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17-409: The lake, which is part of Pleshcheyevo Ozero National Park , covers an area of over 51 km, its length being 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) and its shoreline 28 kilometres (17 mi). Although it is 25 metres (82 ft) deep in the middle, the waters near the shore are quite shallow. The lake is well known for camping, swimming, fishing, and hot air ballooning . The Primary Chronicle refers to

34-553: A depth of 1 meter. The territory is partially forested, with stands of artificially-introduced Scots Pine (130–150 years ago) along the shore. There are also spruce and aspen forest areas, and some mixed broadleaf with oak trees at their northern limit. The park has recorded 790 species of vascular plants in 93 different families. The park has recorded 300 species of vertebrates, including 60 species of mammals, 210 of birds, 10 of reptiles and amphibians, 109 of insects, and 19 of fish. A large-sized vendance (Russian: "Ryapushka"),

51-581: A freshwater whitefish of the Salmonidae , is endemic to Lake Pleshcheyevo; some authors describe it as a subspecies Coregonus albus Pereslavicus . While endemic, the Ryapushki is not threatened, and served in smoked form as a local delicacy. The health of the Ryapushka has been historically a measure of the health of the lake, as records have been kept of catches and deliveries to the royal court since 1645, through

68-489: A young age and most spawn for the first time in their second year, but a few may breed in their first autumn. The European vendace is very closely related to the Siberian Coregonus sardinella (sardine cisco) and also to C. peled , although phenotypic differences are clear. Within the vendace, taxonomic subdivisions have been suggested both on geographical grounds and between sympatric ecotypes. FishBase lists

85-535: Is Humid continental climate, warm summer ( Köppen climate classification (Dfb) ). This climate is characterized by large swings in temperature, both diurnally and seasonally, with mild summers and cold, snowy winters. Average temperatures range from 10 F in January to 64 F in July. Annual precipitation averages 23 inches. Annual snowcover is 13–140 cm, and typical depth is 30–40 cm. Soil in mid-winter freezes to

102-417: Is 9 km in diameter, and has a 28 km shoreline. It is 25 meters in depth but shallow around the edges. The surrounding shore and region is shaped by the receded glaciers of the last ice age, leaving a moraine-type landscape: gravelly formations of long ridges, extensive wetlands and meandering rivers, and occasional isolated hills. The higher ground above the lake has river valleys with terraces, and

119-536: Is a popular tourist destination from Moscow - it is a 2-3 bus ride between the two cities, and the buses run every. Hotels can fill quickly during holidays and peak periods. Coregonus albula Coregonus albula , known as the vendace or as the European cisco , is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae . It is found in lakes in northern Europe, especially Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Russia and Estonia, and in some lakes of Norway,

136-536: Is considered a delicacy, which has been granted a PDO status in the Swedish Bothnian Bay archipelago ( Kalix löjrom ). The vendace is a slim and streamlined fish with an adipose fin - an additional small fin on the back between the dorsal fin and the tail (caudal fin) which is typical in the salmon family. Its lower jaw is longer than the upper one. It is similar in appearance to both the common whitefish ( Coregonus lavaretus sensu lato), whose upper jaw

153-596: Is longer than its lower one, and the peled ( Coregonus peled ), whose jaws are of equal length. The back is bluish green or brown, the flanks are silvery and the belly white. This fish seldom grows more than 30 cm (12 in) long. Vendace mainly feed on zooplankton, such as small crustaceans and their larvae, but larger fish also feed on floating insects and fish fry . The fish live in schools made up of large groups of individuals. They lay their eggs on pebbly or sandy ground, some in shallow water and others at depths of down to 20 m (66 ft). The fish mature at

170-722: Is noted for its associations with vendace , or "freshwater herring" ( ryapushka in Russian). Pereslavl 's coat of arms has two golden ryapushka on a black ground. This town was known in the Middle Ages for exporting smoked ryapushka, which was the favorite fish at the Tsars' table. This Yaroslavl Oblast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pleshcheyevo Ozero National Park Pleshcheyovo Ozero (Lake) National Park (Russian: Национальный парк «Плещеево озеро») covers Lake Pleshcheyevo and surrounding areas in

187-765: The Zalesye part of the Yaroslavl Oblast . The lake is highly popular for recreational use, as an ecological habitat, and is a former resort for the Russian tsars . The lake is located on the central part of the East European Plain , about 130 km northeast of Moscow , in the basin of the Upper Volga . On the southeast shore is the old town of Pereslavl-Zalessky , included in the Golden Ring of Russia . The lake itself

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204-507: The Lake of Kleshchin , which was a Meryan town on its shore. The major relic of Kleshchin is a legendary twelve-ton boulder, the " Blue stone ", which was worshipped by pagans in centuries past, and is still a venue for celebrating Russian Orthodox holidays. In 1688–1693, Peter the Great built his famous "funny flotilla" (i. e. training flotilla) on Lake Pleshcheyevo for his own amusement, including

221-570: The United Kingdom, northern Germany, and Poland. It is also found in diluted brackish water in the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia , both of which are in the Baltic Sea . The length of an adult is normally about 20 cm (8 in). The maximum age is about ten years. The vendace is traditionally the most important target of freshwater fisheries in parts of Fennoscandia and Russia. Vendace roe

238-554: The limiting of large-scale commercial capture in the early 1960s. The Ryapuska was the subject of one of the Russian government's first public acts concerning conservation, when a ban on catching small whitefish was imposed in 1668. The lake region has been inhabited for millennia, and shows the long interplay of natural and human forces. The ancient city of Pereslavl has a wide variety of historical, cultural, and natural sites. The city draws hundreds of thousands of visitors every year to see its historic buildings and sites. Pereslavl

255-648: The middle region wetlands include peat bogs and other wetlands, including the Berendeyevskoye swamp (5007 hectares). The southern area of the park reached The ecoregion of Pleshcheyovo is Sarmatic mixed forests (WWF ID #436). This ecoregion is a strip of low forests, lakes and wetlands, running from the Baltic Sea east to the Urals. Forest cover is typically mixed conifer and deciduous trees, with large unbroken tracts under pressure from agriculture. For aquatic habitat,

272-546: The park is in the "Volga-Ural" freshwater ecoregion (WWF ID #410), a region that is characterized in general by a high number fish species but relatively few endemics. Of the 65 species of fish in the overall ecoregion, 19 are found in Lake Pleshcheyevo. The development of dams, reservoirs and catchments along the Volga have disrupted spawning sites and favored species adapted to slower moving waters. The climate of Pleshcheyovo

289-545: The so-called Peter's little boat, which would be considered one of the forefathers of the Russian fleet . The Botik (small boat) museum in Pereslavl-Zalessky chronicles the history of the first Russian fleet and keeps one of the original ship models. In 1925, author Mikhail Prishvin spent a year at a research station near the lake and wrote up his observations of the landscape in his work The Springs of Berendey . The lake

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