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Zeya (river)
The Zeya (russian: Зе́я; from indigenous Evenki word "djee" (blade); zh, 结雅; mnc, m= , Mölendroff: jingkiri bira) is a northern, left tributary of the Amur in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The average flow of the river is . History The first Russian documented to enter the area was Vassili Poyarkov. Course It rises in the Toko-Stanovik mountain ridge, a part of the Stanovoy Range. The Zeya flows through the Zeya Reservoir, at the junction of the Tukuringra Range and Dzhagdy Range, and joins the Amur near Blagoveshchensk, at the border with China. Regulation of river discharge by Zeya Dam mitigates extremities of river flow down to 5000 m³/s. The Zeya contributes around 16% of both the average and maximum flow of de Amur because of the flow regulations. In the past, the Zeya could have contributed up to almost 50% of the Amur's maximum flow of approximately 30,000 m³/s. The main tributaries of the Zeya are Tok, Mulmuga, Bryanta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svobodny, Amur Oblast
Svobodny (russian: Свобо́дный) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Zeya River, north of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 63,889 ( 2002 Census); History It was founded in 1912 in conjunction with the construction of the Amur RailwayPospelov, p. 26 (the Trans-Siberian Railway's "bypass" route, which was to provide a railway connection from European Russia to the Pacific entirely over the Russian soil, without crossing the north-eastern China). It was originally named ''Alexeyevsk'' (), in honor of the then crown prince Alexey. In 1917, the town was renamed Svobodny, Russian for ''free''. During the Stalin era, the ''BAMLag'' prison camp was built in Svobodny, with the intention of providing forced labor for the planned construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. The camp became one of the largest in the gulag system, with ca. 190,300 convicts in October 1935. The camp claimed the lives of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeya, Russia
Zeya (russian: Зе́я) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the Zeya River (a tributary of the Amur) southeast of Tynda and north of Blagoveshchensk. History It was founded in 1879 as the settlement of ''Zeysky Sklad'' (, lit. ''Zeya warehouse''), as a supply and administrative center for the exploitation of newly discovered gold deposits in the Zeya River basin. By 1906, the settlement had grown to over 5,000 inhabitants, and was granted town status under the name ''Zeya-Pristan'' (, lit ''Zeya Port''). In 1913, the town's name was shortened to Zeya. The town remained one of Russia's most important centers of gold production until the opening of the Kolyma region in the 1930s. Construction of the Zeya Dam, beginning in 1964, saw a new growth period for the town. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zeya serves as the administrative center of Zeysky District,Law #73-OZ even though it is not a part of it. As an admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya entsiklopediya'' (or '' Great Russian Encyclopedia'') in an updated and revised form. The GSE claimed to be "the first Marxist–Leninist general-purpose encyclopedia". Origins The idea of the ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' emerged in 1923 on the initiative of Otto Schmidt, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In early 1924 Schmidt worked with a group which included Mikhail Pokrovsky, (rector of the Institute of Red Professors), Nikolai Meshcheryakov (Former head of the Glavit, the State Administration of Publishing Affairs), Valery Bryusov (poet), Veniamin Kagan (mathematician) and Konstantin Kuzminsky to draw up a proposal which was agreed to in April 1924. Also involved was Anatoly Lunacharsky, People's Commissar of Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom (Amur Oblast)
The Tom () is a river in Russia, a left tributary of the river Zeya. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Its source is near the border between Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai. It flows into the Zeya (itself a tributary of the Amur) between Svobodny and Blagoveshchensk. The city of Belogorsk lies on the Tom. See also *List of rivers of Russia
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Selemdzha
The Selemdzha () is a river in the Amur Region of Russia. It is the biggest, left tributary of the Zeya. The length of the river is 647 km. The area of its basin 68,600 km². Course The Selemdzha has its source where three mountain ranges meet the Bureya Range, the Dusse-Alin from the south, the Ezop Range from the west and the Yam-Alin from the north, and flows first northwest with the Selemdzha Range to the north, and then westwards across the Zeya-Bureya Plain.Селемджа // : (in 30 vols.) / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. The |
Dep (river)
The Dep () is a left tributary of the Zeya (itself a tributary of the Amur) in Amur Oblast, eastern Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . See also *List of rivers of Russia Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is draine ... References Rivers of Amur Oblast {{Russia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argi (river)
Argi ( fa, ارگي, also Romanized as Argī and Arkī) is a village in Golmakan Rural District, Golbajar District, Chenaran County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28, in 9 families. See also * List of cities, towns and villages in Razavi Khorasan Province A list of cities, towns and villages in Razavi Khorasan Province of north-eastern Iran: Alphabetical Cities are in bold text; all others are villages. A Ab Barg , Ab Barik , Ab Barik-e Bala , Ab Barik-e Olya , Ab Barik-e Sofla , Ab G ... References Populated places in Chenaran County {{Chenaran-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urkan (river)
Urkan (russian: Уркан ) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Urkansky Selsoviet of Tyndinsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 777 in 2018. There are 19 streets. Geography Urkan is located 147 km south of Tynda Tynda (russian: Ты́нда) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It is an important railway junction, informally referred to as the capital of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. Its population has declined sharply in ... (the district's administrative centre) by road. Bugorki is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Tyndinsky District {{AmurOblast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilyuy
The Gilyuy (russian: Гилю́й) is a river in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Zeya, and is 545 km long, with a drainage basin of 22,500 km². The river has its sources on the southern slopes of the Stanovoy Mountains, passes near Tynda and flows southeast into the Zeya Reservoir. Its main tributaries are the Mogot and the Tynda. See also *List of rivers of Russia Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into ... References Rivers of Amur Oblast {{Russia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
