Dubna.
Dubna is a city in the Moscow region, near the border with the Tver region. It's known known mostly for the facts that the canal Moscow-Volga begins here and there is an important Joint Institute for Nuclear Research located here as well. Before the October Revolution, there were few villages in the area: Podberezye was on the left bank of the Volga, and Gorodishche, Alexandrovka, Ivankovo, Yurkino, and Kozlaki were on the right bank. Right after the Revolution one of the very first collective farms was organized in the Dubna area. In 1931, Orgburo (Organizational Bureau) of the Communist Party made a decision to build the Volga-Moscow canal. Genrikh Yagoda, then the leader of State Political Directorate, was put in charge of construction. The Canal was completed in 1937. Ivankovo Reservoir and the Ivankovo hydroelectrical plant were also created as a part of the project. Many villages and the town Korcheva were submerged under water. Dubna is mentioned in Aleksandr S...