The Pokshenga (russian: Покшенга, Покшеньга) is a river in
Vinogradovsky and
Pinezhsky Districts of
Arkhangelsk Oblast in
Russia
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. It is a left
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Pinega
Pinega (russian: Пинега) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a settlement), formerly a town, in Pinezhsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pinega River (hence the name). It se ...
. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Pokshenga are
Shatogorka (right),
Okhtoma (left),
Pilmenga (right), and
Shilmusha (right).
The river basin of the Pokshenga occupies the south-western part of the Pinezhsky District, the north-eastern part of the Vinogradovsky District, and also some minor areas of the
Kholmogorsky District
Kholmogorsky District (russian: Холмого́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kholmogorsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoc ...
.
The source of the Pokshenga is located in the south of Pinezhsky District, close to the border with the Vinogradovsky District. It flows north-west, crosses the border and enters Vinogradovsky District, then crosses back into Pinezhsky District, and flows on the border between the districts. After accepting the left tributary, the
Kosvey, the Pokshenga departs from the border and turns north-east. The first village in the river valley is Kovra. The lower part of the valley of the Pokshenga is populated. The mouth of the Pokshenga is located close to the village of Kobelevo, downstream from the district center of
Karpogory.
Until the 1990s the river was used for
timber rafting
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.
The Pokshenga was a part of the old trading route used by the
Novgorod merchants to get from the basin of the Northern Dvina into the river basin of the
Pechora
Pechora (russian: Печо́ра; kv, Печӧра, ''Pećöra'') is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. The area of the town is . Population:
History
Pechora was ...
. The merchants were going from the Northern Dvina upstream the
Pukshenga, then moved to the Pokshenga and went downstream to the Pinega. From the Pinega, they used the
Yezhuga, the
Zyryanskaya Vashka and the
Vashka to get to the
Mezen, and subsequently the
Pyoza
The Pyoza (russian: Пёза) is a river in Mezensky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Mezen. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributaries of the Pyoza are the Tsema (left), Varchushka (r ...
and the
Tsilma to get to the Pechora.
References
External links
* {{cite web, url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=161159, script-title=ru:Река Покшеньга, publisher=State Water Register of Russia, language=Russian, accessdate=1 July 2011
Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast