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This article is about the river in Western Russia. For other rivers with the same name, see Don River (disambiguation).
The
Don is one of the major rivers of
Russia. It rises in the town of
Novomoskovsk 60
kilometres southeast from
Tula, southeast of
Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres (1,220
mi) to the
Sea of Azov.
From its source, the river first flows southeast to
Voronezh, then southwest to its mouth. The main city on the river is
Rostov on Don, its main tributary, the
Donets.
History
In antiquity, the river was viewed as the border between Europe and Asia. In the
Book of Jubilees, it's mentioned as being part of the border, beginning with its westernmost point up to its mouth, between the allotment of
Japheth to the north and that of
Shem to the south,
sons of Noah. During the times of the old
Scythians it was known in
Greek as the
Tanaïs, and has been a major trading route ever since.
Tanais appears in ancient Greek sources as the name of the river and of a city on it, situated in the
Maeotian marshes. The name derives however from
Scythian Iranic Dānu "river", akin to modern
Ossetic don "river".
At its easternmost point, the Don comes near the
Volga, and the
Volga-Don Canal (length ca. 105 kilometres (65 mi)), connecting both rivers, is a major waterway. The
Khazar fortress of
Sarkel used to dominate this point in the Middle Ages. This part of the river saw heavy fighting during
Operation Uranus, one of the of the
Second World War.
The Don has given its name to the
Don Cossacks who settled the fertile valley of the river in the 16th and 17th centuries. In modern literature, the Don figures centrally in the works of
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, a writer from the
stanitsa of
Veshenskaya.
Gallery
Image:Veshki 21.jpg|Don River near village Kalininsky in Rostov Oblast (photo 2002).
Image:Don_kalinin.jpg|Don River near khutor Kalininsky in Rostov Oblast (photo 2002).
Image:veshki_15.jpg|Eagle statue, Don River and stanitsa Veshenskaya in Rostov Oblast (photo 2002).
Image:Veshki 24.jpg|Don River near town Veshenskaya in Rostov Oblast (photo 2002).
Image:elets_04.jpg|Don River in Lipetsk Oblast (photo 2001).
Image:elets_16.jpg|Don River in Lipetsk Oblast (photo 2001).
Footnotes
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