The Neva River originates in Lake Ladoga and flows into the Gulf of Finland where it flows into the Baltic Sea with an imposing (280 km²) and marshy estuary. Its name comes from nevo which means "swampy" in Finnish. With a width of 250 m to 1,300 m, a depth of 8 m to 24 m and rather high banks between 6 m and 9 m, its 74 km long course is very varied and pleasant. At km 1,315-1,317, it is the precise place where the Neva River rises. From this point, all that remains to be done is to sail the 74 km of the river to reach St. Petersburg. A few hundred metres further on, on the southern shore of the lake, you can see the fortress island of Petrokrepost-Schlüsselburg. About sixty kilometres to the south-east is Tikhvin, the birthplace of the composer Rimsky-Korsakov. After passing Kivorsk with its hydroelectric power station and flower production at km 1,330-b, one passes by a granite pillar dedicated to the town of Arbuzovo, which was completely destroyed during the Second World War, at km 1,332-b. The ship will surely give a siren blast in memory of the Soviet soldiers who lost their lives there. At km 1 344-1 346-b, it is the crossing of the Ivanovskoye rapids, during which ships heading for Moscow have priority, given the narrowing of the river and the high flow rate of 3 m per second. At km 1 353-1 357-b, a church now stands on the very spot where Alexander Yaroslavich, Prince of Novgorod, defeated the Swedish troops on July 15, 1240. From that day on he called himself Alexander Nevsky.

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L'arrivée de la Neva à Saint-Petersbourg et son célèbre pont levant thrshr
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