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19-488: According to Max Vasmer 's Etymological Dictionary, the origin of the river's name is unclear, but it may originate from a Finnic language meaning "a woodpecker" or more specifically "a spotted woodpecker". The urban-type settlement of Sheksna and Sheksninsky District are named after the river. The source of the Sheksna is in the southeastern end of Lake Beloye . The river flows south and subsequently turns east. It joins

38-487: A history of Russian literature, an etymological dictionary of the Polish language ( Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego , 1927), works on Slavic and Baltic mythology, an encyclopedia of Old Poland, and a 4-volume history of Polish culture (Kraków, 1930–46). Brückner was a specialist on the older periods of Polish and Slavic culture and was the discoverer, interpreter, and publisher of the oldest known manuscript in Polish,

57-945: A professorship at the Berlin University, where he long held (1881–1924) the chair in Slavic Philology. He received funds for travel and studies from his University and he resided in Berlin continuously for 58 years until his death. He was a member of many learned societies, including the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków , the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences , the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Lemberg, and

76-897: Is a part of the Volga–Baltic Waterway and is used for both cruise and cargo traffic. Both the Northern Dvina Canal , which connects the basins of the Volga and the Northern Dvina via Lake Kubenskoye , and the Belozersky Canal , bypassing Lake Beloye, connect to the Sheksna. [REDACTED] Media related to Sheksna River at Wikimedia Commons Max Vasmer Max Julius Friedrich Vasmer ( German: [ˈfasmɐ] ; Russian : Максимилиан Романович Фасмер , romanized :  Maksimilian Romanovich Fasmer ; 28 February 1886 – 30 November 1962)

95-702: Is among the most notable Slavicists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the first to prepare complete monographs on the history of the Polish language and culture . He published more than 1,500 titles and discovered the oldest extant prose text in Polish (the Holy Cross Sermons ). Brückner was born in Brzeżany (Berezhany) in Galicia , Austrian Empire , to an Austro-Polish family who had moved there from Stryj three generations earlier. He studied at

114-512: The Holy Cross Sermons . He had an incomparable knowledge of medieval Polish literature, which he knew from the original manuscripts, and was an expert on Renaissance and early modern Polish literature. In general, Brückner tried to raise the prestige of old Slavic culture both in the eyes of the Germans among whom he worked and in the eyes of the Poles with whom he sympathized. He was critical of

133-615: The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , as well as academies in Prague and Belgrade . Brückner wrote extensively in both Polish and German on the history of the Slavic languages and literature, folklore, ancient Slavic and Baltic mythology , and the history of Polish and Russian literature. His most important works include a history of the Polish language (Lemberg, 1906), several histories of Polish literature in Polish and German,

152-572: The Ukrainians in his native eastern Galicia. It was, however, scholarship, not politics, which always remained his main concern. On the most central questions of Slavic scholarship, he believed that in ancient times the Slavic and Baltic languages had a common ancestor and he always stressed this common Balto-Slavic bond. He placed the original homeland of the Slavs farther west than most Slavists, on

171-713: The German Gymnasium in Lwów (Lemberg) under Omelian Ohonovsky, in Vienna under Franz Miklosich , and in Berlin under Vatroslav Jagić . Brückner first taught at Lwów ( Lwów University ). In 1876 he received a doctorate at the University of Vienna and in 1878 his habilitation for a study on Slavic settlements around Magdeburg ( Die slawischen Aussiedlungen in der Altmark und im Magdeburgischen ). In 1881 he received

190-745: The Russian autocracy and the centralized Russian state of his time, including the Russian liberals ( Kadets ) who supported a centralized state and opposed either federalism or national autonomy for the non-Russian peoples of the Russian Empire. During the First World War , he favored the Central Powers but opposed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which he believed was largely directed against a resurgent Poland, and made deep concessions to

209-837: The Universities of Saratov and of Dorpat ( Tartu ). In 1921, he settled in Leipzig , but in 1925 moved to Berlin . In 1938–1939, he delivered lectures at Columbia University in New York City. It was there that he started to work on his magnum opus , the Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language  [ ru ] . He delivered the eulogy for Professor Aleksander Brückner in Berlin- Wilmersdorf in 1939 and he took over

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228-968: The chair of Slavistic studies at the University of Berlin . In 1941 he published the book "The Slavs in Greece" ( Die Slaven in Griechenland ) and in 1944 the book "The Greek loanwords in Serbo-Croatian" ( Die griechischen Lehnwörter im Serbo-Kroatischen ). In 1944, the bombing of Vasmer's house in Berlin destroyed most of his materials. Nevertheless, Vasmer persevered in his work, which was finally published in three volumes by Heidelberg University in 1950–1958 as Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch . Vasmer died in West Berlin on 30 November 1962. The Russian translation of Vasmer's dictionary – with extensive commentaries by Oleg Trubachyov –

247-533: The northern part of the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga near the city of Cherepovets . Cherepovets, as well as the urban-type settlement of Sheksna , are located on the Sheksna. Most of the present course of the river was accommodated as the Sheksna Reservoir , with the dam constructed in Sheksna. Previously, the length of the Sheksna was some 400 kilometers (250 mi), and the mouth of

266-578: The publication of a monumental (11 volumes) gazetteer that included virtually all names of populated places in Russia found both in pre-revolutionary and in Soviet sources. Aleksander Br%C3%BCckner Aleksander Brückner ( Polish pronunciation: [alɛkˈsandɛr ˈbryknɛr] ; 29 January 1856 – 24 May 1939) was a Polish scholar of Slavic languages and literature ( Slavistics ), philologist , lexicographer , and historian of literature . He

285-408: The river was located in the city of Rybinsk , Yaroslavl Oblast . The part of the river between Cherepovets and Rybinsk disappeared when the Rybinsk Reservoir was constructed between 1935 and 1947. Currently, the only natural stretch of the course of the Sheksna is located between the urban-type settlement of Sheksna and the city of Cherepovets. The river basin of the Sheksna comprises vast areas in

304-550: The territory of today's Poland. He believed that the apostles of the Slavs, Cyril and Methodius , had originated the idea of their mission on their own, and he played down the invitation from Moravia ; finally, in a polemic with the Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky , he took a Normanist position on the origins of the Rus' , stressing the linguistic and historical evidence for a Scandinavian connection. In 1924, he retired from

323-565: The west and in the northwest of Vologda Oblast, including parts of Vytegorsky , Vashkinsky , Kirillovsky, Belozersky, Sheksninsky, and Cherepovetsky Districts, as well as minor areas in Kargopolsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast . This area includes the towns of Kirillov and Belozersk , as well as the urban-type settlement of Chyobsara and the selo of Lipin Bor , the administrative center of Vashkinsky District. The Sheksna

342-630: Was a Russian and German linguist . He studied problems of etymology in Indo-European , Finno-Ugric and Turkic languages and worked on the history of Slavic , Baltic , Iranian , and Finno-Ugric peoples. Born to German parents in Saint Petersburg , Vasmer graduated from Saint Petersburg University in 1907. From 1910, he delivered lectures there as a professor. During the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922, he worked in

361-427: Was printed in 1964–1973. As of 2015 , it remains the most authoritative source for Slavic etymology. The Russian version is available on Sergei Starostin 's Tower of Babel web site. Another monumental work led by Max Vasmer involved the compilation of a multi-volume dictionary of Russian names of rivers and other bodies of water . He initiated an even grander project, completed by a team of workers after his death:

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