Question

Write a note on Volga waterway.

Answer 1

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏʟɢᴀ ᴅʀᴀɪɴs ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴏғ ᴡᴇsᴛᴇʀɴ ʀᴜssɪᴀ. ɪᴛs ᴍᴀɴʏ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ʀᴇsᴇʀᴠᴏɪʀs ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇ ɪʀʀɪɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʜʏᴅʀᴏᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴄᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴᴀʟ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏʟɢᴀ–ᴅᴏɴ ᴄᴀɴᴀʟ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏʟɢᴀ–ʙᴀʟᴛɪᴄ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀᴡᴀʏ ғᴏʀᴍ ɴᴀᴠɪɢᴀʙʟᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀᴡᴀʏs ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴍᴏsᴄᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ sᴇᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʟᴛɪᴄ sᴇᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀsᴘɪᴀɴ sᴇᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴀ ᴏғ ᴀᴢᴏᴠ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ sᴇᴀ.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Volga–Baltic Waterway, formerly known as the Mariinsk Canal System (Russian: Мариинская водная система), is a series of canals and rivers in Russia which link the Volga River with the Baltic Sea via the Neva River. Like the Volga–Don Canal, the Volga–Baltic Waterway connects the biggest lake on Earth, the Caspian Sea, to the World Ocean. Its overall length between Cherepovets and Lake Onega is 368 kilometres.

Originally constructed in the early 19th century, the system was rebuilt for larger vessels in the 1960s, becoming a part of the Unified Deep Water System of European Russia.

The original name "Mariinsky" is the credit to Empress Maria Feodorovna, the second wife of Emperor Paul I of Russia.

The canal is actively used for oil and lumber export and as a river tourism route. According to the Maritime Board (Morskaya Kollegiya) of the Russian government, 17.6 million tons of cargo were carried over the Volga–Baltic Waterway in 2004, which is very close to the waterway's maximum capacity. The Lower Svir Lock was one of the two busiest locks on Russia's inland waterways (the other one was the Kochetov Lock on the lower Don River.