THE DESTROYING POWER OF WATER...
Once upon a time this place was the center of the city of Kalyazin...
The power of Water drowned him and the city is now at the bottom of the Volga River.
The city of Kalyazin has been known since the 12th century. It is only in the form of a photograph of the amazing nature and beauty of the landscape with the river, everything is quiet and calm. But the Power of Water flooded and destroyed not only the city of Kalyazin on the Volga, leaving the bell tower of St. Nicholas Cathedral in plain sight, but also many small towns and villages. The 1930s became fatal for the city, when a cascade of dams with three grandiose hydroelectric power plants began to be built on the Volga. Kalyazin was supposed to go under the water of the new Uglich Sea with its entire central part. By the end of 1940, a cascade of dams was commissioned. This is an example of how the Power of Water destroyed a city.
Now this flooded bell tower is the main attraction of the city of Kalyazin, which was practically destroyed in 1940 of the 20th century, dismantled to the end and flooded its territories when the Volgostroi project was approved. The width of the Volga River in these places from one bank to the opposite is now 2 kilometers, and until the 40s of the XX century, the width of the Volga averaged 70 meters. The difference is obvious - here is the Power of Water, which can quietly destroy even centuries-old cities. Now it is the Uglich reservoir on the Volga River, created for a hydroelectric power station and located in the Tver region in Russia. And that old Russian city is all under water. So that silence and calm are very often deceiving, especially in front of the Power of Water.
Link to Qurator's Photo Quest post | The power of water
(Translated via Google translator from Russian)
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