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Neva River
The Neva ((ロシア語:Нева́), ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it is the third largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge (after the Volga and the Danube).
The Neva is the only river flowing from Lake Ladoga. It flows through the city of Saint Petersburg, three smaller towns of Shlisselburg, Kirovsk and Otradnoye, and dozens of settlements. The river is navigable throughout and is part of the Volga–Baltic Waterway and White Sea – Baltic Canal. It is a site of numerous major historical events, including the Battle of the Neva in 1240 which gave Alexander Nevsky his name, the founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703, and the Siege of Leningrad by the German army during World War II.
==Etymology==
There are at least three versions of the origin of the name Neva: from the ancient Finnish name of Lake Ladoga ((フィンランド語:nevo) meaning sea), from the (フィンランド語:neva) (short from (フィンランド語:Nevajoki, Nevajärvi)) meaning swamp, or from the (スウェーデン語:ny) – new river.〔Toponymic Encyclopedia of Saint Petersburg. St. Petersburg.: Informational and publishing agency LIC, 2002.〕 Modern names for the distributaries of the river delta were settled only by the end of the 18th century.
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