The Chyornaya Rechka (russian: Чёрная Речка, lit=Black River), originally Mustajogi (in the

Karelian language Karelian (North Karelian and Livvi Karelian: ; Ludic: ; Tver Karelian: ) is a Finnic language spoken mainly in the Russian Republic of Karelia. Linguistically, Karelian is closely related to the Finnish dialects spoken in eastern Finland, and so ...

), is a small river in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. It is 8.1 kilometres long, and flows into the

Great Nevka The Great Nevka or Bolshaya Nevka () is an arm of the Neva that begins about below the Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg. Attractions * Bridges ** Samson Bridge ** Grenadiers Bridge ** Kantemirovsky Bridge ** Ushakovsky Bridge ** 3rd Yelagi ...

, a branch of the

Neva The Neva (russian: Нева́, ) 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. Despite its modest length of , it ...

. The Chyornaya Rechka is known for famous duels that took place there, including the 1909 duel between

Nikolai Gumilyov Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov ( rus, Никола́й Степа́нович Гумилёв, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ ɡʊmʲɪˈlʲɵf, a=Nikolay Styepanovich Gumilyov.ru.vorb.oga; April 15 NS 1886 – August 26, 1921) was a poe ...

and

Maximilian Voloshin Maximilian Alexandrovich Kirienko-Voloshin (russian: Максимилиа́н Алекса́ндрович Кирие́нко-Воло́шин; May 28, ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. May 161877 – November 8, 1932), commonly known as Max ...

over the matter of a fictitious

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called

Cherubina de Gabriak Elisaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva ( rus, Елизаве́та Ива́новна Дми́триева, p=jɪlʲɪzɐˈvʲetə ɪˈvanəvnə ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvə, a=Yelizavyeta Ivanovna Dmitriyeva.ru.vorb.oga; 31 March 1887 – 5 December 1928), more fa ...

n the Finnish language: Kaprijakin (Kaprion) Kerubitar and the fatal duel between poet-playwright

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

and

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. The Chyornaya Rechka contributes to St. Petersburg's weather - since water absorbs and radiates heat slower than land it makes temperatures less extreme in a place so close to the polar zone.

References

Rivers of Saint Petersburg Tributaries of the Neva {{Russia-river-stub