Svir, Belarus
Svir ( be, Сьвір; russian: Свирь; lt, Svieriai; pl, Świr) is an List of urban-type settlements in Belarus, urban-type settlement in Minsk Region, Belarus.Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць: нарматыўны даведнік / І. А. Гапоненка, І. Л. Капылоў, В. П. Лемцюгова і інш.; пад рэд. В. П. Лемцюговай. — Мн.: Тэхналогія, 2003. — 604 с. ISBN 985-458-054-7. (djvu) С. 327. In 2021, it had a population of approximately 1,000 residents. History It is believed to have been founded in the 13th century by Lithuanian Duke Daumantas of Lithuania, Daumantas and was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. The mound in the town has remains of fortifications from the 14th-16th centuries. In the 18th-19th centuries, the Lithuanians in Svir and its vicinities were Slavicisation, S ...
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Svir
The Svir (, Veps: , Karelian/Finnish: ) is a river in Podporozhsky, Lodeynopolsky, and Volkhovsky districts in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It flows westwards from Lake Onega to Lake Ladoga, thus connecting the two largest lakes of Europe. It is the largest river flowing into Lake Ladoga. The length of the Svir is , whereas the area of its drainage basin is . The towns of Podporozhye and Lodeynoye Pole, as well as urban-type settlements Voznesenye, Nikolsky, Vazhiny, and Svirstroy are located at the banks of the Svir. After Peter the Great connected the Svir with the Neva by the Ladoga Canal in the 18th century, the river has been part of the Mariinsk Canal System, currently the Volga–Baltic Waterway. The Onega Canal is a bypass of Lake Onega from the south, which connects the Svir with the Vytegra. The Svir is heavily used for navigation, with both cargo traffic and cruise ships. There are two dams with hydroelectric power plants on the river. The Low ...
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