Its borders begin in the north-east. Volga and 3. Dvina, the Dnieper begins not far from them. These three rivers are moving closer together with their numerous tributaries to the Black, Baltic, White and Cassian seas. The western half of the region under consideration includes the upper reaches of the N%man, the middle current of the 3. Bug, almost everything, with the exception of the upper reaches of the Pripyat, both banks of the Dnieper with its high-water tributaries and the southern tributaries of the Western Dvina.
Thus, BFlorussia occupies a very advantageous position relative to the communication waterways. This situation contributed in ancient times to the rapid, intensive movement of colonization among the Finnish and Lithuanian peoples, as well as the development of extensive trade relations.
The outskirts of the Yokrivich land reached in ancient times the upper reaches of the Volui. The last day originates in Ostashkovsky district. Tver lips. (below 570 10' N) from a small spring on the Voldayskaya Upland, which has an absolute height of 840 feet; originally the Volga represented a small stream of 11/ar. wide, but narrower near the lake. The Volga, through which it flows, is up to 20 fathoms wide. For a length of 90 versts it is currently not navigable. In this area it flows in low-lying marshy banks 1).
The lands of the Smolensk Krivichi reached only the upper reaches of the Volga, probably not lower than Zubtsov.
According to this bolfa, the Volzhev tributaries are more important to them than the Volzheva itself. Of the more important tributaries of it, washing the land of Smoleneki Yokrivichi, we note: Vazuza originates in the swamps of the Vyazemsky bridle, near the village. Mitryukhova; the length of its current is 140 ver.; the banks of the upper current are high and steep; The most important of the tributaries are the Kasnya and the Gzhat, and the Osua. Dalze
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from the Oka basin are remarkable: Moscow with the Protva tributary, on the upper reaches of which the border passed (Smolensk Krivichi; the most important is the Ura, which originates in the Elninsky district near the village of Ugritsy; the length of its course is 400 centuries; the banks of the Ugra are steep, in places steep; among the tributaries, the Vorya is important.
13 versts from the sources of the Volga, another important river originates - Zai. Dvina; it starts from the small lake Dvintsa in the middle of a swamp and goes to an altitude of more than 800 rus. f. At first it flows as a small stream through a ravine overgrown with bushes, but at 15 versts it emerges into a large (135 ver. length) lake Ovaliz “Greed,” from where it flows out as a rather wide river - 8 fathoms in. The bottom of the Western Dvina is in places rocky, gristly, there are many rapids and shallows, which make it not very convenient for navigation. Its banks are mostly sandy and rocky; in general, the left bank is more elevated than the right. The length of the Dvina flows more than 900 square meters. are remarkable: Toropa, Usvyatv, vol. from 03. of the same name, Molota; the latter originates from the lakes Vedeto, Koltino, Turichino and Neklyuch; its bottom is shallow, quiet, winding; and, finally, on the left side the Dvina receives: Mezha with General, Kasplyu, Ullu, Dina, etc. "). `
The land of the Dregovichs is washed by the upper Nmanom and its tributaries: Shcharoy, Vimey, Ussoy, etc. and Zap. Buloms. I'manz 6 originates in the wooded area of Igumensky district. Min. lips., not far from the village. Doginichi. The length of the N'mana current extends up to 810 centuries. Initially, hydrogen flows in a small stream of 18-25 soots. width (at Novy Sverzhen). Its bottom is generally sandy; the upper N'man flows through a wide meadow valley crossing a hilly hill; in Lidsky district Below metro station Blitsa, the right bank of the N'mana is steep and elevated. Of the tributaries of the Nybol Ve, the following are important: Ussa, Losha, Servech, Svisloch, Vimya and Shara; The last two are especially important as a natural colonization route to the lands of the Lithuanian tribes. The name originates in Borisovek. u. Minsk. lips., flow until you fall into the NEMAN at
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Kovno—420 century. The bottom of the upper flow of this river is silty, the banks are flat and lush; to Vilensk. lips they are cool and elevated. Another important tributary of the N$mana Shar originates in Novogrudok district. Minsk. gub., not far from metro station Stolovich; At first it flowed along meadow valleys, but from the 62nd century. on low-lying, swampy, mostly muddy banks.