Volga–Don Canal, Ship canal in Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia.
The 101-kilometer waterway system connects the Volga River to the Don River through a network of thirteen locks and three reservoirs.
The canal construction, completed in 1952, required the labor of 900,000 workers, including German prisoners of war and gulag inmates.
The waterway functions as a central trade route for timber transport westward and coal movement eastward between the Caspian Sea and global oceans.
The canal system manages elevation changes of 88 meters to reach the Volga and 44 meters to connect with the Don through specialized locks.
In 2004, the canal processed 10.9 million tonnes of cargo, demonstrating its role within the Unified Deep Water Transportation System of European Russia.
Location: Volgograd Oblast
Location: Rostov Oblast
Part of: Unified Deep Water System of European Russia
GPS coordinates: 48.57000,44.15000
Latest update: May 28, 2025 18:10
Monument to Lenin at the entrance of the Volga-Don canal
30.5 km
Sarpinsky
30.2 km
Lysaya Gora
19.6 km
Old Sarepta
30.2 km
Kirche in Sarepta
30.2 km
Church of St. Paraskeva Pyatnitsa in Volgograd
21.2 km
Karpovskoye Vodokhranilishche
35.6 km
Spine
15.8 km
Connection of fronts monument
41.5 km
"Акватория"
19.6 km
Thälmann Street 7, Volgograd
30.2 km
Dom aptekarya
30.1 km
Железнодорожный вокзал станции Канальная (бывшая Тундутово)
23.8 km
Hotel
30.1 km
House
30.1 km
Distillery
30.1 km
Palace of Culture and Sience "Chemist"
29.9 km
Thälmann Street 3, Volgograd
30.2 km
Bekker's House
30.1 km
Mass grave on Lysaya Gora
20.3 km
Thälmann Street 5, Volgograd
30.2 km
Obshchinnaya uprava
30.1 km
Maximov brothers plant - plant management
25.9 km
Maximov brothers plant - heating plant
25.9 km
Single brothers house
30.2 km
Водонапорная башня станции Канальная (бывшая Тундутово)
23.8 km
Dom nezamuzhnikh sester
30.2 km
Kinoteatr Yubileyny
31.2 kmReviews
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