The Yozhuga (also ''Iozhuga'', ) is a river in

Udorsky District Udorsky District (; ) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twelve in the Komi Republic, Russia.Law #13-RZ It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' ...

of the

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and in

Pinezhsky District Pinezhsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Municipally, it is incorporated as Pinezhsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the northeast of th ...

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. It is a right

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the

Pinega Pinega () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a settlement), formerly a town, in Pinezhsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pinega River (hence the name). It serves as the administr ...

. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributary is the Yeyuga (right). The Yezhuga should not be confused with the Mezenskaya Yezhuga, a left tributary of the Mezen, which has the source in the same area as the basin of the Yezhuga, but flows north-east. The river basin of the Yezhuga includes the eastern part of Pinezhsky District, as well as relatively minor area in the north-west of Udorsky District and in the south-west of

Leshukonsky District Leshukonsky District () is an administrative district ( raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Municipally, it is incorporated as Leshukonsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the northeast ...

. The source of the Yezhuga is in the north-western part of Udorsky District. The river flow north, crosses the border with the Arkhangelsk Oblast, and then turns west, in the direction of the course of the Pinega, after accepting the Pilisa from the left. Behind the mouth of the Syuzma from the south, it turn north, and eventually north-west. From the east, the Yezhuga accepts its major tributary, the Yeyuga, and turns west. The mouth of the Yezhuga is close to the village of Yezhuga. Except for the village of Shirokoye in the middle course (upstream from the mouth of the Noras) and the village of Yezhuga in the mouth, the valley of the Yezhuga is not populated. The Yezhuga was a part of the old trading route used by the

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merchants to get from the basin of the

Northern Dvina The Northern Dvina (, ; ) is a river in northern Russia flowing through Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. Along with the Pechora River to the east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Arctic O ...

into the river basin of the

Pechora Pechora (; ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Pechora (river), Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. The area of the town is . Population: History Pechor ...

. The merchants were going from the Northern Dvina upstream the

Pukshenga The Pukshenga () is a river in Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Pukshenga are the Tyulenga and the Shi ...

, then moved to the

Pokshenga The Pokshenga () is a river in Vinogradovsky and Pinezhsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Pinega. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Pokshenga are Shatogorka (right ...

and went downstream to the Pinega. From the Pinega, they used the Yezhuga, the Zyryanskaya Vashka and the

Vashka The Vashka () is a river in Udorsky District of the Komi Republic and Leshukonsky and Mezensky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left and the biggest tributary of the Mezen. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal ...

to get to the Mezen River, and subsequently the

Pyoza The Pyoza () is a river in Mezensky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Mezen. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributaries of the Pyoza are the Tsema (left), Varchushka (right), the Chetsa ...

and the

Tsilma The Tsilma () is a river in Leshukonsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic in Russia. It is a left and one of the main tributaries of the Pechora. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributa ...

to get to the Pechora.

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*{{cite web, url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=161129, script-title=ru:Река Ежуга (Иожуга), publisher=State Water Register of Russia, language=ru, access-date=3 August 2011 Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast Rivers of the Komi Republic