The Angara ( Russian : Ангара́ , [ənɡɐˈra] ; Buryat : Ангар, Angar , lit. "Cleft" ) is a major river in Siberia , which traces a course through Russia 's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai . It drains out of Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisey . It is 1,849 kilometres (1,149 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,039,000 square kilometres (401,000 sq mi). It was formerly known as the Lower or Nizhnyaya Angara (distinguishing it from the Upper Angara ). Below its junction with the Ilim , it was formerly known as the Upper Tunguska ( Russian : Верхняя Тунгуска , Verhnyaya Tunguska , distinguishing it from the Lower Tunguska ) and, with the names reversed, as the Lower Tunguska .
13-746: Tunguska may refer to: Places [ edit ] There are several rivers in Russia called Tunguska, including: Upper Tunguska, an old name of the lower course of the Angara , tributary of the Yenisey Podkamennaya Tunguska ("Stony Tunguska", also: "Middle Tunguska"), tributary of the Yenisey The Tunguska event , a catastrophic explosion over Siberia in 1908 Nizhnyaya Tunguska ("Lower Tunguska"), tributary of
26-467: A song by Hopesfall on their album, Arbiter "Tunguska" ( The X-Files ) , a 1996 episode of The X-Files Other uses [ edit ] 2K22 Tunguska , a Russian anti-aircraft system 9M311 Tunguska , a surface-to-air missile used in the Tunguska-M1 system See also [ edit ] Podkamennaya Tunguska (disambiguation) Tungusic (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
39-838: A village ( selo ). In the mid 1970s, after the construction of the Ust-Ilimsk Dam ( Russian : Усть-Илимская ГЭС ) on the Angara at Ust-Ilimsk (below the fall of the Ilim into the Angara), the site of the village was flooded by the Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir . Before the site was flooded, archaeological excavations were carried out in the village during 1967–75; the Spasskaya Tower and the Church of Our Lady of Kazan from
52-696: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Angara Leaving Lake Baikal near the settlement of Listvyanka , the Angara flows north past the Irkutsk Oblast cities of Irkutsk , Angarsk , Bratsk , and Ust-Ilimsk . It then crosses the Angara Range and turns west, entering Krasnoyarsk Krai, and joining the Yenisey near Strelka , 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of Lesosibirsk . Four dams of major hydroelectric plants - constructed since
65-698: The Lena River . In early times the Ilimsk Uyezd was one of the few grain-producing areas in Siberia. Around 1700 there were 280 settlements, including seven ostrogs . In 1745 there were 7,605 peasants. Much of the grain was shipped down the Lena to feed the Okhotsk Coast and other areas in eastern Siberia. Grain production shifted south as the area around Irkutsk became more settled. From 1764 to 1775
78-537: The 1950s - exploit the waters of the Angara: The reservoirs of these dams flooded a number of villages along the Angara and its tributaries (including the historic fort of Ilimsk on the Ilim), as well as numerous agricultural areas in the river valley. Due to its effects on the way of life of the rural residents of the Angara valley, dam construction was criticized by a number of Soviet intellectuals, in particular by
91-679: The Irkutsk writer Valentin Rasputin - both in his novel Farewell to Matyora (1976) and in his non-fiction book Siberia, Siberia (1991). The Angara is navigable by modern watercraft on several isolated sections: The section between the Ust-Ilimsk Dam and the Boguchany Dam has not been navigable due to rapids. However, with the completion of the Boguchany Dam, and filling of its reservoir, at least part of this section of
104-675: The Yenisey Tunguska (Amur) , tributary of the Amur Tunguska Plateau In arts and entertainment [ edit ] Tunguska (album) , a 2006 album by Suns of the Tundra Secret Files: Tunguska , a 2006 video game "Tunguska", a song by Cymbals Eat Guitars "Tunguska", a song by Darkest Hour on their album, Deliver Us "Tunguska", a song by Fanfarlo on their album, Rooms Filled with Light "Tunguska",
117-636: The necessary portages) formed important water routes connecting the Yenisey with Lake Baikal and the Lena . The river lost its transportation significance after the construction of an overland route between Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk and, later, the Trans-Siberian Railway . The largest tributaries of the Angara are, from source to mouth: Ilimsk 56°46′18″N 103°47′10″E / 56.77167°N 103.78611°E / 56.77167; 103.78611 Ilimsk (Russian: Илимск )
130-500: The river will become navigable as well. Nonetheless, this will not enable through navigation from Lake Baikal to the Yenisey, as none of the existing three dams has been provided with a ship lock or a boat lift , nor will the Boguchany Dam have one. Despite the absence of a continuous navigable waterway, the Angara and its tributary the Ilim were of considerable importance for Russian colonization of Siberia since ca. 1630, when they (and
143-413: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tunguska . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tunguska&oldid=1250460735 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732772389564156-530: The town was the administrative center of a district ( okrug ) and had population of around 700 by the end of the 19th century. Alexander Radishchev was exiled to Ilimsk between 1792 and 1796. His wife had died, and her sister joined Radishchev in Ilimsk, bringing his younger children with her. Radishchev later married her, while still in Ilimsk. After the October Revolution of 1917, Ilimsk became
169-662: Was a small town in Siberia, within today's Irkutsk Oblast of Russia. The town was flooded by the Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir in the mid-1970s. Ilimsk was founded in 1630 on the Ilim River , a tributary of the Angara River , as Ilimsky Ostrog (i.e., "Fort Ilim"). From here a portage ran east to the Kuta River which joins the Lena River at Ust-Kut , thereby allowing travel from the Yenisei River basin to that of
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