga-Don Canal links the Volga with the Azov and Black Seas; the Moscow Canal connects it directly with Moscow.
		The Volga’s chief tributaries are the Oka, Sura, Vetluga, Kama, and Samara rivers.
		The Volga was known to the ancient Greeks as the Rha, but little was known about the river until the early Middle Ages, when Slavic tribes settled along its upper course, the Bulgars (see Bulgars, Eastern) along its middle course, and the Khazars in the south.
	www.bartleby.com /65/vo/Volga.html

	JRL 3-21-02 - Russia, Volga River Study
		As it flows through 33 political and administrative territorial "subjects" of the Russian Federation, the Volga connects by canal to two major bodies of water - one to the Baltic by the Volga-Baltic Waterway and the second linked to the Don River, thence to the Black Sea, the Adriatic and the Mediterranean.
		For the river is no longer as nature intended, and books on the Volga speak today of a drop of water now taking months instead of weeks to travel the river's now interrupted course.
		It's to keep the great river the "lifeblood of Russia" for those still unborn that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO has spent the last two years planning a project to plot the waterway's most positive course up to the year 2030.
	www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/6148-12.cfm (799 words)

	Volga River - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Volga River
		Artificial waterways connect the Volga with the Baltic and White Seas (see Volga–Baltic Waterway), the Don (see Volga–Don Canal), and Moscow (see Moscow Canal).
		The Kuybyshev, Volgograd, Saratov, and other large hydroelectric stations on the Volga make it one of the main sources of the country's power supply, while the stations' high dams have transformed the river into a series of artificial reservoirs (see Rybinsk).
		In its basin lie two of the country's main industrial areas, the Moscow area between the Volga and the Oka, and the Urals in the basin of the Kama.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Volga+River (569 words)

	Articles
		Main waterways are the Belomor-Baltic Channel, the Moscow Canal (named after Moscow), the Volga-Don Canal, the Volga-Baltic Waterway.
	www.whererussia.com /common/articles?id=1197 (218 words)

	The Volga River (captioned photo)
		It is linked to the Moscow river by a canal, to the Baltic Sea by the Volga-Baltic Waterway, and to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov by the Volga-Don Canal.
		The Volga is the longest river in Europe.
	members.aol.com /dam0113/pe0034.htm (97 words)

	Baltic Sea on Encyclopedia.com
		The Baltic Sea is connected with the White Sea by the White Sea-Baltic Canal, and with the Volga River by the Volga-Baltic Waterway.
		The Øresund, Store Bælt, and Lille Bælt connect the Baltic Sea with the Kattegat and Skagerrak straits, which lead to the North Sea; the Kiel Canal, across the Jutland peninsula, is a more direct connection with the North Sea.
		Most of the Baltic is shallow, and its tides are less pronounced than those of the North Sea.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b/baltics1e.asp (97 words)

	fox lake waterway
		Volga-Baltic Waterway, canal and river system, c.685 mi (1,100 km) long, N European Russia.
		waterway, natural or artificial navigable inland body of water, or system of interconnected bodies of water, used for transportation, may include a lake, river, canal, or any combination of these.
		The existence of waterways has been an important factor in the development of regions, for the waterways have served first...
	www.sport-life.biz /fox-lake-waterway.html (97 words)

	Volga River
		The longest river in Europe, the Volga is an economically and culturally important waterway, and is mentioned in many Russian books and songs.
		Assisted stable development of the Volga economic potential can reinforce the Russian positions in the Caspian Sea, the Baltic and Black Seas, says the final resolution of the roundtable meeting.
		The Volga River, the largest river system and one of the most important rivers of Europe rises northwest of Moscow in the Valday Hills and flows 3,700 km (2,300 mi) to the southeast before emptying into the Caspian Sea near the city of Astrakhan’.
	www.public.asu.edu /~goutam/gcu325/volga.htm (1352 words)

	Ladoga, Lake on Encyclopedia.com
		Because of the difficulties of navigation, the southern shore of Lake Ladoga is paralleled by the Ladoga Canals, c.100 mi (160 km) long, connecting the Svir and Neva rivers and forming part of the Mariinsk System (see Volga-Baltic Waterway) and the Baltic-White Sea Canal System.
		Located on the heavily glaciated Baltic Shield, the lake has shores that are low and marshy in the south, rocky and indented in the north.
		During the defense of St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) against the Germans in World War II, the frozen Lake Ladoga was the lifeline by which Leningrad was supplied in the winters from 1941 to 1943.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/Ladoga-L1.asp (1352 words)

	Rybinsk Reservoir
		Volga-Baltic Waterway - Volga-Baltic Waterway, canal and river system, c.685 mi (1,100 km) long, N European Russia.
		It was formed in 1941 between the upper Volga River and its tributaries, the Mologa and Sheksna rivers, with the completion of the dam and hydroelectric station at Rybinsk.
		Sheksna - Sheksna, river, c.100 mi (160 km) long flowing S between Lake Beloye and the Rybinsk Reservoir, NW...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0842787.html (152 words)

	Der Kieler Kreis -- Kiel
		with the White Sea by the White Sea-Baltic Canal, and with the Volga River by the Volga-Baltic Waterway.
		Lübeck, city in north central Germany on the Trave River, in Schleswig-Holstein, near the Baltic Sea and the border with the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
		A major Baltic port, Lübeck is also an important center of heavy industry and tourism, and the focus of a large metropolitan area.
	www.geocities.com /redmidnightcat/schleswig.htm (2247 words)

	The Volga-Baltic Canal
		In the Stalinist Era, GULAG prisoners constructed the White Sea-Baltic Canal and the Moscow-Volga Canal, numerous hydroelectric stations, and strategic roads and industrial enterprises in these remote regions.
		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)

	The Volga-Baltic Canal
		In the Stalinist Era, GULAG prisoners constructed the White Sea-Baltic Canal and the Moscow-Volga Canal, numerous hydroelectric stations, and strategic roads and industrial enterprises in these remote regions.
		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)

	Rybinsk -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Its river port flourished after the opening (1810) of the Mariinsk Waterway, linking the Volga to the Baltic Sea, and again with the latter's reconstruction as the deep Volga-Baltic Waterway in 1964.
		The 12th-century village of Rybnaya sloboda became the town of Rybinsk in 1777.
		The system was completed in 1964, replacing the antiquated Mariinsk Canal system using the same route, which was constructed originally in the 18th century and later several times enlarged and improved.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9064541 (572 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results
		The Sheksna forms a link in the Volga-Baltic Waterway.
		It was formed in 1941 between the upper Volga River and its tributaries, the Mologa and Sheksna rivers, with the completion of the dam and hydroelectric station at Rybinsk.
		The city is located on the Sheksna River and the Rybinsk Upper Volga Reservoir.
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=AO&refid=ency_refd&search_thesaurus=on&refid=ency_refd&q=Sheksna (536 words)

	This what we will see
		The Volga-Baltic Waterway connects the Baltic Sea with the Volga River through the rivers, lakes and canals.
		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.
		Petersburg: The city on the Neva River, St. Petersburg is the second largest industrial, scientific and cultural center in Russia.
	www.wendingerbandtravel.com /russitin.htm (1372 words)

	Volga River statue of Lenin, Sheksna River, Svir River, Ladoga Canals, Neva River and others on the route between Moscow and St. Petersburg
		Although more extensive, this waterway follows the historic Baltic-Volga trade route, in use since the 9th cent.
		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 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.
	www.theintrovertzcoach.com /a5c.html (337 words)

	Rusintour.Com: Volga-Baltic Waterway
		In the Stalinist Era, GULAG prisoners constructed the White Sea-Baltic Canal and the Moscow-Volga Canal, numerous hydroelectric stations, and strategic roads and industrial enterprises in these remote regions.
		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.
	rusintour.com /volgo_balt.html (291 words)

	Volga River statue of Lenin, Sheksna River, Svir River, Ladoga Canals, Neva River and others on the route between Moscow and St. Petersburg
		Although more extensive, this waterway follows the historic Baltic-Volga trade route, in use since the 9th cent.
		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 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.
	www.theintrovertzcoach.com /a5c.html (337 words)

	Neva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neva river is the most Northwestern part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway, the connection between the river Volga, Onega and Ladoga Lake and the Baltic Sea.
		The River Neva (Нева́) is a 74 km long Russian river flowing from Lake Ladoga (Ладожское Озеро — Ladozhskoye Ozero) through the Karelian Isthmus (Карельский Перешеек — Karelskii Peresheyek) and the city of Saint Petersburg (Санкт — Петербург — Sankt Peterburg) to the Gulf of Finland (Финский Залив — Finskii Zaliv).
		In the mouth of the river a flood-protection barrier is currently being built to avoid flooding of St. Petersburg due to storm-surges in the Gulf of Finland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Neva (340 words)

	Volga River - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Volga River
		Artificial waterways connect the Volga with the Baltic and White Seas (see Volga–Baltic Waterway), the Don (see Volga–Don Canal), and Moscow (see Moscow Canal).
		Also, increased evaporation from the large water surfaces of the reservoirs has helped diminish the supply of water to the Caspian; to offset this, a proportion of the waters of the Vychegda and Pechora rivers in northeast European Russia is diverted into the Volga basin.
		This extensive programme of dam construction and pollution by industrial effluents have had a high cost on the ecosystem of the Volga.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Volga+River (569 words)

	Volga River statue of Lenin, Sheksna River, Svir River, Ladoga Canals, Neva River and others on the route between Moscow and St. Petersburg
		Although more extensive, this waterway follows the historic Baltic-Volga trade route, in use since the 9th cent.
		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 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.
	www.theintrovertzcoach.com /a5c.html (337 words)

	Volga River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Connections with the Don River and the Black Sea are possible through the Volga-Don Canal; connections with the lakes of the North and with Saint Petersburg are possible through the Volga-Baltic Waterway and a liaison with Moscow has been realised by the Moscow Canal connecting Volga and Moskwa rivers.
		The upper Volga was the border of a prehistoric Baltic-speaking population, as attested by river names.
		Specifically, "Volga" is probably a Slavicization of a proto-Baltic name related to Lithuanian Jilga, "long river".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Volga (1187 words)

	Rybinsk Reservoir - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Rybinsk Reservoir
		The reservoir was formed in the 1940s, when the Volga and Sheksna rivers were dammed; it covers an area of 4,550 sq km/1,757 sq mi, and has an average depth of 5.6 m/18 ft. It is the site of a large hydroelectric facility, and also forms part of the Volga–Baltic Waterway.
		Artificial lake in the western Russian Federation, created by a dam on the River Volga above Rybinsk.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Rybinsk%20Reservoir (129 words)

	The European 100 Finest Mountains ranked by primary factor.
		It is worth noting that this natural division runs fairly close to the prominence saddle of Mont Blanc, that is located along a 113 meter high stretch of the Baltic to Volga canal waterway.
		Just west of the city Volgograd (where Don again swings west), there is a short canal, the Volga Don canal, that connects to the river Volga.
		From here, the major river Sukhona flows north-east until it forms the Dvina river (Severnaya Dvina) flowing north-west to the city Arkhangelsk on the Arctic ocean.
	www.ii.uib.no /~petter/mountains/europe_finest.html (129 words)

	AllRefer.com - Volga-Baltic Waterway (CIS And Baltic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Although more extensive, this waterway follows the historic Baltic-Volga trade route, in use since the 9th cent.
		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 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)

	White Sea-Baltic Canal -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Russian Belomorsko-baltiysky Kanal, system of rivers, lakes, and canals in northwestern Russia that connects the White Sea to Lake Onega, where it joins the Volga-Baltic Waterway (q.v.
		The White Sea–Baltic Canal is 141 miles (227 km) long, 23 miles (37 km) of which is manmade.
		From Povenets, at the northern end of Lake Onega, the canal runs northward to Lake Vygozero (using…
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076843?&query=baltic (278 words)

	Volga River - Voyager, the free encyclopedia
		Connections with the Don River and the Black Sea are possible through the Volga-Don Canal; connections with the lakes of the North and with Saint Petersburg are possible through the Volga-Baltic-Waterway and a liaison with Moscow has been realised by the Moscow Canal connecting Volga and Moskwa rivers.
		The upper Volga was the border of a prehistoric Baltic-speaking population, as attested by river names.
		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.
	www.voyager.in /Volga_River (1105 words)

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