Lake Pleshcheyevo
Lake Pleshcheyevo is a glacial lake in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. The historic town of Pereslavl-Zalessky is on the southeastern side of the lake. The lake, which is part of Pleshcheyevo Ozero National Park, covers an area of over 51 km2, its length being 9.5 kilometres and its shoreline 28 kilometres.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Lake Plesheheevo” and “Pleshcheyevo Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blue Stone and Alexander’s Hill.
Blue Stone
Stone
Photo: Elena shlykova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blue Stone, or Blue Rock is a type of pagan sacred stones, widespread in Russia in areas historically inhabited by both Eastern Slavic, and Volga Finnic tribes. Blue Stone is situated 3 km northeast of Lake Pleshcheyevo.
Alexander’s Hill
Peak
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Alexander’s Hill is a peak, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Lake Pleshcheyevo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kleshchin and Kriushkino.
Kleshchin
Locality
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Kleshchin was a Meryan town on the eastern shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo in Zalesye. It is thought that the lake owes its name to the derelict town: the opening lines of the Primary Chronicle refer to the lake as Kleshchino. Kleshchin is situated 3½ km east of Lake Pleshcheyevo.
Kriushkino
Village
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Kriushkino is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Lake Pleshcheyevo.
Gorodishche
Hamlet
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Gorodishche is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northeast of Lake Pleshcheyevo.
Lake Pleshcheyevo
- Categories: historic site and body of water
- Location: Yaroslavl Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Lake Pleshcheyevo” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Пляшчэева возера”
- Cebuano: “Ozero Pleshcheyevo”
- Chinese: “普列謝耶沃湖”
- Chuvash: “Плещеево кӳлĕ”
- Czech: “Pleščejevo jezero”
- Dutch: “Plesjtsjeevo ozero”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره پليشتشيڤو”
- French: “lac Plechtcheïevo”
- French: “Lac Plechtcheïevo”
- German: “Pleschtschejewo-See”
- Indonesian: “Danau Pleshcheyevo”
- Italian: “lago Pleščeevo”
- Italian: “Lago Pleščeevo”
- Korean: “플레셰예보호”
- Lithuanian: “Pleščejevo ežeras”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plesjtsjejevo”
- Ossetian: “Плещеево”
- Ossetian: “Плещеевойы цад”
- Persian: “دریاچه پلشچیوو”
- Portuguese: “Lago Plescheievo”
- Russian: “Озеро Плещеево”
- Russian: “Плещеево озеро”
- Spanish: “Lago Pleshcheyevo”
- Spanish: “Lago Pleshchéyevo”
- Turkish: “Pleşçeyevo Gölü”
- Upper Sorbian: “Jězor Plešćejewo”
- Upper Sorbian: “Plešćejewo”
- Upper Sorbian: “Plešćejewy jězor”
- Venetian: “lago Pleščeevo”
- Welsh: “Llyn Pleshcheyevo”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kriushkino and Gorodishchi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pleshcheyevo Ozero National Park and Pereslavl‘ railroad museum.
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