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Siberian River Routes were the main ways of communication in Russian Siberia before the 1730s, when roads began to be built. The rivers were also of primary importance in the process of Russian conquest and exploration of vast Siberian territories eastwards.
Previously, Siberian transport had been mostly by river via Siberian River Routes. The first Russian settlers arrived in Siberia by the Cherdyn river route which was superseded by the Babinov overland route in the late 1590s. The town of Verkhoturye in the Urals was the most eastern point of the Babinov Road.
The Northern river reversal or Siberian river reversal was an ambitious project to divert the flow of the Northern rivers in the Soviet Union, which "uselessly" drain into the Arctic Ocean, southwards towards the populated agricultural areas of Central Asia, which lack water.
Siberian river routes were of primary importance in the process of Russian exploration and conquest of Siberia. In the early 17th century, the eastward movement of Russian people was slowed by the internal problems in the country during the Time of Troubles.
A sample of Siberian Traps basalt (dark) containing native iron (from Siberian Traps) Image 27 A Nenets family in Novaya Zemlya (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia ) Image 28 An ethnographic map of 16th-century Siberia , made in the Russian Empire period, between 1890 and 1907 (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia )
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 route begins in the Twin Cities, passing through bigger cities such as Des Moines, Kansas City, Tulsa, Dallas-Fort Worth and ending in San Antonio. The route would run almost 1,600 miles and ...
That year, Verkhoturye was built to secure the route over the Urals. In the 1590s, the Russians crossed the northern Urals into the lower Ob basin. Ketsk was founded in 1602, opening the route to the Yenisei River. For the rest, see Siberian River Routes and History of Siberia.