page_title: North Crimean Canal
hierarchical_section_title: North Crimean Canal
caption_attribution_description: Eesti: Põhja- Krimmi kanal kuivab alates 26.04.2014English: Crimean Canal closed the Ukrainian government with the April 26, 2014Русский: Северо-Крымский канал пересыхает. Поселок Ленино.
context_page_description: The North Crimean Canal is a land improvement canal for irrigation and watering of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine, and the Crimean Peninsula. The canal also has multiple branches throughout Kherson Oblast and the Crimean Peninsula.
  The construction preparation started in 1957 soon after the transfer of Crimea of 1954. The main project works took place between 1961 and 1971 and had three stages. The construction was conducted by the Komosomol members sent by the Komsomol travel ticket as part of shock construction projects and accounted for some 10,000 "volunteer" workers.
context_section_description: The North Crimean Canal (Russian: Северо-Крымский канал, Ukrainian: Північно-Кримський канал; in the Soviet Union: North Crimean Canal of the Lenin's Komsomol of Ukraine) is a land improvement canal for irrigation and watering of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine, and the Crimean Peninsula. The canal also has multiple branches throughout Kherson Oblast and the Crimean Peninsula.
  The construction preparation started in 1957 soon after the transfer of Crimea of 1954. The main project works took place between 1961 and 1971  and had three stages. The construction was conducted by the Komosomol members sent by the Komsomol travel ticket (Komsomolskaya putyovka) as part of shock construction projects and accounted for some 10,000 "volunteer" workers.
caption: Segment of the Crimean Canal near Lenine, Kerch Peninsula in 2014
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