Great Yenisei
The Great Yenisei is a river in the Republic of Tuva, the right source of the Yenisei, at its confluence with the Little Yenisei. The name of the river in the Tuvan language, Bii-Khem, literally means 'big river'.Photo: Arcan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Tuva, Russia
- Also known as: “Bei Khem”, “Bei-Kem”, “Bey Kem”, “Bi”, “Biy-Khem”, “Bol’shoj Enisej”, “Bol’shoy Yenisei”, “Bolshoy Yenisei”, “Pei-k’o-mu Ho”, and “Yenisey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tuvan National Music and Drama Theater and National Museum.
Tuvan National Music and Drama Theater
Theater building
Photo: Oschtan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tuvan National Music and Drama Theater is a theater building.
National Museum
Museum
Photo: Oschtan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tuva National Museum is a museum of the Tuva Republic, located in the city of Kyzyl. The museum has collections of Saka art, particularly artifact from the Arzhan kurgan. The museum's first director was V. P. Yermolaev. National Museum is situated 2½ km southwest of Great Yenisei.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kyzyl and Kaa-Khem.
Kyzyl
Kyzyl is the capital city of the Republic of Tuva within the Russian Federation. Kyzyl's population is approximately 120,067 ;…
Kaa-Khem
Town
Kaa-Khem is an urban locality in the Tuva Republic, Russia. It is the administrative center of Kyzylsky District. As of the 2010 census, the locality had a population of 15,044. The town was founded in 1975 with the opening of an industrial plant. Kaa-Khem is situated 8 km southeast of Great Yenisei.
Great Yenisei
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Tuva, Eastern Siberia, Siberia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Great Yenisei” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Bolshoy Yenisei”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Yenisey”
- Basque: “Bolxoi Jenisei”
- Basque: “Jenisei Handia”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Енісей”
- Bulgarian: “Голям Енисей”
- Cebuano: “Bol’shoj Enisej”
- Chinese: “大叶尼塞河”
- Chuvash: “Мăн Енисей”
- Czech: “Velký Jenisej”
- Dutch: “Bolsjoy Enisey”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بولشوى ينيسى”
- Esperanto: “Granda Jenisejo”
- Estonian: “Bii-hem”
- Estonian: “Suur-Jenissei”
- French: “Grand Ienisseï”
- German: “Bii-Chem”
- German: “Bolschoi Jenissei”
- German: “Großer Jenissei”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-Jenyiszej”
- Irish: “Abhainn Bolshoy Yenisei”
- Italian: “Bij Chem”
- Italian: “Bol’soj Enisej”
- Italian: “Bol’šoj Enisej”
- Italian: “Bolšoj Enisej”
- Italian: “Grande Enisej”
- Japanese: “ビー＝ヘム川”
- Japanese: “大エニセイ川”
- Kazakh: “Үлкен Енисей”
- Latin: “Ienisea Maior”
- Lithuanian: “Bij Chemas”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Jenisejus”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Jenisėjus”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Jenisiejus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bij-Khem”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bolsjoj Jenisej”
- Norwegian: “Bolsjoj Jenisej”
- Persian: “ینیسئی بزرگ”
- Polish: “Wielki Jenisej”
- Romanian: “Marele Enisei”
- Russian: “Бей-кем”
- Russian: “Бейкхем”
- Russian: “Бий-Хем”
- Russian: “Большой Енисей (река)”
- Russian: “Большой Енисей”
- Spanish: “Bolshoi Yenisei”
- Spanish: “Bolshói Yeniséi”
- Spanish: “Rio Bi-Jem”
- Spanish: “Río Bi-Jem”
- Spanish: “Rio Bolshoi Yenisei”
- Spanish: “Río Bolshoi Yenisei”
- Spanish: “Río Bolshói Yeniséi”
- Spanish: “Rio Bolshoy Yenisey”
- Spanish: “Río Bolshoy Yenisey”
- Spanish: “Rio Gran Yenisei”
- Spanish: “Río Gran Yeniséi”
- Tatar: “Зур Янәсәй”
- Turkish: “Biy-Hem”
- Turkish: “Büyük Yenisey Nehri”
- Tuvinian: “Бии-Хем (хем)”
- Tuvinian: “Бии-Хем”
- Ukrainian: “Бій-Хем”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Єнісей”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Єнісєй”
- Welsh: “Afon Bolshoy Yenisei”
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