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Aldan Highlands
The Aldan Highlands, or Aldan Plateau (; ) are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Aldan town and Tommot are located in the northern area of the highlands and Chulman in the south.Google Earth The Olyokma Nature Reserve is a protected area located on the northwestern side, partly within the neighboring Lena Plateau. History The area of the Aldan and the Yudoma-Maya highlands, between the basins of the Aldan River and the Yudoma, was uncharted territory well until the 1930s. It was first surveyed in 1934 by geologist Yuri Bilibin (1901—1952) together with mining engineer Evgeny Bobin (1897—1941) in the course of an expedition sent by the government of the USSR. Bilibin and Bobin made a thorough topographic survey of the mountainous region leading separate research parties. Geography The Aldan Highlands are located at the southern end of the Sakha Republic, between the Aldan River and the Uchur River, a right tributary of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Bolshoye Toko
The Bolshoye Toko () is a lake in Sakha, Russia. It has a surface of and a catchment area of . Its outflow is the Mulam river, part the Uchur River basin. The lake is located in the Aldan Highlands, on the border of Sakha Republic and Khabarovsk Krai. River Utuk flows into the lake from the Toko-Stanovik subrange of the Stanovoy Highlands. It is the deepest lake in Yakutia. See also *List of lakes of Russia References External links Articlein the Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; , ''BSE'') is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Great Russian Enc ... Lakes of the Sakha Republic Aldan Highlands {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olyokma Nature Reserve
Olyokma Nature Reserve () (also Olekminsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) located south of the middle reaches of the Lena River on the right bank of its second largest tributary - the Olyokma River at the junction of the Aldan Highlands and the Olyokma-Chara Plateau in Olyokminsky District of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The area is remote and relatively undisturbed, being 80 km from a town. Topography The region is in the foothills of southwest Yakutia, on the Aldan Highlands / Olyokma-Chara Plateau, an area cut by river valleys. The major rivers of the area are the Tuolby and Amga River. Within the borders of the reserve are 85 streams and rivers stretching from 3 to 110 km, acting as tributaries of the Olyokma, Tuolby, and Amga. Climate and Ecoregion Olyokma is located in the ''East Siberian taiga'' ecoregion. The ecoregion covers the area between the Yenisei River and Lena River The Lena is a river in the Russian Far East and is the easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toko-Stanovik
The Toko-Stanovik (, ''Tokinsky Stanovik'') is a range of mountains in the Russian Far East. Administratively it belongs partly to Amur Oblast, the Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, and the largest federal subject of Russia by area. It is located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million ... (Yakutia) and Khabarovsk Krai of the Federal subjects of Russia, Russian Federation.Google Earth The nearest airport is Neryungri Airport. Geography The Toko-Stanovik is a subrange of the Stanovoy Range located in the eastern part. The range runs in a roughly east/west direction for about at the northeastern end of Amur Oblast and the western limit of Khabarovsk Krai, bordering with Yakutia (Sakha) to the north. The highest point is a high ultra-prominent peak. There are two small subranges: the Dzhugdyr Range, with the sources of the Argi (river), Argi, stretches sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanovoy Range
The Stanovoy Range (, ''Stanovoy khrebet''; ) is a mountain range located in the Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District. It is also known as Sükebayatur and Sükhbaatar in Mongolian language, Mongolian, or the Stanovoy Mountains or Outer Khingan Range in English. The range was first studied and scientifically described by Russian researcher Alexander von Middendorff. History The range formed the border between Russia and China from 1689 (Treaty of Nerchinsk) to 1858 (Treaty of Aigun). Etymology The Evenks grouped the Dzhugdzhur, Stanovoy, and Yablonoi ranges under the name "Dzhugdzhur". In Evenk folklore this mountain system is known as the "backbone of the Earth". Geography The range runs roughly from west to east at the southern end of the Sakha Republic and the northern limit of Amur Oblast for roughly . It is bound by the Olyokma River in the west (which separates it from the Stanovoy Highlands to the west) and the Uchur River in the east (which sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amga River
The Amga (; , ''Amma'') is a river in Sakha (Yakutia), Russia. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Amga freezes up in the first half of October and stays under the ice until May. Many different kinds of fish can be found in the Amga river. Course The river has its source in the Aldan Highlands. It forms the eastern limit of the Lena Plateau. It is the biggest tributary of the Aldan, which it joins on the left bank a few miles west of Khandyga.Приленское плато, Great Soviet Encyclopedia See also *List of rivers of Russia Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained i ... References External links * Rivers of the Sakha Republic Central Yakutian Lowland {{FarEast-Russia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uchur River
The Uchur (; , ''Uçur'') is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Yakutia in Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan ( Lena's basin). The length of the river is . The area of its drainage basin is . The Uchur freezes in November and breaks up in May. Its main tributaries are the Uyan, Tyrkan, Gonam, and Gynym. The Gynym, a tributary of the Uchur, marks the southern border of the Sunnagyn Range.Суннагын / ; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. Google Earth
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Aldan River
The Aldan ( Sakha and ) is the second-longest right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.Алдан (река в Якут. АССР) The river is long, of which around is navigable. It has a drainage basin of . The river was part of the River Route to Okhotsk. In 1639 Ivan Moskvitin ascended the rivers Aldan and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Sergeyevich Bobin
Yevgeni (), also transliterated as Yevgeny, Yevgenii, Yevgeniy, Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii, Evgeniy, Evgenyi or Evgenij, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. The short form is Zhenya (Женя), also transliterated as Jenya or Shenya. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may be in more than one section.'' Arts and entertainment *Yevgeny Aryeh (1947–2022), Israeli theater director, playwright, scriptwriter and set designer *Yevgeni Bauer (1865–1917), Russian film director and screenwriter *Yevgeni Grishkovetz (born 1967), Russian writer, dramatist, stage director and actor *Evgeny Kissin (born 1971), Russian-Israeli pianist * Evgenij Kozlov (born 1955), Russian artist *Yevgeny Leonov (1926–1994), Soviet and Russian actor *Yevgeni Mokhorev (born 1967), Russian photographer *Evgeny Mravinsky (1903–1988), Russian conductor *Evgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002), Russian conductor *Yevgeni Urbansky (1932–1965), Soviet Russian actor *Evgeniy V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Alexandrovich Bilibin
Yuri Alexandrovich Bilibin (; 19 May 1901 – 4 May 1952) was a Soviet geologist. Biography Between 1919 and 1921 he served in the Red Army. In 1926 he graduated from the Leningrad Mining Institute. He later became a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and in 1946 was awarded the Stalin Prize for his contribution in the discovery of gold deposits in northeast Siberia.Билибин Юрий Александрович / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: , 2004—2017. Together with mining engineer [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yudoma River
The Yudoma () is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Yakutia, Russian Federation. Its length in and its basin is (about the size of Switzerland). It joins the Maya which joins the Aldan which joins the Lena which flows into the Arctic Ocean. Geography The Yudoma flows in Eastern Siberia in the Yudoma-Maya Highlands near the Okhotsk Coast. Its northern headwaters are in the Suntar-Khayata Range. To the east is the Yudoma Range and then the Okhota, to the south the Maya and to the northwest, the Allakh-Yun, another tributary of the Aldan. It is formed at the confluence of the long Nitkan from the left and the long Avliya from the right. At its mouth the minimum water flow is in March, and the maximum is in June. At its mouth it is wide and deep. The lower are considered navigable. The Yudoma limits the southern end of the Ulakhan-Bom range.Google Earth The river flows south for about west of the Yudoma Range and then flows southwest about (straight-line distance) to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yudoma-Maya Highlands
The Yudoma-Maya Highlands (; ) are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic and Khabarovsk Krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The settlement of Allakh-Yun is located in the area of the highlands on the right bank of the Allakh-Yun River. History The area of the Yudoma-Maya and the Aldan highlands, between the basins of the Aldan River and the Yudoma, was uncharted territory well until the 1930s. It was first surveyed in 1934 by geologist Yuri Bilibin (1901—1952) together with mining engineer Evgeny Bobin (1897—1941) in the course of an expedition sent by the government of the USSR. Bilibin and Bobin made a thorough topographic survey of the mountainous regions leading separate research parties. They described the highlands as "a disordered jumble of round hills with soft outlines". Geography The Yudoma-Maya Highlands lie at the southern end of the Sakha Republic and the western limits of Khabarovsk Krai.Google Earth They are named after the upper basin of the Maya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
