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Kashirin Destination Guide

Discover Kashirin in Russia

Kashirin in the region of Volgograd is a town located in Russia - some 577 mi or ( 928 km ) South-East of Moscow , the country's capital .

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Local time in Kashirin is now 02:06 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Volgograd " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Zayar, Volzhskiy, Volgograd, Verkhnyaya Akhtuba, and Udarnik. When in this area, you might want to check out Zayar . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Kashirin ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Srednyaya Akhtuba

Srednyaya Akhtuba is an urban locality and the administrative center of Sredneakhtubinsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. Population: 14,431; 13,856; 11,445.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 48.72 44.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Urban-type settlements in Volgograd Oblast

Akhtuba River

The Akhtuba River; also transliterated Achtuba on some maps is a left distributary of the Volga River. The Akhtuba splits off the Volga above the city Volgograd, and flows toward the Volga Delta and Caspian Sea. The old beginning of Akhtuba was blocked by the dam of the Volga Hydroelectric Station; now it flows from the Volga via an artificial outtake canal 6.5 km long that starts below the dam. The river is 537 km long; the average water flow is 153 cubic meters per second.

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Located at 48.82 44.69 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Distributaries, Rivers of Astrakhan Oblast, Rivers of Volgograd Oblast

HVDC Volgograd–Donbass

The HVDC Volgograd–Donbass is a 475 kilometres long bipolar ±400 kV high voltage direct current powerline used for transmitting electric power from Volga Hydroelectric Station at Volgograd in Russia to Donbass in eastern Ukraine and vice versa. The Volgograd–Donbass system was the second HVDC scheme built in the former Soviet Union, following the Moscow–Kashira HVDC scheme which has already been shut down. The Volgograd–Donbass system can transfer a maximum power of 750 MW.

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Located at 48.83 44.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Electric power in Ukraine, Electric power infrastructure in Russia, Energy in the Soviet Union, HVDC transmission lines