Northern Dvina
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The Northern Dvina is a river in northern Russia flowing through Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. Along with the Pechora River to the east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Arctic Ocean. It should not be confused with the Western Dvina.
Northern Dvina starts as the confluence of Yug River (on left) and Sukhona River (on top) near Veliky Ustyug (photo 2001)
Northern Dvina Quay in Arkhangelsk
View from Arkhangelsk, Russia
The Northern Dvina at the city of Kotlas. The picture is taken from the railway bridge; in front, there is the highway bridge
Vologda Oblast
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Vologda Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center is Vologda. The oblast has a population of 1,202,444. The largest city is Cherepovets, the home of the Severstal metallurgical plant, the largest industrial enterprise in the oblast.
View of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. A lithograph from 1897
The building of the Legislative Assembly in Vologda
The building of the government of the Vologda Oblast and the administration of the governor
A tall bank of the Sukhona River