The Sudoma (russian: Судома) 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 drainage ...

of the

Shelon The Shelon (russian: Шелонь) is a river in the northwest part of European Russia, in Dedovichsky, Porkhovsky, and Dnovsky Districts of Pskov Oblast and Soletsky and Shimsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast. The Shelon is one of the principal ...

, with its course located in

Sudoma uplands The Sudoma (russian: Судома) is a left tributary of the Shelon, with its course located in Sudoma uplands in Dedovichsky and Bezhanitsky District of Pskov Oblast of Russia. The Sudoma is part of the Lake Ilmen drainage basin. The river has ...

in Dedovichsky and

Bezhanitsky District Bezhanitsky District (russian: Бежа́ницкий райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the ob ...

Pskov Oblast Pskov Oblast (russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, ') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

of Russia. The Sudoma is part of the

Lake Ilmen Lake Ilmen ( rus, И́льмень, p=ˈilʲmʲɪnʲ) is a large lake in the Novgorod Oblast of Russia. A historically important lake, it formed a vital part of the medieval trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks. The city of Novgorod - wh ...

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

. The river has a length of and drains a basin of . It rarely attains the width of , being no deeper than along its course. It notably flows through Sosonskaya Volost where a synonymous village also exists. One version of the name is linked to a folk tale of a family of three giants that lived in the area, the name derived from the mother of the three.http://www.pskovgrad.ru/2006/05/19/sudoma.html Судома History of Pskov and Pskov Oblast The source of the river is located on the uplands of the same name, so named for apparently serving as a place of a judging ritual, the word for

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in Russian being "sud" (russian: суд), however the source is located in

Lake Naverezhskoye A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

(russian: озерo Навережское), and the name is only extant from the

Nikonov Chronicles Nikonov (russian: Никонов) and Nikonova (russian: Никонова) are masculine and feminine forms of a common Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Nikonov (1893–1937), a Soviet military leader. * Gennad ...

(1539-1542), before which it was called Sudomir', meaning "peace trial" or "decision for peace". The most ancient settlers in the area of the river were thought to be the

Krivichi The Krivichs (Kryvichs) ( be, крывічы, kryvičý, ; rus, кри́вичи, p='krʲivʲɪtɕɪ, kríviči) were a tribal union of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 12th centuries. It is suggested that originally the Krivichi were nat ...

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tribe. In 1021

Bryachislav of Polotsk Bryachislav Izyaslavich ( be, Брачыслаў Ізяславіч, russian: Брячислав Изяславич) (c. 997 – 1044) was the prince of Polotsk between 1001 and 1044. His name, possibly, may have been of something in approximatio ...

suffered a defeat during the

battle on the Sudoma River A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

. The river and the uplands are both mentioned by

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

. During the

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the area was a scene of battles between the German forces and the 3rd Leningrad partisan brigade (russian: 3-я Ленинградская партизанская бригада) (commander Colonel A.P. German russian: Герман) where they conducted the

Rail war The rail war (russian: Рельсовая война, ''Rel'sovaya Voyna''; be, Рэйкавая вайна, ''Rejkavaja Vajna''; ua, Рейкова війна, ''Reykova Viyna'') was the name for the actions of Soviet partisans in the Soviet ...

.see sources, Wikimapia

References

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Sources

* Daniël Mourad, ''Patterns of nutrient transfer in lowland catchments'' (thesis), Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University * Судома in wikimapia.or

Rivers of Pskov Oblast