Svir

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River Svir
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Banks of the Svir River
Banks of the Svir River
OriginLake Onega
MouthLake Ladoga
Basin countriesRussia
Length224 km (139 mi)
Source elevation32 m (105 ft)
Avg. discharge790 m³/s (27,903 ft³/s)
Basin area83,200 km² (32,124 mi²)


Svir (Russian: Свирь, Finnish: Syväri, Estonian: Sviri) is a river in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It flows from Lake Onega west to Lake Ladoga, thus connecting the two largest lakes of Europe. It is the largest river flowing into Lake Ladoga.

After Peter the Great connected the Svir with the Neva River by the Ladoga Canal, the river has been part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway. There are two hydroelectric power plants on the Svir.

The river flows past the Alexander-Svirsky Monastery, which used to house Svirlag (one of the most infamous gulags). The area around the river saw heavy fighting during the Continuation War 1941–1944.

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Cities and towns along the Svir

Headstream is the origin of water flow that initiates the subject watercourse. It is the start of the river or stream.

The source of a river or stream may be a lake, a marsh, a spring, glacier, or a collection of headwaters.
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Primary sources 58 rivers (Shuya, Suna, Vodla, Vytegra, Andoma)

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Location Northwestern Russia
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation


Capital
(and largest city) Moscow

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Headstream is the origin of water flow that initiates the subject watercourse. It is the start of the river or stream.

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In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. The unit used is usually m³/s (cubic meters per second, or cumecs). For example, the average discharge of the Rhine river is 2200 m³/s.
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Writing system: Cyrillic (Russian variant)  
Official status
Official language of:  Abkhazia (Georgia)
 Belarus
 Commonwealth of Independent States (working)
 Crimea (de facto; Ukraine)
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Finnish ( suomi   (help info ) , or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (91.
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Official status
Official language of:  Estonia
 European Union
Regulated by: Institute of the Estonian Language / Eesti Keele Instituut (semi-official)
Language codes
ISO 639-1: et
ISO 639-2: est
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Ленинградская област?
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation


Capital
(and largest city) Moscow

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Primary sources 58 rivers (Shuya, Suna, Vodla, Vytegra, Andoma)

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Location Northwestern Russia
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Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea,
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Tsar Peter I
Peter the Great
Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias

Reign 7 May, 1682 - 8 February, 1725
Coronation 25 June, 1682 (as Czar)
Full name Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov
Titles Czar of Russia
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Origin Lake Ladoga
Mouth Gulf of Finland
Basin countries Russia, Finland, Belarus
Length 74 km (46 mi)
Source elevation 4 m (13 ft)

Avg.
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Ladoga Canal (Russian: Лaдожский канал, Ladozhsky Canal
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Volga-Baltic Waterway, formerly known as the Mariinsk Canal System (Russian: Мариинская водная система), is a series of canals and rivers
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Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower. Hydroelectricity now supplies about 715,000 MWe or 19% of world electricity (16% in 2003), accounting for over 63% of the total electricity from renewables in 2005.
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Alexander-Svirsky Monastery is a Russian Orthodox monastery situated deep in the woods of the Leningrad Oblast, just south from its border with the Republic of Karelia. The golden age of this cloister falls in the 17th century.
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Svirlag, SvirLAG (Svirskiy Lager' - Svir Concentration-Camp, Russian: Свирлаг, also Свирьлаг /
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Gulag (  (help) , Russian: ГУЛАГ
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Continuation War (Finnish: Jatkosota, Swedish: Fortsättningskriget), was fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II.
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Origin Chaimozero Lake
Mouth Svir River
Basin countries Russia
Length 266 km
Source elevation 226 m

Avg. discharge 55 m³/s

Oyat (Russian: Оять
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Origin Pashozero Lake
Mouth Svir River
Basin countries Russia
Length 250 km
Source elevation 115 m

Avg. discharge 69 m³/s Pashá (Russian: Пашá
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Podporozhye (Russian: Подпоро́жье) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Svir River some 285 km northeast of St. Petersburg. Population: 19,600 (2006 est.
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Lodeynoye Pole (Russian: Лоде́йное По́ле) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Svir River (Lake Ladoga basin) some 244 km
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