List of canals in Russia
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This is a list of navigable canal
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
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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)
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)
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