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Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are 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 and the Western Dvina . In Asia, important rivers are the Ob, the Irtysh, the Yenisei, the Angara, the Lena, the ...
The Lena [note 1] is a river in the Russian Far East, and is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Ob and the Yenisey). The Lena is the eleventh-longest river in the world, and the longest river entirely within Russia , with a length of 4,294 km (2,668 mi) and a drainage ...
The Volga ( Russian: Волга) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of 3,531 km (2,194 mi), and a catchment area of 1,360,000 km 2 (530,000 sq mi). [ 3 ] It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge at delta ...
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. Since the three great Siberian rivers, the Ob, the Yenisey, and the Lena all flow into ...
The Don ( Russian: Дон) is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire . Its basin is between the Dnieper basin to the west, the lower Volga basin immediately to the east, and the ...
The Amur proper is 2,824 km (1,755 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,855,000 km 2 (716,000 sq mi). [ 1][ 7] If including its main stem tributary, the Argun, the Amur is 4,444 km (2,761 mi) long, [ 7][ 2] making it the world's tenth longest river . The Amur is an important river for the aquatic fauna of Northeast Asia.
Basin of Neva River. The Neva (/ ˈ n iː v ə / NEE-və, UK also / ˈ n eɪ v ə / NAY-və; Russian: Нева́, IPA: ⓘ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland.
A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the Soviet army's proudest moments in World War II. Addressing a ...