List of canals in Russia
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This is a list of navigable canal
s that are at least partially located in Russia
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Canal
Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...
s that are at least partially located in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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| Canal name (English) | Canal name (Russia) |
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| Eurasia Canal Eurasia Canal The Eurasia Canal is a proposed 700-kilometre long canal connecting the Caspian Sea to the lower Black Sea along the Kuma-Manych Depression, which is often considered the border between Europe and Asia... |
Канал Евразия (Kanal "Evraziya") |
| Griboyedov Canal | Канал Грибоедова (Kanal Griboedova) |
| Kronverksky Strait Kronverksky Strait The Kronverksky Strait is a narrow channel separating Petrogradsky and Zayachy islands in Saint Petersburg, Russia.... |
Кронверкский пролив (Kronverkskiy proliv) |
| Kuma–Manych Canal | Кумо–Манычский канал (Kumo-Manychskiy kanal) |
| Ladoga Canal Ladoga Canal Ladoga Canal is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which lies immediately to the north... |
Лaдожский канал (Ladozhskiy kanal) |
| Ligovsky Canal Ligovsky Canal Ligovsky channel is one of the most extended channels of Saint Petersburg .It has been constructed in 1721, its length has made 23 kilometres.The channel was under construction for functioning of fountains of Summer garden.... |
Лиговский канал (Ligovskiy kanal) |
| Manych Ship Canal Manych Ship Canal The Manych Ship Canal is an existing canal system between the basins of the Sea of Azov/Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. There are proposals to expand the system into a large canal called Eurasia Canal.... |
Манычский судоходный канал (Manychskiy Sudohodniy kanal) |
| Moscow Canal Moscow Canal The Moscow Canal , named the Moscow-Volga Canal until the year 1947, is a canal that connects the Moskva River with the main transportation artery of European Russia, the Volga River. It is located in Moscow itself and in the Moscow Oblast... |
Канал имени Москвы (Kanal imeni Moskvy) |
| Nevinnomyssk Canal Nevinnomyssk Canal The Nevinnomyssk Canal is an irrigation canal in Stavropol Krai in Russia. It leads water from the Kuban River to the Yegorlyk River, which in turn drains towards the Manych River. Construction work on the canal started in 1936, but was interrupted by World War II. Work resumed in 1944, and in... |
Невинномысский канал (Nevinnomysskij kanal) |
| Northern Dvina Canal Northern Dvina Canal The Northern Dvina Canal is a 64 km long canal in Vologda Oblast in Russia. It connects the Volga-Baltic Waterway to the Northern Dvina River through its tributary, the Sukhona River... |
Cеверо-Двинский канал (Severo-Dvinskiy kanal) |
| Northern Ekaterininsky Canal Northern Ekaterininsky Canal Northern Ekaterininsky Canal , or Catherine's Canal is an abandoned canal in the Komi Republic and Perm Oblast in northern Russia, connecting the basin of the Northern Dvina with that of the Kama, a tributary of the Volga.- History :... |
Cеверо-Екатерининский канал (Severo-Yekaterininskiy kanal) |
| Ob–Yenisei Canal | Обь-Енисейский канал (Ob'-Eniseiskiy kanal) |
| Obvodny Canal Obvodny Canal Obvodny Canal is the longest canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which in the 19th century served as the southern limit of the city. It is 8 km long and flows from the Neva River near Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Yekaterinhofka not far from the sea port. The canal was dug in 1769-1780 and 1805-1833... |
Обводный канал (Obvodniy kanal) |
| Onega Canal Onega Canal The Onega Canal is a canal that runs along the southern banks of Lake Onega in Vologda Oblast and Leningrad Oblasts in Russia. It was built 1818 - 1820 and 1845 - 1852 as a part of Mariinsk Canal System, to allow small riverboats to avoid Lake Onega, where storms are frequent and where many boats... |
Онежский канал (Onejskiy kanal) |
| Pechora–Kama Canal | Канал Печора-Кама (Kanal Pechora-Kama) |
| Saimaa Canal Saimaa Canal The Saimaa Canal is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland near Vyborg, Russia. The canal was built from 1845 to 1856 and opened on 7 September 1856 .It was overhauled and widened in 1963–1968.... |
Сайменский канал (Seimenskiy kanal) |
| Vodootvodny Canal Vodootvodny Canal Vodootvodny Canal is a 4 kilometre long, 30-60 metre wide canal in downtown Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1780s on the old riverbed of Moskva River to control floods and support shipping. Canal construction created an island between Moskva river and the canal. The island acquired its present... |
Водоотодный канал (Vodoothodniy kanal) |
| Volga–Baltic Waterway | Мариинская водная система (Mariinskaya Vidnaya Sistema |
| Volga–Don Canal | Волго–Донской судоходный канал имени В. И. Ленина (Volgo-Donskoy sudohodniy kanal imeni V.I.Lenina) |
| White Sea – Baltic Canal | Беломорско-Балтийский канал (Belomorsko-Baltiyskiy kanal) |
| Winter Canal Winter Canal Winter Canal is a canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia, connecting Bolshaya Neva with Moika River in the vicinity of Winter Palace.The canal was dug in 1718-1719. Its length is only 228 metres, which makes it one of the shortest canals in the city... |
Зимняя канавка (Zimnyaya Kanavka) |