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  Vyatka - MSN Encarta
Vyatka may refer to: Vyatka River, a river in Russia; Vyatka, former name of the city of Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russia; Vyatka Region, an informal name of Kirov Oblast of Russia...
The Vyatka River (Russian : река́ Вя́тка ; Tatar : Noqrat ; Mari : Виче) is a river in Kirov Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, right tributary of...
The city of Kirov (formerly known as Vyatka), an important industrial and transportation center, is on the river.
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 Vyatka, Russia (Capital) - LoveToKnow 1911
VYATKA, a town of Russia, capital of the government of the same name, on the Vyatka river, 304 m.
Its manufactures include silver and copper wares, and ecclesiastical ornaments, and it has an important trade in corn, leather, tallow, candles, soap, wax, paper and furs (exported), and in manufactured and grocery wares (imported).
Vyatka was founded in 1181 by the Novgorodians, as Khlynov.
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 Kirov Region - Kommersant Moscow
Vyatka Province, with 14 128 households, was formed as part of the larger province of Siberia in 1719, but was subsequently transferred to Kazan Province in 1727.
In 1780, the Vyatka governorship with its center in Khlynov was formed in the course of administrative and territorial changes that were taking place in the region in the late 18th century.
Rivers in the region are characterized as "moderately polluted" according to hydrochemical indicators.
www.kommersant.com /p-47/r_390/Kirov_Region   (3872 words)

  
 Vyatka State University of Humanities | From the History of Kirov   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Vyatka land was an independent state or republic with its vetche - a popular assembly.
Vyatka land wasn't made a separate province, in 1719 all its districts were joined to the province of Siberia and in 1727 - to Kazan province.
18 new streets ran from the Vyatka river to the West and were crossed by new streets running perpendicularly from North to South.
www.vspu.kirov.ru /siteviadb/russian/main/history_of_kirov.asp   (1184 words)

  
 Vyatka - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Vyatka, river, eastern European Russia, rising in the foothills of the Ural Mountains, and flowing 1,314 km (816 mi).
Kirov, formerly Vyatka, city, Russia, a port and railroad center on the Vyatka River.
Its development was strongly influenced by the natural conditions in the territories of what...
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 Vyatka State University of Humanities | Ancient crafts of Vyatka   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Vyatka land is famous for its ancient crafts which still have been existing and flourishing.
Vyatka can boast of articles of excrescences on the roots of leaf-bearing trees, osier and straw, painted panels, matryoshkas, articles of birch bark, ceramics.
Vyatka has been known as one of the centres of embroidery and lace-making for a long time.
www.vspu.kirov.ru /siteviadb/russian/main/ancient_crafts.asp   (543 words)

  
 Vyatka Intercom.Kirov
Kirov - formerly (until 1934) Vyatka, or Viatka, city and administrative centre of Kirov oblast (province), western Russia, on the Vyatka River.
The city was founded as Khlynov in 1181 by traders from Novgorod and became the centre of the “Vyatka Lands,” settled by Russians in the 14th to the 15th century.
Renamed Vyatka in 1780, it became a provincial seat, but development was slow, and it was used as a place of exile.
www.inetcafe.vyatka.ru /eng_kir.htm   (146 words)

  
 Government of Kirov region - Geographical Situation
The oblast's rivers belong to the basins of the Volga and the Severnaya Dvina rivers.
The oblast's principle river is the river of Vyatka.
The length of the navigable waterways along the river of Vyatka and its tributaries exceeds 2000 kilometers.
www.ako.kirov.ru /en/region/geo.php   (254 words)

  
 Vyatka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vyatka, former name of the city of Kirov
Vyatka Region, an informal name of Kirov Oblast of Russia
A sturdy breed of workhorse from the Vyatka Region
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vyatka   (112 words)

  
 1174- FREE 1174 Information | Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
Vyatka (formerly Kirov) City and river port on the w bank of the Vyatka River, w Russia; capital of Kirov region.
The city was renamed Vyatka in 1780 and then known as Kirov from 1934 to 1992.
From the 3rd millennium, it was a centre of worship of the Sumerian sun-god Shamash.
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 Cities :: KMP-Group
Kirov city - capital of Kirovskaya oblast, central European Russia, on the Vyatka River.
It is a river port and an industrial centre with sawmills and machine and metalworking plants.
In Vyatka are a 17th-century cathedral and a library (1837) founded by Alexander Herzen, who was an exile in the city.
www.kmp-group.ru /eng/destinations/cities.asp?id_country=ru&id_cities=124   (205 words)

  
 Trans-Siberian train to Moscow, Vladimir, Vladivostok train, Nizhny Novgorod, Irkutsk train tickets
Built on the Klyza’ma River, Vladimir, founded in 995, was at one time a capital of Russia and its political, cultural and religious center.
Kirov has a population of 350,000 and is the seat of a great agricultural center on the banks of the Vyatka River, a navigable river that connects with the Volga.
Located on the Amur River which bounds Russia and China, it’s a nice, friendly town and a good break from the time on the train.
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 Volga River   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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’.
The longest river in Europe, the Volga is an economically and culturally important waterway, and is mentioned in many Russian books and songs.
The "Let’s Help the River Movement" is one such group that coordinates projects to "examine the health of the Volga River, actions to defend the river, and environmental education programs to teach children to reverse the harm being inflicted upon the watershed."
www.public.asu.edu /~goutam/gcu325/volga.htm   (1352 words)

  
 "Wandering Camera" - Notes about St.Petersburg and it's suburbs
It was first mentioned in history at 1374 (and the very first settlements at Vyatka river are known since 1174).
Actually, there’re two rotundas in the park, but the first one is standing on the shore above the Vyatka river and it’s image is duplicated for many times.
Vyatka river — the view from Alexandrovsky garden embankment.
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 Vyatka – FREE Vyatka Information | Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
Vyatka, river, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long, rising in the foothills of the central Urals, E European Russia, and flowing first N, then NW past the city of Kirov, and finally SE into the Kama River near Mamadysh.
Vyatka is a halfsister to Queen Catherine, a...
During his exile in Vyatka in 1834, he condemned the misgovernment of Siberia and wrote of the need to develop the region with American rapidity so that...
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-VyatkaR.html   (956 words)

  
 Welcome to Mwesee!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The settlement was built on the highest point of the broad Vyatka River, from which the eventual village of Mwesee (meaning promontory) took its name.
The villagers told us that their ancient ancestors were hunters and fishers, settling at the point where the Vyatka River joins the Baisee River because here could be found an abundance of fish.
Nikolai Yegorovich came to the river bank that afternoon with several of the neighbors who organized a hasty "shashlik" (barbeque) to celebrate the fact that smoke could once again be seen coming from the chimney of the widows' house.
www.accesstoideas.org /Mwesee.html   (1719 words)

  
 The Kirov region
The relief is a gently-ridged, cut with rivers, callow plain.
River net in the region is thick; the main river is the
Legendary, the lake was formed on the place of a village in the face of the locals.
www.rostour.net /russia/kirovskaya   (692 words)

  
 Russian River Ships - Russian Shipbuilding Industry
The plant in Arkul (Kirov Region), Vyatka river.
River and sea ships, ship equipment, repair and operation of ships.
The plant in Sosnovka (Kirov Region), Vyatka river.
www.riverships.ru /english/russian_industry.shtml   (1452 words)

  
 Information - Geography - Russian Courier
Perm stands on the both banks of Kama River, the tributary of the Volga River, the forth longest European River (1,805 km).
General Information Called ‘Khlynov’ before 1781, ‘Vyatka’ from 1781 through 1934, then renamed ‘Kirov’ and after that again ‘Vyatka’, Vyatka city is now the centre of the Kirov region.
It lies 896 km east of Moscow on the banks of the Vyatka River.
www.russiancourier.com /en/info/geography/p9   (524 words)

  
 The sights of Yelabuga 2   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Some legend of the icon runs: “To some pious elder from the Ostoltsoft (this clan is living in Yelabuga up to the present) there were numerous visions of a man. That man forced him to go immediatly to a village on the Vyatka river named Krasnoye and take the icon of Saviour from there.
In old times it has been carried along the Kama and Vyatka rivers and the people from all the villages used to go out and welcome it.
The remarkable and magnificient building of the Cathedral is a centre of the city panorama from the river side.
www.upak.ru /eng/nasl2_en.htm   (702 words)

  
 Diamonds of the river
A new source of diamonds could soon be unearthed in central Russia thanks to a novel isotope-hydrogeochemical technique developed by scientists at the Research Institute of Geological and Geoecological Problems, in Cheboksary, 400 miles east of Moscow in the Volga-Vyatka region.
Studies of the region around the River Karla, which encompasses the southwestern part of Chuvashia and part of the Tatar Republic, have revealed a plethora of subterranean kimberlitic pipes.
In the 1980s, geologists in Moscow found several small diamonds and minerals, such as zircon, garnet, and corundum, in the alluvia of the River Karla.
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 Dimitrovgrad. Girls, Women, Brides dating and marriage agency from city Dimitrovgrad, Russia . Gifts and Flowers ...
Dimitrovgrad is situated near the confluence of the rivers Melekesska and Bolshoy Cheremshan.
In the 50s of the XYII century these parts were fortified along the right bank of the Bolshoy Cheremshan river to guard the frontier of the Russian state against raids of Nogay and Crimean Tatars.
According to the history the first settlers of the Bolshoy Cheremshan right bank came from the Elabuga uyezd of Vyatka province in 1626.It is most likely that it were these newcomers who brought the name of the village and the river Melekess.
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 Kirov
Kirov, Киров;, formerly Vyatka, is a city in eastern European Russia, on the Vyatka River[?], capital of Kirovskaya oblast'.
Kirov is a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway west of the Ural mountain range and suffered heavy destructions during the Russian civil war[?] 1917-1922.
Kirov has several museums, a university and theaters, as well as an opera and a ballet stage.
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 Kirov — Infoplease.com
440,000), capital of Kirov region, central European Russia, on the Vyatka River.
It is a river port and an industrial center that produces machinery and metalwork, chemicals, wood products, and armaments.
Vyatka, river, Russia - Vyatka Vyatka, river, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long, rising in the foothills of the central Urals, E...
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 VYATKA - Online Information article about VYATKA   (Site not responding. Last check: )
government of the same name, on the Vyatka See also:
It is built on the steep hills which rise above the river and at their See also:
TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)
encyclopedia.jrank.org /VIR_WAT/VYATKA.html   (289 words)

  
 Almost all of Kolosov
It is dedicated to St. Nicholas of Bari: his miraculous icon appeared at the Velikaya River (tribute to the Vyatka River) in 1383.
About 100 years later this holy image had been transferred to the city of Khlynov (old name of Vyatka) under the condition that every year on the day of its apparition it would be triumphantly brought back to the Velikoretskoye village - its home.
After the persecutions the procession resumed as an open event in 1989, since 1992 I have been its participant and - by the way - a photographer.
www.muar.ru /eng/exhibitions/2005/12_10_2005_kolosov_eng.htm   (344 words)

  
 Kirov #1050 #1080 #769 #1088 #1086 #1074 is a city...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
"Kirov" ("Ки́ров;") is a city in eastern European Russia Russia, on the Vyatka River Vyatka River, capital of Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast.
Kirov is a station on the Trans-Siberian railway Trans-Siberian railway west of the Ural Mountains Ural Mountains and suffered heavy destruction during the Russian civil war Russian civil war 1917 1917-1922 1922.
A major transportation hub (rail and highways; Trans-Siberian main) and river port river port; airport.
www.biodatabase.de /Kirov   (179 words)

  
 Overview of the Kirov (Vyatka) region
The Vyatka region is well known for handicraft artists who make Matryoshka dolls, souvenirs and gifts of straw, wood, lace, Dymkovo style painted clay toys.
About 1,600 km of railroads traverse the Kirov region and connect Central Russia to the Urals, Siberia and the Far East, as well as to the north of Russia and to the southern areas.
The most important waterways are the Vyatka River and its tributaries.
www.russiancouncil.org /reports/kirov1.htm   (796 words)

  
 Fossil reptiles on the Russian platform
The steep western bank of the Vyatka River is primarily composed of continental redbeds consisting of clays, marls and sandstones.
The site is situated in the basin of the Vyatka River near Kotelnich (800 km north-east of Moscow).
The Kotelnich paleontological museum tries to explain the unusual burial position in terms of the pareiasaurs being ‘bogged in soft sediment after heavy rainfall, when the water level was higher and boggy substratum became silty swamp’.
www.answersingenesis.org /tj/v15/i1/russia.asp   (850 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Vyatka, river, Russia (CIS And Baltic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Vyatka, river, Russia (CIS And Baltic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Vyatka, river, Russia, CIS And Baltic Physical Geography
Vyatka[vyAt´ku] Pronunciation Key, river, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long, rising in the foothills of the central Urals, E European Russia, and flowing first N, then NW past the city of Kirov, and finally SE into the Kama River near Mamadysh.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/VyatkaR.html   (182 words)

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