Big swan lake. Swan Lake (Dubna): description, how to get there, rest, reviews. Lakes of the Moscow region. How to get to Lake Lebyazhye in Kazan

I don’t know who else, but Vladimir and I love to be in the forest at different times of the year. But most of all I prefer spring. Spring pleases with the awakening of nature, when the movement of juices in plants begins, and they seem to be reborn after winter non-existence. The forest has not yet dressed in its green attire, has not dressed in luxurious clothes. And even the smallest blade of grass, the first leaf, a bush are visible against the background of bare ground or a blue sky. This is the time when I like to go on a sunny day with a camera to the forest for a leisurely walk.

This year, spring was late for a month, in mid-March, still quite February blizzards, snow covered the confused fields, forests, cities, which were in perplexed doubts: whether to be spring today. Well, the fields with forests, perhaps, did not doubt, but such thoughts visited me. However, albeit belatedly, but the spring took place. And we went to meet her in the vicinity of Kazan.

Two buses with a transfer quickly drove to the Lebyazhye stop on the Gorky Highway. That was the name of the lake, which used to be located on the left side of the highway, if you drive from the city. More precisely, it was a system of three lakes: the first - large, medium - the most extensive and the third - the smallest of the three, connected by a narrow, winding channel with the middle one. In the spring flood at the northernmost tip of Malaya Lebyazhye, the trees growing along the low banks were flooded.

Spring on the distant Small Lebyazhye in the 80s

In the place where the first lake - closest to the highway - narrowed, forming a narrow channel into the middle one, a bridge was thrown between the two banks. There was also a boat station. Here you could rent a boat or even a water bike and swim as much as you like. Under the bridge at the confluence of the lakes, one had to swim by bending low or sliding down to the bottom of the boat. And you swam out into such a space that it was breathtaking, and the trees on the opposite far bank were seen as a narrow, dark, blue-green stripe.

Middle lake area

Pine forest, sandy beaches, close location and convenient transport attracted the townspeople to the shores of the lake on warm summer days. And we, with our not yet adult children, got out on Lebyazhye, rented a boat and set sail on the expanse of water.

Swan Lake and its surroundings were our favorite place for hiking and cycling. In summer, spring, autumn we came to its shores. And the lake greeted us every time friendly, gave us new finds. Wild ducks nested in the dense coastal growth of the Small Lebyazhye. More than once it was possible to see a duck family with a young brood. However, they also appeared on the Big Swan.

Once Kostya, in a fit of brotherly feeling for the then little Mashenka, caught an uncountable number of frogs for her, putting them in a boat. The frogs were young and nimble. They rode all over the boat in search of escape from this unexpected captivity. I don't remember Masha's reaction. But she did not become a lover of amphibians, unlike her older brother. During our voyage along the Vyatka, while still a preschooler, he hunted huge toads with pleasure, which he had never seen anywhere else. However, the son hunted out of pure interest. Having examined and demonstrated to willing adults the captured brownish-green miracle, he safely released it into the wild. Somehow, on the lake, we were caught by a warm summer rain, rapidly pouring from a cloud that had come up from nowhere. We did not lose our heads, turned the light boat over and waited under it for a short, warm downpour. Once I happened to come across a whole scattering of porcini mushrooms, walking along the western shore of the middle lake. And this was the only case. Apparently, the year turned out to be fruitful for mushrooms. Well, and, of course, I was invariably engaged in photo hunting or, better to say, photo observations. Spiders, butterflies, lizards, flowers, landscapes were constantly in the focus of my attention. The lake was the source of life, the most diverse.

Magpie in the spring forest near Lebyazhye. I took this photo with film "Zenith" somewhere in the mid-80s of the last century.

And this woodpecker posed for me directly on a tree near the lake in September 2010.

At some distance from our lakes, about three kilometers, sand has been mined in a quarry for many years. The depth was impressive. I think that a high-rise of 20 floors, or maybe more, could easily fit in it. But in one unfortunate year, disaster struck, digging machines reached the aquifers and destroyed the Lebyazhye water supply system created by nature. And since the depth of the artificial reservoir created by man exceeded the depth of the lake, the water began to leave it into the quarry.

This is the quarry where the water from Lebyazhye went.

Yes, beach umbrellas and summer swimmers have already appeared on its shores. But this is a dead place. Look to the far shore. It is steep, naked and even dangerous with its free-flowing steepness.

For several years, the agony of a miracle created by nature lasted. The lake became shallow gradually. And every summer, coming to its shores, we watched its death. In place of the departed water, weedy grass gradually appeared, then a growth of some trees, producing the most dreary impression.

This diagram from Google shows how much area the Lebyazhye Lake system occupied, and what was left of it.

At one time an indefinable attempt was made to pump water back to Lebyazhye. From somewhere a pipe of a decent diameter was laid from the mouth of which a stream of water spouted into the shallow lake. The absurdity of the attempt was obvious; it could not save the lake.

The next two photos were taken several years apart. Horses graze where there used to be water surface, reeds and even wild irises grew.

Here, too, there was a lake surface in place of grown vegetation. Summer 2009

Return to the first frame of the article with the spring flood. In the next photo, this place is a couple of years ago. Once upon a time, the pines looked out into the lake. Remember, Kristalinskaya once sang about "... Pointed spruce eyelashes over the blue eyes of the lakes." The pines are still standing, but the eyes are no longer blue. Is it really the turn of the pines to disappear from the face of the earth?

May 2011 Here the distant Lebyazhye shone blue.

The green space behind the pines is also the former bottom of the lake.

At the end of May 2010 there was more water than now at the end of April.

A weed is turning green, where the lake water used to splash.

The world that is no more

Undoubtedly, the best fishing in St. Petersburg takes place on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. By the presence of salt in the water, the Gulf of Finland is more like a large freshwater lake. Near the shores of the bay, there are fish that are characteristic of fresh water bodies. The following places are popular with anglers: Branches of the Dam, the fairway between the port of Lomonosov and Kronstadt, Bolshaya Izhora, the lighthouse in the village of Enlightenment, Lebyazhye, Dubochki, Strelna, Chernaya Lakhta, Ladoga Bay, Krasnoflotsk and others

Bream on the lake

Bream is very common not only in rivers, but also in most reservoirs with stagnant water - lakes, large reservoirs, flowing ponds. Fishing for bream in the lake is very interesting and exciting, but for successful fishing it is necessary to carefully prepare the gear, choose the right fishing spot, bait and bait. 34fish.ru will tell you everything in order, and be sure that you will not be left without a catch.

This cunning lake bream

The lake bream, like its river counterpart, is a very cautious and cunning fish. During the year, the camp sites of bream flocks are constantly changing: fish move around the reservoir in search of food, places where you can hide from the summer heat, a predator, a person. So in the spring, on the eve of spawning, flocks of bream come close enough to the shores at the confluence of small rivers and streams carrying oxygenated melt water into the lake. Also, a large accumulation of both small scavengers and weighty breams in spring is observed in deep places covered with aquatic vegetation.

In summer, during the hot hours of the day, the bream prefers to stay in deep cool pits, leaving them in the evening in search of food in shallow water. In the riverbed reservoirs, the bream stays close to the banks that abruptly turn into the riverbed with a depth of 2 to 5-6 meters.

With the onset of autumn, the gradual death of aquatic vegetation begins to prepare for wintering, actively feeding all daylight hours. The most promising at this time are places with a muddy bottom, with a coast overgrown with reeds, edges and dumps near deep pits.

With the approach of winter, the bream gradually begins to go into deep wintering pits, where it spends the whole winter. Only with a particularly thick ice shell and a lack of oxygen in the water can a bream leave its wintering grounds in winter, moving to the mouths of streams and rivers, places where underwater keys beat. At any time of the year, the bream does not visit food-poor places with a rocky bare bottom.

Tackle and bait on lake bream

In the lakes, bream fishing lasts all year round. Among the tackles in open water they catch bream with a float, bottom fishing rod with a feeder, in winter - with a winter float fishing rod, jig tackle.

At different times of the year, bream takes better either on animal or vegetable baits. In winter, the main bait is a bunch of bloodworms impaled on the hook of a mormyshka. Very often, when ice fishing, good results are obtained by using a worm, a maggot as a bait.

In the spring, before spawning, the bream, as in winter, prefers animal baits - a dung worm, a large creep, a leech, and a May beetle larva. In the post-spawning period, the bream continues to peck at the dung worm, maggot, bivalve shell meat, and begins to be interested in rich and semolina dough. At times, the bream takes well on young tender algae.

In summer and early autumn, the diet of bream gradually shifts towards vegetarian vegetable baits - pea porridge, dough, steamed peas, barley, canned corn, boilies.

In late autumn, the fish takes exclusively on such animal nozzles as a worm, maggot, bloodworm.

In the summer, if the bream begins to feed near the surface in the evening, then it can be quite successfully caught on artificial flies.

Lure

Bream is a shy and cautious fish. For successful fishing and a rich catch, fish must be attracted to the place of fishing with the help of a bait the day before fishing, and then periodically baited before and during fishing. As bait, you can use both purchased and home-made mixtures of finely ground breadcrumbs and dry semolina. Such a bait forms a fodder cloudy spot that attracts, but does not saturate the fish, because it is very important not to “overfeed” the flock with abundant bait, discouraging it from any interest in the nozzle attached to the hook.

Catching lake bream (video)

In winter, as a bait, you can use both the bait mixture described above and the fodder bloodworm.

Cake, bran, porridge, chopped dung worms are used as bait. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the material on the types of floats.

Fishing savage ⇩
Benefits ⇩
What to bring? ⇩
The best places for fishing in Karelia ⇩
Lakes ⇩
Rivers ⇩
What kind of fish can you catch? ⇩
Features and tips for fishing in Karelia ⇩
Fishing reviews in Karelia ⇩
As a conclusion ⇩

Tell many fishermen about the opportunity to go fishing in the Russian region of Karelia, and you will see how their eyes light up. There are beautiful places here, ecological tourism is developed, and the abundance of reservoirs and the presence in them of various, including valuable fish species, will please even the most demanding fishermen.

Everyone who has ever visited these beautiful places will strive to return to this region again. In Karelia, you can stay in modern comfortable hotel complexes, or you can come here as a savage, staying in the houses of fishing bases or even pitching a tent on the shores of one of the many lakes or rivers.

The climate in these places is quite mild, although you can quite run into a fairly long rainy period. But this usually does not scare the fishermen. We have made an overview of the most popular places for fishing in Karelia - from lakes to rivers, and we will also talk about what kind of fish you can catch here and what are the charms of fishing in Karelia.

Fishing savage

Fishing by a savage has a lot of advantages than an organized vacation in a hotel complex.

Advantages

Small financial investment. This is one of the main aspects. You don't spend a lot of money on hotel accommodation. Setting up a tent on the picturesque bank of a river or lake is completely free
Romance. There is nothing better than sitting by the fire, singing songs with a guitar in the evening, spending the night in a tent, and going fishing during the day.
Privacy. The tent can be set up in a place where you will not be disturbed by other vacationers, where you will not hear the neighbors talking behind the wall.
Mobility. After fishing in one place, you can easily collect your things and move to another place.

However, remember some rules so that your vacation is not overshadowed:

Karelia is the northern region. During the night, the tent can get very cold. Take warm clothes with you.
Midges (mosquitoes, horseflies, and so on) are a very unpleasant company for fishermen in Karelia. Take insect repellant with you.
Be prepared for long absences from the shower, as well as cooking on a campfire or camping stove.

What to bring?

Like any fisherman or hiker, you need to be well equipped, because from some of the places where you set up for fishing, it will not be easy to get to the nearest store to buy what you need. Therefore, it is better to have everything at hand, carefully making a list of the necessary.

So, what do you need if you decide to go fishing in Karelia as a savage:

Vehicle. It is better if it is an off-road vehicle - by such a car you will drive even to the most inaccessible parts of Karelia. Also don't forget to bring a jack, rope and spare tire with you just in case. Does not fit an additional flask of gasoline.
Boat. Thus, you will get the opportunity to fish not only from the shore, but also from the middle of the reservoir.
Tent, sleeping bag. You will have to sleep in a scarf, and the nights can be cold. Take care also of warm clothes, they definitely will not be superfluous.
Repellants for mosquitoes and other midges. You will need them, as these places are full of mosquitoes and ticks.
Camping tiles, gas cylinders. Great alternative to campfires. It is fashionable to warm food and cook much faster.
Canned food and fast food. If you don’t have the time and energy to cook, this will be your lifesaver.
Matches, lighters, alcohol burners.
First aid kit with everything you need.
Soap, wet wipes and other hygiene products.
Mobile phone or walkie-talkie.
A camera on which you can capture your record catch.
All necessary fishing tackle. Better - with a margin. Usually fishermen take with them two fully equipped rods and a fair supply of spinners, baits and so on.

The best places for fishing in Karelia

Karelia is rich in various reservoirs - both lakes and rivers. Here are the most interesting places for fishing in this region.

lakes

Choosing a lake in Karelia for fishing is a rather difficult task. After all, there are about sixty thousand freshwater lakes in Karelia - from small to quite large, for example:

Ladoga lake,
Onega lake,
Vygozero,
Topozero,
Segozero,
Pyaozero.

By the way, these popular places for recreation and fishing, as well as other lakes, have good access to the shores. Also here you can find fishing bases, on the territory of which convenient descents for boats are made.

Lake Onega

This reservoir is known for the presence of a large number of fish of the salmon family. However, salmon can only be fished with sporting licenses.

The average weight of an individual is five to seven kilograms.

Also, in addition to salmon fishermen can please themselves here with catches of the following types:

pike,
zander,
perch.

Ladoga lake

This lake is the largest in Karelia. It is home to about 50 species of fish. So, here you can catch the following types of fish:

roach,
bream,
pike,
zander,
palia,
whitefish,
salmon,
trout.

Basically, fishermen go to Lake Ladoga for trout and salmon. It is best to fish here from a boat, but fishing from the shore is not possible everywhere due to difficult accessibility. They fish here They mainly fish in skerries - the straits and bays of various islands off the coast.

Syamozero

This large lake located in the south of Karelia has about 80 islets, many bays and bays. In Syamozero you can catch:

whitefish,
vendace,
grayling
perch,
roach,
pike,
zander,
chub,
bream,
tit,
guster,
ruff.

This reservoir is the largest lake in the north of Karelia. The average depth here is sixteen meters, and the maximum is about fifty.

Here you can catch the following types of fish:

trout,
whitefish,
trout,
grayling,
pike (moreover, some specimens reach a mass of twenty kilograms),

topozero

Fishermen come here to hunt grayling. This fish is found here in large numbers, and some specimens reach one kilogram.

In addition, the same species of fish live in this reservoir as in Pyaozero, because both reservoirs are part of the Kuma reservoir system.

Rivers

Chirka-Kem

This river, located in the north of Karelia, is quite stormy, has a lot of bends, turns, and rapids, because its path runs through places where there are fractures in the rocks.

The river begins at the borders of Finland and Russia and is the longest in Karelia. It is better to get to the river from Petrozavodsk.

Previously, this river was used to float wood. You can get to Yelma through the Nadvoitsy station, from which you should go to Lake Elmozero, and then follow this reservoir until it goes to the source - Yelma.

This is one of the most beautiful and rich in fish rivers in this picturesque natural region. You can get to Shuya both by car and by train. However, due to the fact that in some places difficult-to-pass forests grow along the banks of the river, it is possible to get to the shore only on foot.

What kind of fish can you catch?

When choosing a place for fishing, you should focus on what kind of fish you want to catch.

So, in the south of Karelia they usually catch:

perch,
pike,
bream,
whitefish,
perch,
grayling,
sturgeon,
roach,
zander,
burbot,
bream,
chub,
other types of white fish.

Here are some tips for organizing fishing in this picturesque natural region:

Due to the fact that there are a lot of lakes and rivers here, it is necessary to draw up a travel route in advance. However, remember: it is unlikely that you will be able to go around all the places.
Talk to more experienced fishermen who have been to the area before and listen to their advice.
If this is your first time on a pond, it is best to use the services of a guide. He will show you where it is better to fish, and also give valuable advice.
Not all roads here are well paved. It is better to go to Karelia in an SUV.
Take a boat with you to get to hard-to-reach places on the water .. Then you are guaranteed big trophies.
Be sure to take care of protection against insects - mosquitoes, horseflies, midges, ticks. Their season is from the end of eternity to the beginning of autumn. Regularly examine yourself in search of a stuck tick, and if you find one, seek medical help.
Warm clothing is a must when fishing in Karelia.
There are nasty things in Karelia. Try to be attentive and not disturb them, then you will not feel discomfort from such a neighborhood.
If you are going fishing to the north of the region, then arm yourself with a navigator.
Remember that in Karelia a license is required to catch certain salmon fish.
To keep the fish longer after being caught, it is best to salt it.
Remember that many plants and animals of this natural reserve are in the Red Book of Russia. Treat them with care. Also, do not litter, clean up after yourself, preserve the beauty of this picturesque region.

one of the favorite places for recreation of the townspeople is located - Lake Lebyazhye.

The lake is surrounded by centuries-old pines and consists of a chain of lakes, which are divided into independent reservoirs - Big, Small and Light, Dry Lebyazhe, interconnected by narrow channels.

The unique feature of the lake is that it is located above the groundwater level and does not have recharge from them, and is fed only by precipitation and surface runoff.

The convenient location of the forest park, the cleanest air, a vast territory, tall picturesque pine trees, a small depth of lakes for swimming (up to 4 m) attract Kazan citizens and guests of the capital to spend their free time here. The natural forest park is famous for the possibility of swimming and boating and catamarans.

Restaurant "Naratlyk", located on the territory of the park, as well as many summer cafes will gladly treat vacationers with delicious shish kebabs and dishes of Tatar cuisine.

Lake Swan

Not far from the lake is the Glade of Fairy Tales, decorated with sculptures of characters from Tatar and Russian folk tales and fables.

Every year in June, the national holiday of the plow Sabantuy, beloved by the residents, is held here. On this day, various theatrical festive performances, folklore venues, exciting competitions, a children's maidan, and trade rows of craftsmen are organized. In winter, Maslenitsa is traditionally celebrated here.

In addition, the city administration holds weekly public holidays with mass skiing, football games in the snow, and various sports attractions.

Lake Swan

There are shopping arcades where guests are offered hot tea and national dishes, as well as a large cultural program, performances by creative groups, dance ensembles, theatrical performances with the participation of fairy tale characters.

Lake Swan

ARTICLE BY Rail MUTYGULLIN ABOUT LAKE LEBYAZHIE

Very soon loved by many residents Kazan Lake Lebyazhye, located in a picturesque place in the forest park zone of the Kirovsky District, will gain a second life. A few days ago, the research and production enterprise "Kazangeologiya" presented the Mayor of Kazan, Ilsur Metshin, with a project for its restoration.

RETRO.

The lake with the romantic name Lebyazhye was a popular holiday destination for Kazan residents back in the 50s and 60s of the last century. In the summer, kindergartens went there for all three months. And schoolchildren rested in pioneer camps.

The first time I got to the lake was still a kindergartener, - recalls the historian, Kazan writer Leonid Devyatykh. - At that time it was deep and full-flowing. It was surrounded by a forest of primeval beauty. At night, the teachers told us stories. And in the morning we found ourselves in a real fairy tale, only a forest one: we went to Sukhoi Lake to a strawberry clearing, picked berries, threw pine cones at moose. Forest giants fearlessly went out to people. Later, already in the pioneer camp, we went with a detachment on night hikes with a fire on the lake shore, caught crucian carp, cooked fish soup. Getting to Lebyazhye in those years was not easy. Therefore, if the townspeople escaped to the lake, they spent the whole day on its quiet shores. And even a day, breaking campsites. Needless to say, the forest and reservoirs were then different. It is a pity that we have lost the wealth bestowed on us by nature.

WHAT WE LOSE.

The natural complex - Lake Lebyazhye - is a whole system of lakes. Three or four independent reservoirs, interconnected by narrow channels: Dry, Svetloe, Bolshoye Lebyazhe and Maloye Lebyazhye. Previously, the lakes covered an area of more than 70 hectares. Today, alas, it has decreased to 15. Dry and Light have practically disappeared. Two months ago, the water from Bolshoy Lebyazhye left. And Small Lebyazhye is now in critical condition. As they say, on the last gasp.

In nature, all lakes are filtered under the ground year-round. In addition, in hot weather, water evaporates. In our case, in addition to all this, the drying up was due to the fact that the lakes almost lost their natural catchment area, - Vladimir Sokolov, General Director of the Kazangeology Research and Production Enterprise, believes. - In addition, the catchment area is sharply asymmetric. From the south and southeast, the watershed is located at a distance of 100 - 250 m from the lake. The main part of the catchment is located in a remote northern direction.

Lake Swan

There is an opinion that the lakes went to the Yudinsky quarry. Nothing like this! The quarry has been developed for 30 - 40 years. And 15 - 20 years ago, both lakes - Bolshoye Lebyazhye and Small Lebyazhye - were full-flowing. The catchment area, that is, the feeding area of the lakes, extended to the village of Novonikolaevsky, the village of Osinovo and reached 30 square meters. kilometers. As studies by specialists have shown, gradual urbanization: the construction of the western industrial zone and the highway Kazan - Nizhny Novgorod - Moscow, has led to a decrease in the catchment area to 12 square meters. kilometers, which is now almost completely populated.

The condition of the lakes has deteriorated sharply since the 1990s. The water level dropped noticeably, especially in summer. The silted bottom of the reservoirs began to spread an unpleasant odor. Due to the lowering of the water level, the water began to "bloom" - to overgrow with algae. The geo-ecological and aesthetic state of the lakes has deteriorated, waterlogging has begun.

REANIMATION.

Attempts to return the lakes of the complex to full flow have been made before. Several years ago, according to the project of the Moscow Institute, measures were taken to fill Lebyazhye with water by pumping it from the Yudinsky quarry. But the attempt failed. The pipes were pulled. Reservoirs again remained without replenishment.

Our company proposed and built a system for restoring the optimal geo-ecological state of Lebyazhye - the creation of an artificial recharge source, - continues Vladimir Nikolayevich. - We set the task, first of all, to raise the level regime of the lake. In the mid-1990s, two high-rate artesian wells with a depth of 115 meters were drilled here. Unfortunately, they were inactive for a long time. But two years ago, the company began to restore them. And today they are ready to supply up to 2.5 thousand cubic meters of water per day to the lake. Thus, in a little over a month, the water in Lebyazhye will rise by more than a meter. And from 69.2 meters it will reach the mark of 70.5 meters. This is his natural average annual level. Artificial feeding of the lake will be carried out from spring to autumn. By the way, artesian water, although harsh in composition, is tasty.

PRESENTATION.

The other day Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin and head of the Kirovsky district Airat Nurutdinov attended a presentation of the water supply restoration system. It consists, as we have already said, of two artesian wells installed by power lines, a pump control station, submersible pumps, a protective dam built on the isthmus from the Small Lebyazhye and the former Big Lebyazhye Lake. The most obvious and promising to become a popular place for citizens to relax again is an artificial stream bed for aeration (oxygenation) of the supplied water. It is a small lake, where the pipe from the wells, the cascade and the stream itself are led out.

It was very interesting for us to work on this project, - Elena Falina, director of Tozelesh Land LLC, admits. - Satisfaction is double - the restoration of the water balance of the beloved lake and the creation of another recreation area for Kazan citizens.

A mini-lake and a cascade act as a kind of damper. After all, the flow from wells to the surface will come with a capacity of 100 cubic meters per hour. A stream about 70 meters long is needed so that the water, before getting into Lebyazhye, has time to warm up at least a little and be saturated with oxygen. When developing the design, the designers tried to bring it as close as possible to the wonderful natural landscape of the lake. Therefore, appropriate materials were chosen for decoration: sand, river pebbles and rubble stone.

ONLY THE BEGINNING.

Artificial replenishment of Lebyazhye is the first step in the program for the revival of the lake, - says Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin. - The next stage is the creation of a modern, multifunctional and convenient park zone around the reservoir.

Most likely, these works will be entrusted to the enterprise of the deputy of the Kazan City Duma Valery Kalmykov, which has proven itself well in the large-scale improvement of Petrov Park.

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The city of Dubna is located in one of the ecologically clean areas of the Moscow region. This is a city of regional significance, in which about sixty-three thousand people live. Dubna is located in the very north of the Moscow region on the banks of the Volga, one hundred and twenty-eight kilometers from the capital.

Lakes of the Moscow region

There are more than two thousand lakes in the Moscow region. Their total area is more than one hundred and thirty square kilometers. This is twice as much as the territory of the Republic of San Marino, for example. According to their age, origin, the lakes of the Moscow region are different. Some of them appeared in the post-glacial era, when a giant glacier retreated to the north, left on it boulders, sands, pebbles and gravel brought from Karelia and Scandinavia, formed moraine ridges and hills in the west and north of the region, which now make up the upland, which is called Smolensko -Moscow.

In the basins between the ridges and hills, a large number of moraine-dammed lakes formed, which occupied large areas. Many of them gradually filled with silt and eventually disappeared or were significantly reduced in size. Today we want to tell you about one of the cleanest lakes in the Moscow region, where not only Muscovites, but also guests of the capital like to relax.

History of Lebyazhye

This lake is a man-made quarry for the extraction of clay, which was used to fill and strengthen the banks of the Canal. Moscow between the first and second locks. When the canal was filled with Volga water, it began to seep into the quarry. Before the construction of the highway and the railway, the water went east, then in ditches and streams to the Black River.

It is interesting that the water of Lebyazhye Lake is one meter higher than the level of the Bolshaya Volga microdistrict and the Moscow Canal.

Description of the lake

According to the citizens and tourists visiting these places year-round, this is the most picturesque and cleanest lake in the city of Dubna near Moscow. There are crayfish and almost all types of freshwater fish and even water lilies bloom here. Even in summer, the water is transparent several meters deep.

Lake Lebyazhye is located in the south-west of the city, very close to the Bolshaya Volga railway station. The mirror of the reservoir is two hundred and sixty-five thousand square meters. The reservoir is stretched from the northwest to the southeast for a thousand seventy-five meters in length and five hundred and twenty-five meters in width. At the border with the forest is the flooded eastern shore. From the channel to them. Moscow lake is separated by a road embankment. To the north are horticultural areas.

The water in the lake is stagnant, there are no tributaries and flowing rivers. It is quite deep (about eight meters). The water is green-brown. The Dmitrovskoye Highway, which connects Dubna with the capital, divides Lake Lebyazhye into two parts. A little to the west of this reservoir, behind a small jumper, is the beginning of the Moscow Canal.

What is attractive about the lake?

Its distinctive feature is transport accessibility. But not only this is famous for Lake Lebyazhye. Muscovites also like resting in these places because, despite the fact that the lake is not flowing, the water here is very clear and clean. The beaches are sandy, so here you can not only sunbathe, but also swim.

In addition, Lebyazhye Lake is famous for its fishing, not only in summer, but also in winter.

Fishing

For fishermen, the Swan Lake in Dubna is a real expanse: there are shallows and reed islands here. The pond along the banks is heavily overgrown with reeds, you can’t get to the water everywhere, so it’s better to fish from a boat. Moscow and Dubninsk fishermen are frequent guests here. The lake is home to perch and pike, crucian carp and roach, burbot and tench. Fishing on Lake Lebyazhye will please both spinners, floaters, and jig fishers.

Winter fishing on the lake is especially good, especially on the last or first ice, when you can successfully catch here with mormyshka, vents, and a float. In addition, the station and the highway are very close, there are no problems with visiting these places. Surprisingly, despite the great popularity, it is almost always cozy and quiet here. Especially during open water. At this time, many people prefer the stretches located on the Ivankovsky reservoir to the lake, and therefore sometimes you can swim all day on a rubber boat or sit on the shore all alone, and no one will distract you from fishing.

Current problems of the lake

When clay was mined for the banks of the canal. Moscow, aquifers were discovered and springs began to overflow the lake. The water level in the lake was constantly rising. Dmitrovskoe highway had to be raised twice above the lake. Drainage pipes were then laid under it, and water flooded the forest.

Over time, the "extra" water from the lake flowed through the forest to the area of the city cemetery. Then the development of a project was begun to drain this area with the diversion of water from the lake into the Sestra River. The project was not carried out in full, the ditch was not brought to the forest. For this reason, for the construction of multi-storey buildings, deforestation became necessary, followed by backfilling with soil, which should block the path of water.

On June 15 this year, public hearings were held. They were devoted to the change in the General Plan of the type of land use between the railway and the Dmitrov highway on Lake Lebyazhye in Dubna. What do they want to do there? Representatives of the public of the city, deputies of the City Duma and officials from the city administration gathered for the hearings. At this meeting, the proposal of the Ministry of Property to change the type of use of this territory (twenty-five hectares) from “recreational zone” (P1) to residential development (Zh1) was discussed.

The hearings were chaired by Deputy Chairman of the Council of Deputies of Dubna M. Podlesny. He told all those present that a lot of protest letters had been received with a large number of signatures of citizens and documents that justify the inadmissibility of creating a residential area near the lake. As a result of the hearings, Mikhail Podlesny expressed gratitude to the developers of the project and said that during the discussion of the General Plan, a compromise was reached, and he informed the residents that the General Plan can only be accepted in full. At the same time, he stressed that the majority of citizens do not support the General Plan in the proposed version, so they will work on it further.

As it became known later, the Ministry of Property of the Moscow Region took into account the opinion of the inhabitants of the city and abandoned plans to change the designation of the area it owns from recreational to residential.

Where to stay?

Between the lake and the canal there are beautiful places where you can pitch tents, but as a rule, it is too noisy here on weekends. Therefore, if you prefer more comfort, we recommend that you stay at the Bolshaya Volga sports and fishing base. It is located on the shore of the Ivankovsky reservoir, which is located to the west of Lake Lebyazhye. In addition, there are many hotels and guest houses at the disposal of vacationers and fishermen in Dubna. The sanatorium-preventorium "Ratmino" and the recreation center "Lipnya" are popular.

Swan Lake: how to get there?

If you plan to go on a trip by car, then you should go along the Dmitrovskoe highway. Having passed the Dubna sign, the traffic police post, after a kilometer you will see the lake. You can use public transport. From the Savelovsky station there is an electric train to the Bolshaya Volga station. After leaving the train, go along the highway towards the capital no more than five hundred meters.