The Lozva ( Russian : Лозьва ; Northern Mansi : Лӯсум-я̄, Lūsum-jā ) is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia . At its confluence with the Sosva , the Tavda is formed. The river is 637 kilometres (396 mi) long, and its basin covers 17,800 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi). The river freezes up in October or early November and stays icebound until late April or early May. Its main tributaries are the Pynovka , Bolshaya Yevva , Ponil , and Ivdel .
3-786: In 1590 a fort was built at Lozvinsk on the river to guard the Cherdyn Route which ran over the Urals from the Vishera to the Lozva. That outpost was endangered by a Mansi chieftain from Pelym . Lozvinsk and the Cherdyn route were abandoned after 1597 when a better route, called the Babinov Road , was found through Verkhoturye . The Dyatlov Pass incident took place near the Lozva in 1959. This Sverdlovsk Oblast location article
6-802: A number of rivers and portages , from the Vishera through the Lozva and the Tavda to the Tobol River . Around 1580, Yermak and his Cossacks ascended the Chusovaya River and crossed to the Barancha, a tributary of the Tagil River . They succeeded in penetrating the Khanate of Siberia and conquering the area . This route was abandoned because the upper Tagil was too shallow. In 1592,
9-621: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Russia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cherdyn Route The Cherdyn Road (Чердынская дорога) or Vishera Road (Вишерская дорога) was the standard route used by the Russians to travel to Siberia in the late 16th century. It started in Cherdyn west of the Urals and followed
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