🌅 Bolshoy Volzhsky Lighthouse

Дубна, район Большая Волга, мыс у впадения канала в Волгу

A lighthouse on the cape between the Volga, the Ivankovo Reservoir and the Moscow Canal; you can't get up to the lighthouse itself, but from the bank near it you can see the “three waters”.

The lighthouse was built in 1937 by prisoners of Dmitlag who were building the Moscow–Volga canal.
The 25-metre brick tower is in the spirit of constructivism.
It is the only working river lighthouse in Central Russia; it operates during the navigation season.
It is a leading light: it works as a pair with the 6.5 m Maly Volzhsky Lighthouse, and together they show ships the entrance to the canal.
On the other bank of the canal stands a 37-metre monument to Lenin including its pedestal, the second largest in the world.

Part of these routes

Dubna: Lenin by the canal and the Volga