The Pukshenga is a river in Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast

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 in Russia

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. It is a right tributary

Tributary

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 of the Northern Dvina River. It is 121 kilometres (75.2 mi) long, and the area of its basin 2330 square kilometres (899.6 sq mi). The principal tributaries of the Pukshenga are the Tyulenga River and the Shilenga River (both left).

The river basin of the Pukshenga includes the whole eastern part of the Kholmogorsky District, east of the Northern Dvina and south of the Pinega

Pinega River

The Pinega is a river in Verkhnetoyemsky, Pinezhsky, and Kholmogorsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina River. It is long, and the area of its basin...

, and minor areas in Pinezhsky

Pinezhsky District

Pinezhsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pinezhsky Municipal District...

  and Vinogradovsky District

Vinogradovsky District

Vinogradovsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vinogradovsky Municipal District...

s of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

The Pukshenga starts in the eastern part of the Kholmogorsky District, close to the border of the Pinezhsky District. It has two sources — Svetluga River and Proyezzhaya River. The latter one is the drain of the system of glacial lakes in both Kholmogorsky and Pinezhsky Districts. The Pukshenga flows west, and at the point it accepts the Kuzega River from the right, the course of the Pukshenga turns south-west. There are two settlements on the river banks, both with the name of Pukshenga. The settlement of Pukshenga is located several kilometers upstream from the mouth, whereas the village of Pukshenga is located in the mouth of the Pukshenga, on the right bank of the Northern Dvina.

The Pukshenga was a part of the old trading route used by the Novgorod

Novgorod Republic

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 merchants to get from the basin of the Northern Dvina into the river basin of the Pechora

Pechora River

The Pechora River is a river in northwest Russia which flows north into the Arctic Ocean on the west side of the Ural Mountains. It lies mostly in the Komi Republic but the northernmost part crosses the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. It is 1,809 km long and its basin is 322,000 square kilometers...

. The merchants were going upstream the Pukshenga, then moved to the Pokshenga

Pokshenga River

The Pokshenga is a river in Vinogradovsky and Pinezhsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Pinega River. It is long, and the area of its basin...

 and went downstream to the Pinega. From the Pinega, they used the Yezhuga

Yezhuga River

The Yezhuga is a river in Udorsky District of the Komi Republic and in Pinezhsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Pinega River. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributary is the Yeyuga...

, the Zyryanskaya Vashka and the Vashka

Vashka River

The Vashka is a river in Udorsky District of the Komi Republic and Leshukonsky and Mezensky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left and the biggest tributary of the Mezen River. It is long, and the area of its basin...

 to get to the Mezen

Mezen River

The Mezen is a river in Udorsky District of the Komi Republic and in Leshukonsky and Mezensky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. Its mouth is located in the Mezen Bay of the White Sea. Mezen is one of the biggest rivers of European Russia. It is long, and the area of its basin...

, and subsequently the Pyoza

Pyoza River

The Pyoza is a river in Mezensky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Mezen River. It is long, and the area of its basin...

 and the Tsilma

Tsilma River

The Tsilma is a river in Leshukonsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic in Russia. It is a left and one of the main tributaries of the Pechora River. It is long, and the area of its basin...

to get to the Pechora.