Dneiper River Guide
The river Dnieper belongs entirely to Russia, and rises in the Valdai Hills west of Moscow, the government of Smolensk. at the foot of the Valdai Hills, not far from the sources of the Volga and the Dvina. Its length is about 1410m and flows south through Belarus and the Ukraine before entering the Black Sea close to Kherson.
The Dnieper is the third longest European river after the Volga and Danube.
The main tributaries of the Dnieper are the Berezina and Prypyat on the west bank, and the Sozh and Desna on the east. Predominantly a lowland river with a wide valley, the Dnieper flows very sluggishly but is liable to extensive spring flooding. It is ice-bound
from December to March or April.
On its meandering course, the Dnieper passes through the forested regions of Smolensk oblast, and then enters Belarus. The Dnieper is navigable for almost 1,243 miles (from Dorogobuzh)
You will find that most of the Dnieper River cruises will start in the Ukraine capital of Kiev. Popular river cruises include Footsteps of the Cossacks wher you fly to Kiev, one of the oldest cities in Europe, with a heritage of Viking, Cossack, and Ukrania people.
Destinations along the Dnieper include, Zaporozhye, the ancestral home of the Cossacks. Kherson, where you visit Fishermans Island. Sevastopolon on the Black Sea coast where you can visit the site of the fames "Charge of the Light Brigade", and Yalta where no visit is complete without a tour of the White Palace. This is the site of the 1945 Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill and you can take a guided tour through the offical halls and private apartments of the Tsar's family.
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