Volga–Don Canal

E41306

ship canal waterway

The Volga–Don Canal is a major Soviet-era waterway in southern Russia that links the Volga and Don rivers, providing a crucial navigable connection between the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov/Black Sea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Volga–Don Canal canonical	15
Volga–Don shipping canal system	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ship canal ⓘ waterway ⓘ
builtBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
connects	Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ Don River ⓘ Sea of Azov ⓘ Volga River ⓘ
constructionMethod	partly excavated by manual labor ⓘ partly excavated by mechanized equipment ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1948 ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
endingPoint	Don River near Kalach-na-Donu ⓘ
era	Soviet era ⓘ
hasLock	4 locks on the Don slope ⓘ 9 locks on the Volga slope ⓘ
hasLockType	chamber lock ⓘ
hasStructure	dams ⓘ embankments ⓘ locks ⓘ shipping channels ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1952 ⓘ
length	about 101 kilometers ⓘ about 63 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Rostov Oblast ⓘ Volgograd Oblast ⓘ southern Russia ⓘ
maximumVesselBeam	about 17 meters ⓘ
maximumVesselDraft	about 3.5 meters ⓘ
maximumVesselLength	about 140 meters ⓘ
nearCity	Kalach-na-Donu ⓘ Volgograd ⓘ
numberOfLocks	13 ⓘ
openedToTraffic	1952 ⓘ
operator	Russian inland waterways authorities ⓘ
partOf	Unified Deep Water System of European Russia ⓘ
primaryUse	bulk commodities transport ⓘ cargo transport ⓘ
startingPoint	Volga River ⓘ surface form: Volga River near Volgograd
status	operational ⓘ
strategicImportance	enables inland shipping between central Russia and Black Sea ports ⓘ links Caspian Sea basin with Black Sea basin ⓘ
usedFor	coal transport ⓘ construction materials transport ⓘ grain transport ⓘ oil transport ⓘ
waterSource	Don River ⓘ Tsimlyansk Reservoir ⓘ Volga River ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Volgograd → hasLandmark → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Volgograd → locatedOnTransportRoute → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volga–Don shipping canal system

Volgograd Oblast → contains → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Volgograd Oblast → transportInfrastructure → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Don → connectedByCanal → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Volga region → transportCorridor → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

European inland shipping network → hasComponent → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Volga–Baltic Waterway → connectsTo → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Don River → connectionType → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Don River → hasCanal → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Unified Deep Water System of European Russia → hasPart → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Kalach-na-Donu → locatedNear → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Monument to Generalissimo Stalin at the Volga–Don Canal → locatedOnWaterway → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Russian inland waterway network → hasPart → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Volga–Oka river network → connectsTo → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ

Moscow Ring of waterways → connectsTo → Volga–Don Canal ⓘ