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Lake Valdayskoye

Lake in Russia

Lake in Russia

FieldValue
nameValdai Lake
imageValdai IverskyMon asv2018 img48.jpg
captionAerial view of Lake Valdayskoye
pushpin_mapRussia Novgorod Oblast#European Russia
locationValdai Hills, Novgorod Oblast
coords
catchment97.2 km2
basin_countriesRussia
area19.7 km2
depth12 m
max-depth60 m
citiesValday

| max-depth = 60 m

Lake Valdayskoye or Lake Valdai () is a freshwater lake in the center of the Valdaysky District of Novgorod Oblast in Russia, in the middle of the Valdai Hills. One of the largest lakes in Novgorod Oblast, it has a surface area (without islands) of 19.7 km2, and the area of its basin is 97.2 km2. The average depth of Lake Valdayskoye is 12 m and the deepest point is 60 m. The lake freezes up in early December and stays icebound until early May. The lake is in the center of Valdaysky National Park.

Geography

The town of Valday stands on the southwestern shore of the lake along the M10 Moscow – St. Petersburg highway. One of the islands, Selvitsky Island (), is occupied by the Valday Iversky Monastery. Besides Valday, there are also several villages around the lake. An anabranch connects Lake Valdai to a smaller lake, Lake Uzhin (). Lake Uzhin, the source of the Valdayka River, belongs to the river basin of the Msta River and thus to the Baltic Sea basin.

The lake has almost a round shape with a large bay appended to it on the northwest end. There are several islands on the lake, the biggest of which is the 119 ha Ryabinovy Island (). It is connected to the lake coast in the south and to Iversky Monastery in the north.

Lake Valdayskoye is located in the center of the Valdai Hills, and is surrounded by many other lakes. Many of these lakes drain into Lake Valdayskoye or into the Valdayka. The basin of the lake comprises all of the northeastern part of Valdaysky District.

The lake is a popular tourist destination, with many recreation facilities on its shores. The first meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club took place on the lake in 2004.

The lake is navigable, and the Zarya-211 () cruiser ship sailed between the town of Valday and the Iversky Monastery until 2016.

Since 2004, a road from Valday runs along the shore of Lake Valdai and over a 140 m bridge to Ryabinovy Island, and then over a 30 m bridge to the monastery on 11 ha Selvitsky Island. Buses, taxis, and cars travel over the road. When the lake is frozen in winter, it is only a 3 km walk over the ice between Valday and the monastery.

Putin's Dacha

Putin's Dacha is on the southern 100 ha of a peninsula between Lake Uzhin and Lake Valdai and is across Lake Valdai from Valday. Built in 1980, it is often called Valdai, Dolgie Borody (), Uzhin () or Stalin's Dacha, though Stalin was not alive when it was built. Abuting north of this location is 150 ha owned by the Russian Federation and frequented by the Federal Security Service. According to Alexei Navalny, Yuri Kovalchuk is the owner of Putin's Dacha.

The property, also known as Valdai Palace, has been outfitted with several air defence systems amidst the rising threat of Ukrainian missile and drone strikes as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These systems include Pantsir S-1 self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons and at least one S-400 surface-to-air missile system

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References

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