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Ilmen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ilmen , shallow lake, varying in size from c.300 to c.800 sq mi (780-2,070 sq km), NW European Russia. It empties through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga. Novgorod and Staraya Russa are nearby.
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Valday Hills
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...340 m). The region forms the watershed of the upper Volga, the Western Dvina, and the Dnieper rivers and also of the rivers that flow into Lake Ilmen. Numerous glacial lakes are found there. Among them, Lake Seliger is the largest.
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Lake Ladoga
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...from Lake Onega; the Vuoska, which forms the outlet of the Saimaa lake system of Finland; and the Volkhov, coming from Lake Ilmen. The main outlet is the Neva, which flows W into the Gulf of Finland at St. Petersburg. The fortress at Petrokrepost commands...
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Novgorod the Great
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...evidence indicates that the city was founded in the mid-tenth century. Located on the Volkhov River near its origins at Lake Ilmen, the city quickly emerged as a leading commercial center. Shortly after Prince Vladimir adopted Christianity for Kievan Rus...
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Blue Division
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...x2009;km. (30 mi.) front, from Lubkovo on the west bank of the River Volkhov southwards to Kurisko on Lake Ilmen. The following August it was assigned to the German 54th Corps of the Eighteenth Army and was put in the line close to Leningrad...
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Route to Greeks
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...terminating in Constantinople. An alternative route in the north passed from Smolensk portages to the Lovat, which led to Lake Ilmen and, via the Volkhov and Novgorod, on to Lake Ladoga and thence, by way of the Neva, to the Gulf of Finland and the eastern...
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Staraya Russa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Staraya Russa [Rus.,=Old Russia], city (1989 pop. 41,500), W European Russia, near Lake Ilmen. It is a health resort with salt springs and mud baths. It is one of the oldest Russian settlements, appearing first in records...
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Msta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Msta , river, c.280 mi (450 km) long, rising N of Vyshne Volochek, NW European Russia, and flowing generally NW into Lake Ilmen near Novgorod. Navigable in its lower course, it is included in the Vyshnevolotsk canal system.
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Novgorod
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...pop. 229,000), capital of Novgorod region, NW European Russia, on the Volkhov River near the point where it leaves Lake Ilmen. Novgorod's industries produce chemicals, fertilizer, and wood and food products. It has a major tourism industry. The...
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