Living TRAVEL - RUSSIA Ship, Canal and River Cruise (2 of 3 pages)
Ship: Maxim Litvinov; Route:
Moscow Canal, Volga River, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Rybinsk Reservoir,
Volga-Baltic Canal for the rest of the way including Kirillov & Goritsy, the
White Lake, Kizhi in Lake Onega, Svir River, Mandrogi, Lake Ladoga, St.
Petersburg. Locks: 18 locks involving a net fall of 24 metres. |
 Heading north on the Moscow Canal |
 On the Moscow Canal - passing a small village |
 Passing another village - evening time |
 We pass another small town - dachas? |
 Birch and fir trees a common sight along the canal/riverside |
 We pass an apparently derelict church |
 Kalyazin - the waters have flooded a church and isolated the bell tower |
 In the Uglich lock, with the gate behind closed, we are waiting for the water level to be lowered to the level ahead |
 Leaving the lock, looking behind to the second ship that was in the lock |
 Passing Tolga convent on the Volga - just north of Yaroslavl |
 Passing another small town - with a relatively big church |
 Above and below: the town of Rybinsk, on the Rybinsk Reservoir - major inland port with shipyards and factories |
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 Children playing on the waterside at Rybinsk |
 In another lock |
 Close-up of sculpture on above lock |
 Lake Onega (Kizhi island is at the northern end of this lake) |
 Lake Onega |
 Every night on the lakes a magnificent sunset |
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Cruise Continued
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