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Svir

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Svir , river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NW European Russia, flowing W from Lake Onega into Lake Ladoga. It is part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway . There are hydroelectric stations at Svirstroy and Podporozhye.

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Svir'

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Svir', Belarus, Russia Russia (Leningrad): a river with a name associated with the Finnish syvyys ‘deep’. It is the name of a town in Belarus.

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