Volga-Don Canal

Volga–Don Canal
The Volga–Don Canal starts south of Volgograd, near the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk, and runs west and north-west, draining into the Tsimlyansk Reservoir near Volgodonskoy. The proposed Volga–Don II canal (not shown on map) would start north of Volgograd, near Yerzovka.
Specifications
Locks	13
Status	Open
History
Date of first use	1952

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Coordinates: 48°34′12″N 44°09′00″E / 48.57000°N 44.15000°E / 48.57000; 44.15000 (end)

Lenin Volga–Don Shipping Canal (Russian: Волго-Донской судоходный канал имени В. И. Ленина, Volga-Donskoy soudokhodniy kanal imeni V. I. Lenina, abbreviated ВДСК, VDSK) is a canal which connects the Volga River and the Don River at their closest points. Opened in 1952, the length of the waterway is 101 km (63 mi), 45 km (28 mi) through rivers and reservoirs.

The canal forms a part of the Unified Deep Water System of European Russia. Together with the lower Volga and the lower Don, the Volga–Don Canal provides the most direct navigable connection between the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov, and thus the world's oceans.

As the lower course of the Don approaches the lower course of the Volga near today's Volgograd, the idea of connecting the two rivers by an artificial waterway has a long history. The first recorded canal work was done by the Ottoman Turks in 1569.

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