The Vologda ( Russian : Вологда ) is a river in Sheksninsky and Vologodsky Districts of Vologda Oblast as well as in the city of Vologda in Russia . A right- tributary of the Sukhona , it is 155 kilometres (96 mi) long, and the area of its basin 3,030 square kilometres (1,170 sq mi). The principal tributary is the Toshnya (right). The river takes its name from the city of Vologda, which is located on the river Vologda.
9-527: According to Max Vasmer 's Etymological Dictionary , the name "Vologda" originates from a Uralic language and means "a white city". Another, less reliable account suggests that the city was named after the river and its name should be translated as "white water" (compare Eastern Mari volgədo "light"). Folk-etymology sometimes associates the name Vologda with the Russian word volok ( Russian : волок ) meaning "portage" or "stretch of forest". The source of
18-720: A Russian linguist . A researcher of the etymology of Slavic languages and Slavic onomastics , he was considered a specialist in historical linguistics and lexicography . He was a Doctor of Sciences in Philological Sciences , an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and served as the editor-in-chief of the Etimologiya yearbook. His works are on the etymology of Slavic languages and on East Slavic onomastics . He graduated from Dnipropetrovsk University in 1952. He became deputy director of
27-997: The Sukhona in the village of Ustye-Vologodskoye . The river basin of the Vologda comprises the major part of Vologodsky District, as well as minor areas of Sheksninsky and Gryazovetsky Districts of Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basins of the Northern Dvina and of the White Sea . The Vologda is navigable from its confluence with the Toshnya River, however, there is no passenger navigation. [REDACTED] Media related to Vologda 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)
36-837: 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
45-504: The Vologda lies in the western part of Vologodsky District. The river flows north, enters Sheksninsky District for several kilometers, returns to Vologodsky District and turns southwest. The valley of the Vologda is heavily populated. Upstream of the city of Vologda, the river accepts the Toshnya from the right and turns east, flowing through the city of Vologda. East of Vologda, the river flows northeast past unpopulated swampy areas and joins
54-1021: 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 –
63-618: 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. Oleg Trubachyov Oleg Nikolayevich Trubachyov (also transliterated as Trubachev or Trubačev , Russian : Оле́г Никола́евич Трубачёв ; 23 October 1930, in Stalingrad – 9 March 2002, in Moscow ) was
72-630: 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
81-427: 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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