The Chapayevka (russian: Чапа́евка) is a river in
Samara Oblast
Samara Oblast ( rus, Сама́рская о́бласть, r=Samarskaya oblast, p=sɐˈmarskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Samara. From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuyb ...
,
Russia
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, a left tributary of the
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...
. It origins at the slope of
Siny Syrt and flows to the
Saratov Reservoir
Saratov Reservoir (russian: Саратовское водохрани́лище) is an artificial lake in the lower part of the Volga River in Russia formed by the dam of the Saratov Hydroelectric Station situated in the city of Balakovo. Filling ...
, near
Novokuybyshevsk
Novokuybyshevsk (russian: Новоку́йбышевск) is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern bank of the Volga River, away from it. Population:
History
During the Russian Civil War, the area where the city now stands was ...
,
Samara agglomeration. It is 298 km long and its drainage basin is 4,310 km².
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Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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The town of
Chapayevsk
Chapayevsk (russian: Чапа́евск) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located from the city of Samara, on the right bank of the Chapayevka River (a tributary of the Volga River). Population:
It was previously known as ''Ivashchenkovo'' ...
lies along the river. The river is navigable for 34 km, from its mouth to Chapayevsk.
[ The river has snow feeding and dries up in the upper stream. Since November till April it is used to be frozen. Major inflows are ]Petrushka
Petrushka ( rus, Петру́шка, p=pʲɪtˈruʂkə, a=Ru-петрушка.ogg) is a stock character of Russian folk puppetry. Italian puppeteers introduced it in the first third of the 19th century. While most core characters came from Italy ...
, Vetlyanka, Vyazovka.
The river originally was named Mocha. In 1925 it was renamed ''Chapayevka'' in honor of the Russian Civil War
{{Infobox military conflict
, conflict = Russian Civil War
, partof = the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I
, image =
, caption = Clockwise from top left:
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*Soldiers ...
Red
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hero Vasily Chapayev
Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev (russian: link=no, Василий Иванович Чапаев; 5 September 1919) was a Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War.
Biography
Chapayev was born into a poor peasan ...
.
References
Rivers of Samara Oblast
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