Volga–Baltic Waterway

The Volga - Baltic Canal, also Volga - Baltic channel called, in northwest Russia is a part of the waterway from the Caspian Sea to the Baltic Sea and the White Sea. It connects the Volga with the Neva (Russia, Northern and Eastern Europe ).

The waterway begins at Cherepovets at the Rybinsk Reservoir and leads - initially during the Scheksna - in the direction of White Lake ( Ozero Beloje ). Further north leads the Volga - Baltic Canal towards Lake Onega, which he happened within the Onegakanals - again in the south. After bypassing the lake he runs in the direction west to Lake Ladoga, where he handles this over the past leading Ladoga Canal on the south bank. West of the lake is the Volga-Baltic channel at key castle in the Neva on and accessed via St Petersburg Baltic Sea.

With the construction of a canal system was begun in the 18th century under Peter I.. The largest city on the canal is located on the north bank of the Rybinsk Reservoir Cherepovets.

From the Lake Onega branches to the north from the White Sea - Baltic Canal, which runs through the Wygsee to the White Sea.