VOLGA-CASPIAN CANAL IN THE 18TH CENTURY: HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A SHIPPING ROUTE
Journal: Lomonosov Geography Journal
Year: 2024

The paper analyses the hydrological regime of the Volga River delta, predetermined by the interaction of the river and the Caspian Sea. Its connection with fluctuations of the Caspian Sea level in the area of the Volga River mouths is considered using the example of the functioning of the Yarkovsky mouth where the “Old Volga” fairway entered the Caspian Sea in the 18th century. Documents, notes of Russian and European navigators, maps and sailing directions of the 18-19th centuries, which presen