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Bolshaya Sestra (Big Sister) river in Teryaevo
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Volokolamsk (48), Russia (1541),
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Pavel Viaznikov
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Bolshaya Sestra is now a small river, navigatable only during flood time and only in inflatible boats, yet centuries ago it was a part of an important trading waterway, this river was a tributary to Lama. Volokolamsk was first mentioned in a 1135 chronicle (12 years earlier then the first mentioning of Moscow); the manuscript calls it Volok-on-Lama. 'Volok' was a place where vessels had to be pulled, usually on rolling logs, on shallow places. Before 18th century it was known as Volok Lamskiy, and then it got its present name. For a long time it was an important trading point on the way from Novgorod to Moscow and Ryazan. |
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7 February 2007 |
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 river in teryaevo.jpg "Bolshaya Sestra (Big Sister) river in Teryaevo in Volokolamsk, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov")
[ February 7, 2007 ]
