The Seyma is a river in Nizhny Novgorod Region, a left tributary of the Oka (it flows into an oxbow lake of the Oka). The river is 42 kilometers long, and its drainage basin covers 548 km².[1] It flows through the territory of Balakhninsky and Volodarsky Districts.[1]
Geography
The Seyma originates in the forests of the Balakhna Lowland, three kilometers from the village of Konyovo.[1] Its mouth is where it flows into an oxbow lake of the Oka River.[1] The town of Volodarsk, the administrative center of Volodarsky District, stands on the river, about 50 km west of Nizhny Novgorod.[2][4]
Tributaries of the Seyma: the Kruglovishche River (Krugovishche, left), the Remna River (right), the Yura River (left), and the Sayakh River (right).[1]
History of Settlement
The banks of the river have been inhabited since ancient times. In the vicinity of present-day Volodarsk, campsites dating to the 7th–5th millennia BC (the Mesolithic period) have been recorded, as well as sites from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.[4] In 1912, near the Seyma railway station, the Yekaterinburg Infantry Regiment discovered the Seyma Bronze Age burial ground, where celts (axes), spearheads, combat knives, chisels, awls, and bracelets were found.[3]
In the second half of the 19th century, the lands along the Seyma were developed by the Nizhny Novgorod industrialist Nikolay Aleksandrovich Bugrov: he modernized the Seyma mills, built stone production buildings, and laid the foundation for local industry.[2][4] At that same time, in the late 19th century, Bugrov built a summer dacha on the riverbank, which is now a site of regional cultural heritage.[2]
In 1816, in the village of Mysy on the high bank of the Seyma, the Annunciation Church with a side chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas was built through the diligent efforts of the Turchaninov gentry; its domes could be seen far across the surrounding countryside.[4]
Settlements and Infrastructure
The town of Volodarsk stands on the river; it grew out of the villages of Seyma, Mysy, Olgino, Peredelnovo, and Lastanovo, which have existed since the 14th–18th centuries.[4] The Nizhny Novgorod–Moscow railway line, with Seyma station, runs alongside the river.[2] In 1965, on the northern outskirts of Volodarsk, between the channel of the Seyma and the highway, the large Seyma Poultry Farm was built.[2]
Sources
- autotravel-nn.ru — Seyma River — A river in Nizhny Novgorod Region
- nn-obl.ru — Volodarsk — Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Region.
- nnintur.ru — Volodarsk — history and sights
- gttp.ru — Volodarsky District on the map of "places of memory" of Nizhny Novgorod Region