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The Volga–Baltic Waterway (boxed area) and the entire Volga River in relation to the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. In Soviet times, the Mariinsk canal system was constantly improved. Two locks were built on the Svir River (in 1936 and 1952); 3 locks were built on the Sheksna River. Major improvement of the Volga–Baltic Waterway took place in ...
In 2016, the core of Belarusian nuclear power plant VVER-1200, which weighed 330 tonnes, was 13 meters high, and 4.5 meters in diameter, was transferred to its destination by exploiting Tsimlyansk Reservoir, the Volga–Don Canal, the Volga–Baltic Waterway, and two other connections. [25]
Volga–Baltic Waterway — connects Lake Onega to the Volga River; built in the early 19th century as Mariinsk Canal System and rebuilt in 1956–1964 (ships 210x17.6x4m) [citation needed] White Sea–Baltic Canal — connects Lake Onega to the White Sea; constructed in 1931–1933 (ships 135x14.3x3.5 m)
A carefully prepared visit in August 1933 to the White Sea–Baltic Canal may have hidden the worst of the brutality from a group of 120 Russian writers and artists, the so-called Writers Brigade, including Maxim Gorky, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Viktor Shklovsky, and Mikhail Zoshchenko, who compiled a work in praise of the project, the 600 ...
The Moscow Canal, the Volga–Don Canal, and the Volga–Baltic Waterway form navigable waterways connecting Moscow to the White Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. High levels of chemical pollution have adversely affected the river and its habitats.
The Northern Dvina Canal is one of the two canals (the other one being the abandoned Northern Ekaterininsky Canal) connecting the river basins of the Volga and the Northern Dvina. At its western end the Northern Dvina Canal starts at the Sheksna River (a part of the Volga–Baltic Waterway), 10 km south of the town of Kirillov.
It began with a statue of Stalin looming over the Volga River. The mayor of Bor even petitioned for its removal, albeit unsuccessfully. ... Gulag forced laborers of the White Sea-Baltic Canal, are ...
Saimaa Canal: Сайменский канал (Saimenskiy kanal) 42.9km Swan Canal: Лебяжья канавка (Lebyazhya kanavka) 0.648km Vodootvodny Canal: Водоотводный канал (Vodoothodniy kanal) 4km Volga–Baltic Waterway: Мариинская водная система (Mariinskaya Vodnaya Sistema) 369km Volga–Don Canal