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In 1723, a copper-smelting works was founded at the village of Yagoshikha.In 1781 the settlement of Yagoshikha became the town of Perm.Perm's position on the navigable Kama River, leading to the Volga, and on the Siberian Route across the Ural Mountains, helped it become an important trade and manufacturing centre.
Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are the Volga (which is the longest river in Europe), Pechora, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dnieper (flowing through Russia, then Belarus and Ukraine and into the Black Sea) and the Western Dvina (flowing ...
The Usva (Russian: Усьва) is a river in Perm Krai in Russia, a right tributary of the Chusovaya (Kama basin). The river is 266 kilometres (165 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 6,170 square kilometres (2,380 sq mi). [1] The Usva freezes up in the month of November and remains icebound until late April or early May.
Chusovaya River Vishera River. Rivers of Perm Krai belong to the Kama River Basin, the largest tributary of Volga River. There are more than 29,000 rivers in Perm Krai. The total length of all rivers is more than 90,000 kilometres (56,000 mi). Only two rivers in Perm Krai have lengths exceeding 500 kilometres (310 mi).
Jess Moss, AOL One of the biggest draws of river cruising is that you pay a lump sum and your entire vacation is handed to you on a silver platter (or a black neoprene travel folder in Viking's case).
Yegoshikha on the 1898 map of Perm The bank of Yegoshikha The slope of Yegoshikha Ravine. The Yegoshikha (Russian: Егоши́ха, IPA: [jɪɡəˈʂɨxə]), formerly Yagoshikha (Russian: Ягоши́ха), is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, being the left tributary of the Kama. In spite of its relatively small size it is famous for its ...
The basin of the Chusovaya River has an area of 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 sq mi) and an average elevation of 356 metres (1,168 ft). The river is 592 kilometres (368 mi) [2] (777 kilometres according to other sources [1]) and has an average height gradient of 0.4 m/km.
Kizel (Russian: Ки́зел) is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Kizel River ... the high cost of coal due to difficult mining and geological conditions ...