Syamzhena River

Syamzhena; Сямжена (Russian)
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
River mouth	Kubena ; 128 m (420 ft)
Length	117 km (73 mi) [1]
Basin features
Basin size	1,930 square kilometres (750 sq mi) [1]

Last updated February 26, 2019

Coordinates: 60°02′16″N40°45′25″E / 60.03778°N 40.75694°E / 60.03778; 40.75694

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The Syamzhena (Russian : Сямжена) is a river in Sokolsky and Syamzhensky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Kubena River. It is 117 kilometres (73 mi) long, and the area of its basin 1,930 square kilometres (750 sq mi). Its main tributaries are the Shichenga (right) and the Bolshoy Pungul (right). The center of Syamzhensky District, the selo of Syamzha, is located on both banks of the Syamzhena.

Russian is an East Slavic language, which is official in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 25 December 1991. Although, nowadays, nearly three decades after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian is used in official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states, as well as in Israel and Mongolia, the rise of state-specific varieties of this language tends to be strongly denied in Russia, in line with the Russian World ideology.

Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast District in Vologda Oblast, Russia

Sokolsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Kharovsky and Syamzhensky Districts in the north, Totemsky District in the east, Mezhdurechensky District in the south, Vologodsky District in the southeast, and with Ust-Kubinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 4,100 square kilometers (1,600 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Sokol. Population: 12,947 (2010 Census); 14,951 ; 17,585 (1989 Census).

Syamzhensky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Vozhegodsky District in the north, Verkhovazhsky District in the northeast, Totemsky District in the east, Sokolsky District in the south, and with Kharovsky District in the west. The area of the district is 3,900 square kilometers (1,500 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Syamzha. District's population: 8,745 (2010 Census); 10,384 ; 12,204 (1989 Census). The population of Syamzha accounts for 45.2% of the district's total population.

The name of the Syamzhena originates from Finnic languages and means "moss water" or "water from the swamp". The names of Syamzhensky District and its center, the selo of Syamzha (which was established in 1935 by merging a number of villages at the crossing of the Syamzhena by the highway connecting Vologda and Arkhangelsk) are derived from the Syamzhena.^[2]

The Finnic languages (Fennic), or Baltic Finnic languages, are a branch of the Uralic language family spoken around the Baltic Sea by Finnic peoples, mainly in Finland and Estonia, by about 7 million people.

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Arkhangelsk, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, in the north of European Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (25 mi) along the banks of the river and numerous islands of its delta. Arkhangelsk was the chief seaport of medieval and early modern Russia until 1703. A 1,133-kilometer-long (704 mi) railway runs from Arkhangelsk to Moscow via Vologda and Yaroslavl, and air travel is served by the Talagi Airport and a smaller Vaskovo Airport. As of the 2010 Census, the city's population was 348,783, down from 356,051 recorded in the 2002 Census, and further down from 415,921 recorded in the 1989 Census.

The river basin of the Syamzhena comprises the south and the center of Syamzhensky District, as well as the northeastern part of Sokolsky District and minor areas in the west of Totemsky District. A relatively big lake, Lake Shichengskoye, drains into the Shichenga River and thus belongs to the river basin of the Syamzhena.

Totemsky District District in Vologda Oblast, Russia

Totemsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Verkhovazhsky and Tarnogsky Districts in the north, Nyuksensky District in the northeast, Babushkinsky District in the east, Chukhlomsky and Soligalichsky Districts of Kostroma Oblast in the south, Mezhdurechensky and Sokolsky Districts in the southwest, and with Syamzhensky District in the west. The area of the district is 8,200 square kilometers (3,200 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Totma. Population: 23,315 (2010 Census); 26,392 ; 27,907 (1989 Census). The population of Totma accounts for 42.0% of the district's total population.

The source of the Syamzhena is located in the northeast of Sokolsky District. The upper course of the river runs across the gilly landscape of glacial origin (Kharovsk Ridge), with the heights between 160 metres (520 ft) and 190 metres (620 ft).^[3] In Sokolsky District, the Syamzhena flows west, further it turns north and enters Syamzhensky District, and at the confluence of the Shichenga from the right the river turns west again. The mouth of the Syamzhena is located in the village of Ust-Reka.

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References

1 2 Река Река Сямжена (Сямшенга) (in Russian). State Water Register of Russia. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
↑ Географические названия России - Сямжа (in Russian). Институт географии РАН. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
↑ Шестакова, Л.Г. (2006). Г. В. Судаков, ed. Вологодская энциклопедия (PDF) (in Russian). Вологда: ВГПУ, Русь. p. 464. ISBN 5-87822-305-8 . Retrieved 16 October 2011.

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[register-1] 1 2 Река Река Сямжена (Сямшенга) (in Russian). State Water Register of Russia. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

[geo-2] Географические названия России - Сямжа (in Russian). Институт географии РАН. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

[volenc-3] Шестакова, Л.Г. (2006). Г. В. Судаков, ed. Вологодская энциклопедия (PDF) (in Russian). Вологда: ВГПУ, Русь. p. 464. ISBN 5-87822-305-8 . Retrieved 16 October 2011.