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	Museum of the Town of Volkhov
		In 1933 the industrial community Zvanka with the neighbouring villages and communities was reorganized into the town of Volkhovstroy that was renamed Volkhov in 1940.
		In the years of Great Patriotic War Volkhov happened to be the town connecting Leningrad in siege with mainland.
		The Museum of the Town of Volkhov occupies the peculiar building being the home to Genrikh Graftio when he was in charge of the Volkhovskaya hydropower station construction.
	www.oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/13/guide.html (693 words)

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		The level of water is regulated by the Volkhov hydroelectric dam (the first Soviet regional hydroelectric dam opened on December 19, 1926 in the framework of the GOELRO plan) situated 25 km upstream the mouth of the river.
		A figure representing the Volkhov appears among the allegorical monuments to the four major rivers of Russia on the rostral columns in the ensemble of the St.
		In the mid-9th century, the Volkhov was a heavily populated trade artery of the Varangian-dominated Rus' Khaganate.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Volkhov_River (502 words)

	Volkhov River - Definition, explanation
		Volkhov River (Russian: Во́лхов) is a river in Novgorod and Leningrad Oblasts in Russia.
		The level of water is regulated by the Volkhov hydroelectric dam (the first hydroelectric dam in Russia and in the Soviet Union, opened on December 19, 1926) situated 25 km upstream the mouth of the river.
		Volkhov is connected to the Msta River by the Siversov channel.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/v/vo/volkhov_river.php (300 words)

	tScholars.com \| Volkhov River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The level of water is regulated by the Volkhov hydroelectric dam (the first Soviet regional hydroelectric dam opened on December 19, 1926 in the framework of the GOELRO plan) situated 25 km upstream the mouth of the river.
		In the 9th-11th centuries, Volkhov was a part of an important water trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks connecting Baltic and Black seas.
		A figure representing the Volkhov appears among the allegorical monuments to the four major rivers of Russia on the rostral columns in the ensemble of the St.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Volkhov_River (381 words)

	Volkhov - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The Volkhov River (Волхов in Russian), a river in the Novgorod Oblast and Leningrad Oblast in Russia.
		Volkhov flows out of the Lake Ilmen and into the Lake Ladoga.
		Volkhov's main tributaries are Oskuya, Pchevzha, Kerest and Tigoda.
	www.music.us /education/V/Volkhov.htm (300 words)

	In the Shadow of Ladoga
		This hill-fort is situated in the confluence of the Volkhov and its minor tributary Ladozhka at the oldest part of town, the core area during the Viking Age and the Early Middle Ages (800-1200AD).
		Its closeness to the major water routes inspired both the structural and the physical growth of the town, which was occupying a large area, 3x5km in extension.
		A hill-fort type settlement was constructed on a natural headland at the Volkhov, facing rapids and surrounded by earthen ramparts and moats.
	worldarchaeology.net /russia/04_in_the_shadow.htm (268 words)

	Museum of the Town of Volkhov
		The Museum of the Town of Volkhov is situated on the picturesque left bank of the Volkhov river opposite to the Volkhovskaya hydropower station.
		Its collection features the growth of the town of Volkhov around the Zvanka railway station and the history of the early grand construction sites of Soviet industrialization era when a newly born Soviet state was undertaking a technological break-through to become an industrialized country.
		The period of the World War II when Volkhov was a center connecting Leningrad with the country and later development of the town are also documented in the museum collection.
	oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/13/info.html (282 words)

	Novgorod Veliky Hotels
		The Volkhov hotel is within 5-7 minutes walk from the train and bus stations.
		The hotel is located in the center of the city, at the bank of the Volkhov river, close to the main sights and Kremlin Park.
		Novgorod is one of the most ancient cities of Russia located in its North-West, near the site where the Volkhov river takes its waters from Lake Ilmen, emerged as a political center of Slavic and Fino-Ugric tribes in the mid-9th century, while as a town it was formed in the middle of the 10th century.
	www.hotels-russia.info /novgorod-v.htm (410 words)

	Volkhov Business Incubator
		Volkhov, population 50,000, is a typical Russian industrial town, famous for being the site of the first hydroelectric station in the USSR and the first aluminum plant.
		After an extensive feasibility study on the business climate of Volkhov, ARAW in cooperation with SUNY/Albany competed for and received one of the four incubator grants awarded by USAID in early 1995.
		Rachel Freeman, a University of Michigan MBA with extensive Russian experience, bounced into Volkhov as General Manager with an incredible capacity for hard work, her roller blades and a new puppy, Sunder.
	www.isar.org /pubs/ST/Rusbusi44.html (660 words)

	Rurikovo Gorodishe (Holmgard)
		At the end of the first millennium AD the sources of the Volkhov river together with the adjacent north-western Lake Ilmen area were the core land of the northern Slav commune that had settled there.
		Fertile boils, virgin land suitable for cultivation, its extraordinary advantageous geographical position for extracting tribute from the Lake Ilmen population and its location at the cross roads of important Fast European trade routes the Baltic–Volga one and the water route from the Varagians to the Greeks, appeared predominant factors in its formation.
		Numerous Slav settlements were situated on the hills between the Volkhov flood land and that of Ilmen whereas their central pagan sanctuary was established at Peryn.
	iimk.nw.ru /eng/projects/rg.htm (628 words)

	Volkhov, Russia - Definition, explanation
		Volkhov is a city in the Leningrad Oblast of Russia, situated 120 km east of St.
		Volkhov railway station appeared in 1904 in Zvanka village, as a railway connecting St.
		In 1926 the dam was opened, and in 1932 the first aluminium plant in USSR was launched nearby.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/v/vo/volkhov__russia.php (213 words)

	Hotels in Novgorod the Great, Russia.
		Veliky Novgorod, the administrative centre of Novgorod region with a population of 233000, is situated on the banks of the picturesque Volkhov river, in 190 kilometres to the south of Saint-Petersburg.
		Intourist Hotel, built in 1976 and reconstructed in 1984, is located in downtown of Novgorod, on the bank of the Volkhov River, located among numerous ancient architectural memorials, including the nearby Kremlin Park.
		Volkhov Hotel, built in 1958 and reconstructed in 2002, is a five-floor renovated building located in downtown area.
	www.allrussianhotels.com /en/hotels/novgorod_the_great (248 words)

	Volkhov River - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		For other uses of "Volkhov", see Volkhov (disambiguation).
		Volkhov River near Velikiy Novgorod, and the Yuriev Monastery.
		Volkhov River, Geography, History, Cities and towns along the Volkhov, Main tributaries, Leningrad Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Rivers of Russia and Neva basin.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Volkhov_River (404 words)

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		Novgorod itself is located on the river Volkhov, in a lake district.
		The Volkhov flows from Lake Ilmen to Lake Ladoga, opening the way to the Baltic Sea, and connecting well with the Volga and the trade routes going east.
		The Volkhov divided the city into two halves: a commercial side, where the main market was located, and the side of St. Sophia, where the cathedral and the kremlin (citadel) stood.
	www.black-knight.org /penn/vespers/novgorod.txt (1117 words)

	Lubansk operation. Battle Of Leningrad - lenbat.narod.ru
		The instruction of the Soviet High Command from December 17, to the "Volkhov" front in structure 4-th, 59-th, 2-th Shock and 52-nd armies put a task to proceed in general offensive, having for an object to break German armies, on the west bank of Volkhov river, and went on front line Lubane-Cholovo.
		Rendering the main impact 2-nd Soviet Shock army, the task was put: to break through defence line on the west bank of Volkhov river and outcome of Januarys 19, 1942 on the Kereste river and Luga.
		For liquidation forces, interrupted communications of 2-nd Shock army, Soviet Command the "Volkhov" front were attracted 372-th rifle division, 24-th and 58-th separate rifle brigades, 4-th and 24-th Guards rifle divisions and 7-th a tank brigade.
	lenbat.narod.ru /eng/lub42.htm (858 words)

	Battle actions of the Soviet armies since October 1941 to 12.1.1943. Battle Of Leningrad - lenbat.narod.ru
		By impact on Staraya Russa around of lake Ilmen from the south it was necessary to assist a grouping, which has advanced across Volkhov to the north of lake.
		Counter-attack, which were carried out to the west of the river from the north and the south, have narrowed width of break Russian up to several kilometers.
		Despite of it, Soviet who has broken to the west of Volkhov, has grasped area of radius 25 kms and aspired by continuous attacks to expand it on all sides.
	lenbat.narod.ru /eng/bat.htm (1377 words)

	Monument to Emperor Alexander II Found… On the River Bottom? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		So, the works on the bottom of the Volkhov river, planned for the end of January, can be done not earlier than in February 10-20 or 20-28.
		The Novgorod divers started seeking the monument to emperor Alexander II on the bottom of the Volkhov river on January 18.
		On May 2, 1920, already in Soviet Russia, during a communist subbotnik, when a wave of the struggle against the monuments to tsarism was sweeping Russia, the stone monument was thrown from the landing pier into the Volkhov river.
	nyjtimes.com /Stories/2005/MonumentToTsarAlexanderIIFoundOnRiverBottom.htm (397 words)

	United Company RUSAL.Volkhov Aluminium Smelter
		The energy for the smelter is supplied by the Volkhov Hydropower Plant, which forms part of the Lenenergo system, the largest regional energy supplier in Russia’s northwest.
		The Volkhov Aluminium Smelter is located in Volkhov, a small town in the St.Petersburg Region of Russia.
		Volkhov has a large railway junction serving as a crossroads to all points of the Russian Railway network, and mooring and cargo handling facilities on the Volkhov River that provide access to the Saint Petersburg and Murmansk sea ports.
	www.sual.com /index.php?lang=eng&topic=3&subtopic=57&subtopic2=70&subtopic3=236 (206 words)

	The Role of the Business Incubator as an Economic Development Tool in Provincial Russia: A Case Study - Employment
		The model that the Volkhov International Business Incubator (VBI) has found to be most effective combines the characteristics of the traditional small business incubator with the objectives and methodology of empowerment or micro-enterprise incubators, plus the functions of a business services center and a training center.
		The city of Volkhov, when the mayor invited the AARW to establish an incubator, could be characterized as an extremely depressed, socialist municipality.
		Local residents were invited to public forums, sponsored by the mayors of Volkhov and cities in the region, to learn about the Incubator and its services and to talk informally with the staff.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/employment/ent/papers/volkhov.htm (5786 words)

	E N T E G R O Ltd. - YOUR PARTNER FOR POWER ENGINEERING; SERVICES AND CONSULTING FOR POWER STATION
		The prototype of soviet power generating facilities, the Volkhov HPS, was built according to state plane of Electrification of Russia more than 70 years ego.
		For the Volkhov HPS runners the most effective variant of modification is the outlet cutting in the vicinity of the hub (M3-M5).
		The experience in modernization of Volkhov HPS, described here is rather peculiar and shows the real way for upgrading of equipment with very long period of operation.
	www.entegro.gr /rep_amel.html (2245 words)

	Volume 50/1 - 2003
		Conodonts and brachiopods from the Volkhov Stage (Lower Ordovician) microbial mud mound at Putilovo Quarry, north-western Russia
		It represents an interval of low sea level during the late Volkhov to early Kunda that led to the spread of limestones into the shale-dominated western lithofacies belt.
		Hecker-type mud mounds are calcareous-clay buildups occurring in the Lower Ordovician (Billingen and Volkhov regional stages), condensed cool-water carbonates of northwestern Russia.
	2dgf.dk /publications_uk/bull_uk/205bull50-1_uk.html (3207 words)

	Feldgrau :: 250.Infanterie-Division
		On October 10th, new orders were issued for the division to shift its positions along the Volkhov to the south, and to instead replace the positions of the 18.Infanterie-Division (mot.).
		As a result of this offensive and the Volkhov Offensive to the north, the division literally had Soviet forces pushing westward on both of its extreme northern and southern flanks, leaving it in a precarious defensive position.
		Once the Volkhov Pocket in the north had been crushed, and the Demjansk Pocket in the south had stabilizied along with the rest of the lines of Armeegruppe Nord, orders were sent out in early August of 1942 for the transfer of the 250.Infanterie-Division to take part in the actual battles against Leningrad itself.
	www.feldgrau.com /InfDiv.php?ID=163 (2998 words)

	WayToRussia.Net Guide to Russia / General Info about Novgorod region: facts, highlights of the region, geology, lakes & ...
		Because the bottom of Ilmen lake is covered with silt, and because of its shallowness, the water is muddy (the winds are mixing the water) and warm.
		Volkhov river goes from Ilmen lake to the direction of Novgorod.
		All the factories are located outside of the city centrum, down Volkhov river, so the place next to the Kremlin is ok to swim and the air in the city is not polluted.
	www.waytorussia.net /CentralRussia/Novgorod/Info.html (1006 words)

	Digital photo. Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Pskov, Novgorod, Karelia and others.
		The main lake of the Novgorod region is Ilmen lake, that could've been the biggest lake in Europe, if it wasn't so shallow - it's only from 2.5 to 10 meters deep.
		The Volkhov river goes from Ilmen lake to the direction of Novgorod.
		It's often named "grey river" because of it's ripples (windy weather is usual here).
	photocity.ru /Album17/idx_en.php (58 words)

	The Blacksmith Institute
		Volkhov is a small town on Lake Lagoda, in Karelia Province.
		The plants were built in 1931 to take advantage of local bauxite from the Tikhvin deposit and to utilise the capacity of the first hydroelectric power station in the USSR, built at the same time.
		It was determined that the main problem faced by Volkhov residents was that of polluted drinking water although there is no evidence that links it directly to the Volkhov Aluminium Plant.
	www.blacksmithinstitute.org /search3.php?project_id=75 (166 words)

	Russia Engages the World - NYPL
		He ordered that each man be tied to a sled, be dragged to the Volkhov bridge behind the fast-moving sleds, and be thrown into the Volkhov River (which bisects Novgorod) from the bridge.
		The Tsar ordered that their wives and children be brought to the Volkhov bridge where a high platform had been erected.
		He commanded that they be chained on the arms and legs and that the children be tied to their mothers and then be thrown from the platform into the waters of the Volkhov River.
	russia.nypl.org /Translation/punishment.html (381 words)

	Russia Development Project, 1992 - 1998
		The RAFPP's goal was to develop a focal point, a research and demonstration farm, centrally located in an area surrounded by selected families who would then, with mentoring from U.S. farm families, begin the long and arduous journey toward developing private farms.
		Volkhov Raion, 75 miles east of St. Petersburg, was chosen as the RAFPP site because of the Raion administration's desire and willingness to provide support.
		Twenty-three families were selected by the Volkhov Raion Department of Agriculture to participate in the project.
	www.csrees.usda.gov /nea/international/in_focus/intl_if_past_russia.html (627 words)

	www.mineweb.net \| sections \| base metals Aluminium oligarchs at war again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This time the fight -- similar to the last one in late 2002 -- is over shareholding control of the aluminium sector's tidbits, the Volkhov aluminium smelter and the Pikaevo alumina refinery.
		The Volkhov smelter, in the Leningrad region, is the oldest, and smallest, of Russia's primary aluminium producers.
		Asked if SUAL plans to buy out the Rusal stake in Volkhov and Pikalevo, Titov says he cannot "comment on how this situation will be solved." Rusal's Moscow office refused to say anything.
	www.mineweb.net /sections/base_metals/317015.htm (881 words)

	M&M Art Travel - Novgorod, northern capital of Russia
		Novgorod - one of the most ancient cities of Russia located in its North-West, near the site where the Volkhov river takes its waters from Lake Ilmen, emerged as a political center of Slavic and Fino-Ugric tribes in the mid-9th century, while as a town it was formed in the middle of the 10th century.
		The only time in its history when Novgorod suffered military damage was in the course of World War II: for over two years the city, being at the front line, was bombed and shelled by both combating armies.
		Turned into ruins, this city on the Volkhov River was brought to life again by the restorers who managed to revive its old architecture from the 11th - 17th centuries.
	www.mmarttravel.com /tours/cultural/novgorod.php (814 words)

	Crystal Cruises - Shore Excursion Details
		Near where Lake Ilmen feeds the River Volkhov lies Novgorod, one of the country's most ancient cities.
		While the town experienced much of its growth in the middle of the 10th century, its significance as a trade and political center began as early as the mid-8th century when the village was part of the Baltic-Volga commercial route connecting northern Europe with Asia.
		Stroll among the numerous 12th- to 16th-century buildings before rejoining your motor coach for the short drive to one of the city's best restaurants for a traditional Russian meal.
	www.crystalcruises.com /window_excursion.aspx?EX=STP-2&CID=6314&CD=06/19/2006 (449 words)

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