词条 | Volga-Don Canal |
释义 | Volga-Don Canal canal, Russia Russian Volgo-Donskoy Sudokhodny Kanal ![]() Attempts to join the rivers date from 1697, when Peter the Great (Peter I) made an abortive effort, organized by the English engineer Captain Perry, to build a canal between two tributaries, the Kamyshin and Ilovlya, respectively, of the Volga and Don rivers. A second scheme was approved in 1887, but work did not begin until 1938 and was not completed until 1952. The canal, which can take the largest rivercraft and smaller seagoing ships, opened up the upper Volga, Kama River, and Urals regions to oceanic commerce via the Don River (which also links the Sea of Azov (Azov, Sea of) and the Black Sea). Timber moving west and coal moving east are the principal cargoes on the canal. |
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