Lake Pleshcheyevo

Russia / Jaroslavl / Pereslavl-Zalesskiy /
A lake in Russia, and formerly a resort for Russian tsars, is located in Yaroslavl Oblast. The town of Pereslavl-Zalessky is on the southeastern side of the lake.

The lake, which is part of Pleshcheyevo National Park, covers an area of over 51 km², 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, and fishing.

One of Lake Pleshcheyevo's inhabitants is the vendace or "freshwater herring" (ryapushka in Russian). The city of 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.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pleshcheyevo
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Coordinates:   56°45'58"N   38°46'49"E