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Moskva River ( and partially Smolensk Oblast s in Russia , left Tributary of the Oka River . The length of the river is 503 Km . The area of its Basin is 17,600 Sq Km . It freezes up in November - December and stays under the ice until late March - April. Its main tributaries are the Ruza , Istra , Yauza , Pakhra , and Severka . Moscow (Москва́), the Capital of Russia, is situated on it, also the river flows via Zvenigorod , Voskresensk , Kolomna , Zhukovsky , Bronnitsy , and Mozhaysk . ''Moskva'' and ''Moscow'' are two different transliterations of the same Russian word ''Москва''. The city is named after the river. The origin of the name is unknown, several theories exist {Link without Title} . One of the theories is that the name comes from an ancient Finnic language, meaning "dark", "turbid". According to other theories, the name may come from Komi language meaning "cow-river" or from Mordovian language meaning "bear-river". |
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