After Peter the Great wrested the southern and southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland from Sweden, it made for a … See more

Since the 1990s the Volga–Baltic Waterway has grown as a tour boat route to sail and/or motor along or around the Golden Ring of Russia. See more

In 2016, the core of Astravets Nuclear Power Plant, VVER-1200, which was 330 tonnes, 13 meters high, and 4.5 meters in diameter, was transferred to the plant via the Tsimlyansk Reservoir, the Volga–Don Canal, … See more

In Soviet times, the Mariinsk canal system was constantly improved. Two locks were built on the Svir River (in 1936 and 1952); 3 locks were built on the Sheksna River. Major improvement of the Volga–Baltic Waterway t… See more

The canal is used for oil and lumber export and for tourism. According to the Maritime Board (Morskaya Kollegiya) of the Russian government, 17.6 million tons of cargo were carried over the Volga–Baltic Waterway in 2004, clos… See more

• Volga–Don Canal
• White Sea–Baltic Canal
• Unified Deep Water System of European Russia See more