Moscow Canal

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canal waterway

The Moscow Canal is a major Soviet-era waterway in Russia that links Moscow to the Volga River basin, providing the city with a vital shipping route, water supply, and part of the Moscow Ring of waterways.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Moscow Canal system 2
Moscow water supply system 1
Moscow–Volga Canal 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Moscow Canal ⓘ
surface form: Moscow–Volga Canal

Moscow Canal ⓘ
surface form: Moskva–Volga Canal
builtUsing Gulag forced labor ⓘ
connects Moscow ⓘ
Moskva River ⓘ
Volga River ⓘ
constructedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
constructedUnder Joseph Stalin ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1932 ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
endPoint Ivankovo Reservoir ⓘ
era Soviet era ⓘ
hasBasinCountry Russia ⓘ
hasBridge multiple railway bridges ⓘ
multiple road bridges ⓘ
hasLock Khimki lock system ⓘ
hasMonument statue of Lenin at Khimki Reservoir ⓘ
hasNumberOfLocks 8 ⓘ
hasStructure dams ⓘ
embankments ⓘ
pumping stations ⓘ
historicalPeriod Stalinist era ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1937 ⓘ
length about 128 km ⓘ
links Baltic Sea basin via other waterways ⓘ
Black Sea basin via other waterways ⓘ
Caspian Sea region ⓘ
surface form: Caspian Sea basin

White Sea basin via other waterways ⓘ
locatedIn Moscow Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tver Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator Russian inland waterways authorities ⓘ
partOf Moscow Ring of waterways ⓘ
Unified Deep Water System of European Russia ⓘ
passesNear Dmitrov ⓘ
Dubna ⓘ
Khimki ⓘ
provides drinking water supply to Moscow ⓘ
shipping route to the Volga basin ⓘ
significance key component of Soviet inland navigation system ⓘ
strategic water supply for Moscow ⓘ
startPoint Khimki Reservoir ⓘ
usedFor cargo transport ⓘ
hydroelectric regulation ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterSourceFor Moscow ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Moscow Canal → alsoKnownAs → Moscow Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moscow–Volga Canal
Moscow Canal → alsoKnownAs → Moscow Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moskva–Volga Canal
Moskva River → connectedByCanal → Moscow Canal ⓘ
Ivankovo Reservoir → connectedTo → Moscow Canal ⓘ
Khimki → locatedOn → Moscow Canal ⓘ
Istrinskoye Reservoir → partOf → Moscow Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moscow water supply system
Ivankovo Reservoir → partOf → Moscow Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volga–Moscow water system
Klyazminskoye Reservoir → partOf → Moscow Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moscow Canal system
Pirogovskoye Reservoir → partOf → Moscow Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moscow Canal system
Ivankovo Reservoir → waterSourceFor → Moscow Canal ⓘ