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Medveditsa River (Don Basin)
The Medveditsa or Medveditza (; rus, Медведица, r=Medvedica, p=mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪtsə) is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Don.Медведица (река в Саратовской и Волгоградской обл.) The name means ''she-bear'', and according to legend, it alludes to the large population of s in the area in earlier times. It is long, with a |
Atkarsk
Atkarsk () is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Atkara and Medveditsa Rivers, northwest of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded in place of a Tatar settlement at the mouth of the Atkara River. Town status was granted to it in 1781. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Atkarsk serves as the administrative center of Atkarsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Atkarsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions .... As a municipal division, Atkarsk Town Under Oblast Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tersa (river)
Tersa () is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Tersinskoye Rural Settlement, Yelansky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,540 as of 2010. There are 20 streets. Geography Tersa is located on Khopyorsko-Buzulukskaya Plain, on the bank of the Tersa River, 8 km southeast of Yelan Yelan () is the name of several places in Russia. Republic of Bashkortostan * Yelan, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Ishlinsky Selsoviet of Beloretsky District Republic of Buryatia * Yelan, Bichursky District, Republic of Buryatia, a ''se ... (the district's administrative centre) by road. Zhuravka is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Yelansky District Atkarsky Uyezd {{Yelansky-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhaylovka, Volgograd Oblast
Mikhaylovka () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Medveditsa River (Don basin), Medveditsa River, northwest of Volgograd. Population: History It was established in 1762 as a ''khutor'' and named for its owner Mikhail Sebryakov. It was granted town status in 1948. In 1953, Sebryakovsky cement plant was commissioned, and in 1955 - a slate plant. In 1961, the city passed into regional subordination. June 12, 2012, Mikhaylovka and the district are merged into one municipality - the urban district of the city of Mikhailovka. Administrative and municipal status Within the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, framework of administrative divisions, Mikhaylovka serves as the administrative center of Mikhaylovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Mikhaylovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.Law #139-OD As an administrative division, it is, together with one urban-type settlement, incorpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhirnovsk
Zhirnovsk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Zhirnovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Medveditsa River (Don basin), Medveditsa River, which itself flows into the Don River (Russia), Don. Zhirnovsk lies north of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded in 1958 by merging the villages of Zhirnoye Selo () and Kurakino Selo (), each of which had been founded in their own right in the 17th and 18th centuries. The merger was prompted by the discovery of significant oil deposits near these villages in the 1940s and the consequent establishment of a worker's housing estate in 1954. Administrative and municipal status Within the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, framework of administrative divisions, Zhirnovsk serves as the administrative center of Zhirnovsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Zhirnovsky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medveditsa, Volgograd Oblast
Medveditsa () (formerly Frank) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Medveditskoye Rural Settlement, Zhirnovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 2,404 as of 2010. There are 16 streets. The locality was founded by Volga Germans as the colony of Frank on 16 May 1767. Geography Medveditsa is located in the steppe of the Volga Upland, on the left bank of the Medveditsa River, 13 km north of Zhirnovsk Zhirnovsk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Zhirnovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Medveditsa River (Don basin), Medveditsa River, which itself flows in ... (the district's administrative centre) by road. Alexandrovka is the nearest rural locality. Notable persons * Jake Gettman, American professional baseball player (Washington Senators) References Rural localities in Zhirnovsky District Atkarsky Uyezd {{Zhirnovsky-geo-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast
Petrovsk (; ) is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Medveditsa River (left tributary of the Don) northwest of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. It had a population of History Petrovsk is an old merchant city, founded by the personal decree of Peter the Great in 1698 to protect the region from the raids of the Crimean Tatars, and also "so that from now on, free people do not come to the roundabout cities and do not repair any ruin ...". According to legend, the founder personally visited the city in 1707. The construction of the Petrovsk fortress was of great importance for its time, since a land road from Tsaritsyn to Moscow lay from Saratov through Atkarsk and Penza, and the sparsely populated banks of the Medveditsa abounded with robber bands that robbed those who passed along the road. A fortified guard line with settlements began from Petrovsk. The fortress itself had a 4-sided shape, it was surrounded by double oak walls with 8 towers covere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America, and Eurasia. Common characteristics of modern bears include large bodies with stocky legs, long snouts, small rounded ears, shaggy hair, plantigrade paws with five nonretractile claws, and short tails. While the polar bear is mostly carnivorous, and the giant panda is mostly herbivorous, the remaining six species are omnivorous with varying diets. With the exception of courtship display, courting individuals and mothers with their young, bears are typically solitary animals. They may be diurnality, diurnal or nocturnal and have an excellent sense of smell. Despite their heavy build and awk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Encyclopedia'' in an updated and revised form. The GSE claimed to be "the first Marxist–Leninist general-purpose encyclopedia". Origins The idea of the ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' emerged in 1923 on the initiative of Otto Schmidt, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In early 1924 Schmidt worked with a group which included Mikhail Pokrovsky, (rector of the Institute of Red Professors), Nikolai Meshcheryakov (Former head of the General Directorate for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press, Glavit, the State Administration of Publishing Affairs), Valery Bryusov (poet), Veniamin Kagan (mathematician) and Konstantin Kuzminsky to draw up a proposal which was agreed to in April 1924. Also involved was Anatoly Lunacharsky, People' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanda (river)
Balanda () is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a right tributary of the Medveditsa (a tributary of the Don. It is long, with a drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ... of .«Река Баланда» Russian State Water Registry The river has its sources on the Volga Uplands in Saratov oblast, and flows in a southwesterly direction to its confluence with the Medveditsa in Volgograd Oblast. Most of the Balandas waters is from snow melting on the Volga Uplands. The town of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga Uplands
The Volga Upland, also known as the Volga Uplands, Volga Hills, or Volga Plateau (), is a vast region of the East European Plain in the European part of Russia that lies west of the Volga River and east of the Central Russian Upland. The uplands lie in the cool continental climate zone, characterised by large fluctuations in seasonal temperatures and generally little rainfall. Outside of the cities in the region, population density is generally between 28 and 129 inhabitants per square mile. Geography The uplands run for approximately in a southwest-northeasterly direction from Volgograd to Kazan. The Tsimlyansk Reservoir lies at the southwestern end of the Volga Upland, with the Kuybyshev Reservoir at the northeastern end. The landscape on the Volga Uplands is hilly, and several rivers have cut into it, such as the Khopyor, Medveditsa and the Sura. The Volga–Don Canal cuts through the lowlands between the Volga Uplands to the north and the adjacent Yergeni Hills to the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archeda
The Archeda () is a river in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Medveditsa, and is long, with a drainage basin of .«Река Арчеда (Арчада)» Russian State Water Registry The Archeda begins in the southwestern part of the Volga Uplands. Most of its water comes from melting snow, and during periods of low water the river dries up entirely in its upper and middle flow. The town of Frolovo
Frolovo () is a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Archeda River ( Don's basin), north of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ...
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