Governor
Mr. Kuvshinnikov participated in celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Volga-Baltic Waterway.
09.06.2014
Volga-Baltic Waterway is a system of rivers and a canal in western Russia linking the Volga River with the Baltic Sea. The Volga-Baltic Waterway connects with the White Sea–Baltic Canal at Lake Onega. The total length of the waterway is about 1,100 km (685 miles).
It consists of the Moscow-Volga Canal, the Volga River, the Rybinsk Reservoir, the Mariinsk system (composed of the Sheksna River, the White Lake Canal, the Kovzha River, the Mariinsk Canal, and the Vytegra River), the Onega Canal, the Svir River, the Ladoga Canals, and the Neva River to St. Petersburg. The waterway was begun in 1709 to connect St. Petersburg with the interior. The major canals were built in the 1930s. The waterway was reconstructed and modernized in 1964, the principal addition being a dam across the Sheksna River near Cherepovets, which deepened the waterway as far as the Kovzha River, facilitating the use of larger vessels.
For 50 years Volga-Baltic Waterway is the most vibrant water through-passage which provides free transportation of goods not only between economic regions of Russia, but also between the seaports of northern and southern European seas.
400 km out of 5,000 km of the canal passes through the territory of the Vologda Region, where the main objects of the Volga-Baltic Waterway are located - 8 shipping locks, 3 hydro power plants, 5 spillways, 3 water reservoirs, and 2 large industrial ports.
Alexander Davydenko, the head of the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency also took part in the celebrations.
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