What is the length of the Don River?
The Don River stretches 1,870 kilometres from the town of Novomoskovsk to the Sea of Azov. It is the fifth-longest river in Europe and flows through Russia.
Questions about Don (river)
Short answers, pulled from the story.
When did the Don Cossacks settle the valley of the Don River?
The Don Cossacks settled the fertile valley of the river in the 16th and 17th centuries. They built a series of forts along the river to defend against the Crimean Tatars and other nomadic raiders.
What is the name of the canal that connects the Don River to the Volga River?
The Volga-Don Canal stretches 101 kilometres and connects the Don River to the Volga River. This waterway enables ships to travel between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea.
Who wrote the novel And Quiet Flows the Don about the Don River?
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov wrote the epic novel And Quiet Flows the Don. He was a Nobel Prize-winning writer from the stanitsa of Veshenskaya who published the work in the 1920s and 1930s.
What ancient name was given to the Don River by Greek sources?
Ancient Greek sources called the Don River the Tanaïs. The city of Tanais was situated in the Maeotian marshes near the river's mouth and served as a major trading hub.