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Basin features. Progression. Oka → Volga → Caspian Sea. Tributaries. • right. Luzha. The Protva ( Russian: Протва) is a river in the Moscow and Kaluga oblasts in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Oka. It is 282 kilometres (175 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 4,620 square kilometres (1,780 sq mi). [1]
Zhukov ( Russian: Жу́ков) is a town and the administrative center of Zhukovsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Ugodka River ( Protva 's tributary) 90 kilometers (56 mi) northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 16,224 ( 2021 Census); [7] 12,131 ( 2010 Russian census); [2] 12,306 ( 2002 ...
- 135 m (443 ft)
- Russia
- early 17th century
- Kaluga Oblast
Dec 2, 2016 · Maloyaroslavets (population 28,000) is located some 75 miles southwest of Moscow on the Luzha River, a right tributary of the Protva, which in turn flows into the Oka, part of the Volga basin.
On Oct. 24, 1812, Russian forces mounted a furious defense of Maloyaroslavets, compelling Napoleon’s forces to retreat not southward to warmer territory, but back along an icebound road to ruin....
- William Brumfield
Feb 24, 2011 · The Protva River, a tributary of the Oka, is not large or deep, but its ancient, twisting path has created for Borovsk a varied landscape of lyrical beauty. Borovsk (population around 11,000) is...
- William Brumfield
Protva River at Borovsk, Kaluga oblast, Russia. Kaluga, oblast (region), western Russia. It occupies an area in the upper Oka River basin southwest of Moscow oblast. Broad, often swampy valleys alternate with rolling hills of the Central Russian Upland.
Protvino (Russian: Протвино́) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) south of Moscow and 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) west of Serpukhov, on the left bank of the Protva River. Population: 37,308 (2010 Census); 36,175 (2002 Census); 34,520 (1989 Census).
