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38-756: The district is located on both banks of the Northern Dvina and its main right tributary , the Vychegda . The Northern Dvina and the Vychegda divide the district into three comparably sized areas. A major part of the district belongs to the basins of the Northern Dvina and the Vychegda, including such major tributaries of the Northern Dvina as the Ustya (left) and the Uftyuga (right). The rivers in

76-543: A Uralic language ; however, its origin is unclear. Possibly it is an Indo-European word which used to mean river or stream . In the Komi language , the river is called Вы́нва / Výnva from vyn "power" and va "water, river" hence "powerful river". The length of the Northern Dvina is 744 kilometres (462 mi). Together with its major tributary, the Sukhona , it is 1,302 kilometres (809 mi) long – about as long as

114-421: A municipal division , the district is incorporated as Kotlassky Municipal District . The town of oblast significance of Kotlas is incorporated separately from the district as Kotlas Urban Okrug. The municipal district is divided into three urban settlements and one rural settlement (the administrative centers are given in parentheses): In 2010, timber industry accounted for 90.3% of the total industrial output of

152-586: A town of oblast significance —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. The district is divided into twelve selsoviets , one town of district significance ( Solvychegodsk ), and two urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory ( Privodino and Shipitsyno ). Three other inhabited localities which previously had work settlement status were downgraded to rural status in 2005; these are Cheryomushsky , Kharitonovo , and Udimsky . The following selsoviets have been established (the administrative centers are given in parentheses): As

190-621: Is heavily used for timber rafting . The Northern Dvina Canal connects it with the Volga–Baltic Waterway. In the 19th century, a short-lived Northern Ekaterininsky Canal , now abandoned, connected the Northern Dvina basin with the Kama basin as well. In 1926–28 a canal connecting the Pinega, one of the major tributaries of the Northern Dvina, with the Kuloy, was constructed, however, currently

228-653: Is housed in the former Annunciation Cathedral in Solvychegodsk. There is also a small private museum devoted to the fictional author Kozma Prutkov , who, according to the official biography, was born in Solvychegodsk. In the village of Medvedki there is the museum devoted to the Soviet naval officer Nikolay Kuznetsov , who was born in Medvedki and eventually reached the ranks of the Commander-in-Chief of

266-991: The Ob ). One was upstream the Vychegda and the Yarenga , and by land into the Vashka . Another one was upstream the Vychegda, the Vym , the Yelva, then by land to the Irva and to the Mezen. Two further options included going upstream the Pinega and then by land to the Kuloy and to the Mezen, or using the Pukshenga and the Pokshenga to get to the Pinega, and then from the Yozhuga taking boats by land to

304-915: The Rhine in central and western Europe. The area of its basin is 357,052 square kilometres (137,859 sq mi). The river basin of the Northern Dvina includes the major parts of the Vologda and the Arkhangelsk Oblasts , as well as areas in the western part of the Komi Republic and in the northern part of the Kirov Oblast , and minor areas in the north of Yaroslavl and Kostroma Oblasts . The cities of Arkhangelsk and Vologda , as well as many smaller towns, many of those of significant historical importance such as Veliky Ustyug , Totma , Solvychegodsk , and Kholmogory , are located in

342-751: The Sheksna , along the Slavyanka River into Lake Nikolskoye, then the boats were taken by land to Lake Blagoveshchenskoye, from there downstream along the Porozovitsa River into Lake Kubenskoye and further to the Sukhona and the Northern Dvina. From the Northern Dvina, there were a number of ways into the basin of the Mezen (from where the merchants could get to the basin of the Pechora and

380-670: The Solovetsky Monastery , was located in Kholmogory until 1762. Until the 1700s, Arkhangelsk was the main trading harbour for the sea trade of Russia and western Europe, and the Northern Dvina was the main trading route connecting the central Russia with Arkhangelsk. Peter the Great drastically changed the situation, by founding Saint Petersburg in 1703, thus opening the way for the Baltic Sea trade, and by constructing

418-492: The Volga–Baltic Waterway , which links Petersburg to Moscow. The Sukhona flows east, eventually north-east, joins the north-flowing Yug at Veliky Ustyug and acquires the name 'Northern Dvina'. The P157 highway connects Kostroma with Kotlas via Nikolsk and Veliky Ustyug. North of Veliky Ustyg, the highway runs on the left bank of the Northern Dvina. The river flows about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north crossing from

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456-481: The 14th century. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow . In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great , the area was included into Archangelgorod Governorate , and Solvychegodsk was designated as one of the cities. In 1780, the governorate was abolished and transformed into Vologda Viceroyalty . The latter was abolished in 1796, and

494-538: The 900 square kilometres (350 sq mi) delta begins. In the upstream part of the delta, the great port of Arkhangelsk is located. It gradually replaced Kholmogory as the chief city of the region. On the southwest side of the delta is the naval base of Severodvinsk , the second-largest city in the region. The delta ends in the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. The river flows through Velikoustyugsky District of

532-542: The Civil War. 64°32′00″N 40°29′00″E  /  64.53333°N 40.48333°E  / 64.53333; 40.48333 Konosha Konosha ( Russian : Ко́ноша ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement ) and the administrative center of Konoshsky District , Arkhangelsk Oblast , Russia , located on the Konosha River , 400 kilometers (250 mi) south of Arkhangelsk . It also serves as

570-581: The Naval Forces. It has a youth bandy team called Salyut-Vychegda. Northern Dvina The Northern Dvina ( Се́верная Двина́ , IPA: [ˈsʲevʲɪrnəjə dvʲɪˈna] ; Komi : Вы́нва , romanized:  Výnva ) is a river in northern Russia flowing through Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea . Along with the Pechora River to

608-524: The Northern Dvina basin was controlled by Novgorod. Veliky Ustyug has been first mentioned in the chronicles in 1207, Shenkursk — in 1229, Solvychegodsk was founded in the 14th century. In the 13th century the Novgorod merchants already reached the White Sea. The area was initially attractive because of fur trading. The main waterway from Novgorod into the Northern Dvina was along the Volga and its tributary,

646-535: The Vologda Oblast and through Kotlassky , Krasnsoborky , Verkhnetoyemsky , Vinogradovsky , Kholmogorsky , and Primorsky districts of the Arkhangelsk Oblast. All administrative centers of these districts are located at the banks of the Northern Dvina, as they developed when the river was the major transportation route of the region. In summer, the entire length of the river is navigable and

684-502: The Vologda Oblast into the Arkhangelsk Oblast, where in the city of Kotlas it receives the west-flowing Vychegda River which rises in the northern Ural Mountains . Since, at the confluence, the length of the Vychegda is greater than that of the Northern Dvina, the river between the source and the confluence with the Vychegda is sometimes known as the Lesser Northern Dvina ( Малая Северная Двина ). Shortly downstream from

722-502: The Vychegda. Roads connect Kotlas with Veliky Ustyug (and eventually Vologda and Kostroma) to the south, Syktyvkar to the east, and Krasnoborsk (eventually Arkhangelsk ) to the north. There are also local roads. There is regular passenger bus traffic originating from Kotlas. Privodino has an oil-pumping station in the Baltic Pipeline System . The district contains nine objects of cultural heritage protected at

760-906: The Zyryanskaya Yezhuga and the Vashka. From the Vychegda, the merchants also could get directly to the river basin of the Pechora via either the Cherya and the Izhma , or the Mylva . From the 14th century, Kholmogory was the main trading harbor on the Northern Dvina, but in the 17th century it lost this distinction to Arkhangelsk even though the seat of the Kholmogory and Vaga Eparchy , from 1732 known as Kholmogory and Archangelogorod Eparchy, which had jurisdiction over all Northern Russia including

798-472: The administrative center of Danilovsky Selsoviet, one of the ten selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided . Municipally , it is incorporated as Konoshskoye Urban Settlement . Population: 12,432 ( 2010 Census ) ; 12,873 ( 2002 Census ) ; 17,143 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . The name of the settlement is derived from the name of the Konosha River. The name of

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836-491: The canal is pretty much neglected. Heavy commercial passenger navigation has largely disappeared and only local passenger lines remain. The passenger line connecting Kotlas and Arkhangelsk has been out of operation since 2005. The area was populated by Finnic peoples and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic . The only exception was Veliky Ustyug, which was part of Vladimir-Suzdal Principality . The rest of

874-594: The confluence, the Northern Dvina is crossed by the railway connecting Konosha with Kotlas and Vorkuta . The Northern Dvina turns northwest and receives a number of smaller rivers such as the Uftyuga and the Nizhnyaya Toyma , both from the northeast. Near the urban settlement of Bereznik, the Vaga comes in from the south. At this point, the M8 highway which runs from Moscow through Vologda to Arkhangelsk, also enters

912-497: The district center on July 15, 1929, when Konoshsky District was established as part of Nyandoma Okrug of Northern Krai In 1931, Konoshsky District was abolished, but on March 21-22, 1935, it was restored. Since 1937, Konosha has been part of Arkhangelsk Oblast. In 2009, the most important industry in Konoshsky District was timber industry (52.7% of GDP), followed by the energy development (40.8%) and by

950-468: The district. In 2010, there were ninety-six farms in the district, producing meat (beef and pork), milk, cereals, and potatoes. Kotlas is an important railway hub, where the railway to Kirov branches off southeast from the main railway, connecting Konosha and Vorkuta (in the Komi Republic ). The Northern Dvina and the Vychegda Rivers are navigable; there is regular passenger navigation on

988-673: The east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Arctic Ocean . It should not be confused with the Western Dvina , with which it is not connected. The principal tributaries of the Northern Dvina are the Vychegda (right), the Vaga (left), and the Pinega (right). According to the Max Vasmer 's Etymological Dictionary , the name of the river has been taken from the Western Dvina . The toponym Dvina does not stem from

1026-552: The east. The line from Moscow to Arkhangelsk uses the alternating current , whereas the stretch to Vorkuta does not have electrification, therefore all trains from Moscow in the direction of Vorkuta have to change locomotives and stop in Konosha for about twenty minutes. Konosha hosts the Konoshsky District Museum, which opened in 2003. In 1964-1965, the future literature Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky

1064-464: The federal level (all of them in Solvychegodsk), and additionally fifty-two monuments of history and architecture of local importance (thirty-three of them in Solvychegodsk). Most of these are brickstone churches built prior to 1917. The federal list of cultural heritage includes the following Solvychegodsk ensembles: The biggest museum in the district, Solvychegodsk Museum of Art and History ,

1102-435: The food industry (6.4%). There are paved roads in the district, connecting Konosha with Velsk in the east and Nyandoma in the north. The road to Vozhega in the south has an unpaved stretch. Konosha is a major railway hub . It is located on the railway line between Moscow and Arkhangelsk (built in the south-north direction), and in Konosha, the line to Kotlas which eventually continues to Vorkuta branches off to

1140-586: The highway between Saint Petersburg and Arkhangelsk via Kargopol. The river quickly lost its role as the leading trading route, which was accelerated by the construction of the railway between Vologda and Arkhangelsk between 1894 and 1897. The Northern Dvina was scene of several battles during the Russian Civil War , many involving the Entente interventionist army as part of their North Russia Campaign . A special Northern Dvina Flotilla existed during

1178-563: The north-flowing Yug River at Veliky Ustyug. The combined stream, now called the Northern Dvina, flows north about 60 km and receives the west-flowing Vychegda at Kotlas and then turns northwest to flow into the White Sea. The Sukhona-Vychegda was an important east–west transportation route while the Northern Dvina-Yug was a north–south route. The upper Sukhona is now connected by the Northern Dvina Canal to

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1216-406: The part of it which included Solvychegodsk was made into Vologda Governorate . In 1918, the area was transferred to the newly established Northern Dvina Governorate , and in 1924 the uyezds were abolished in favor of the new divisions, the districts (raions). Kotlassky District was formed on June 25, 1924 and included areas of former Solvychegodsky and Velikoustyugsky Uyezds . In 1928, it

1254-507: The region. The Yomtsa or Yemtsa joins from the southeast, with the P1 highway (from Kargopol ) running parallel. The Pinega , formerly an important river route, joins from the east. Near the mouth of the Pinega, the river splits into several channels, among which is the ancient selo of Kholmogory 75 kilometres (47 mi) southeast of Arkhangelsk. The branches rejoin and pass the modern logging town of Novodvinsk . Downstream from Novodvinsk,

1292-400: The river basin of the Northern Dvina. The Northern Dvina basin is roughly T-shaped. The 558 kilometres (347 mi)-long Sukhona River flows east and joins the basin of the west-flowing Vychegda (1,130 kilometres (700 mi) long). The combined river flows northwest into the White Sea , which it joins near the city of Arkhangelsk . Looking more closely, the Sukhona flows east and meets

1330-468: The river contains two element: -sha , which means "water" in the relevant Finnic languages, and -kon , which unclear etymology. If it is considered to be a Slavic word, it may mean either "beginning" or "border". The settlement was founded in 1896 in connection with the construction of the Yaroslavl – Vologda –Arkhangelsk railway line. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1931. Konosha became

1368-547: The southeastern corner of the district (i. e., areas south of the town of Koryazhma) drain into the Lala , a tributary of the Luza , in the basin of the Yug . Almost the whole territory of the district is covered by coniferous forests ( taiga ). The area in general was populated by speakers of Uralic languages and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic . Solvychegodsk was founded in

1406-443: Was merged into Northern Krai , which in 1936 was transformed into Northern Oblast . In 1937, Northern Oblast was split into Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast. Kotlassky District remained in Arkhangelsk Oblast ever since. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Kotlassky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast. The town of Kotlas serves as its administrative center , despite being incorporated separately as

1444-399: Was merged with Solvychegodsky District and in 1931, a part of Krasnoborsky District was appended to Kotlassky District. In the following years, the district remained in the same borders (with the exception of Solvychegodsky District, which was split out in 1938 and merged back in 1958), but the first-level administrative division of Russia kept changing. In 1929, Northern Dvina Governorate

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