Description of the attraction
Lake Pleshcheyevo is a freshwater moraine lake located in the southwestern part of the Yaroslavl region of Russia. The lake is part of a large national park of the same name "Lake Pleshcheyevo". The height of the lake above sea level is 137 m, the length of the lake is 9.5 km, the width is 6.5 km; the total area of the water surface is 51 sq. km. The greatest depth of Lake Pleshcheyeva reaches 25 m. The lake reaches its maximum width in the area of the settlement of Gorodishche and along the line of the village of Solomidino; the maximum length of the lake is observed, starting from the mouth of the Trubezh river, which flows into the lake, and ending with the exit of the Vyoksa river from the lake. As for the shape of the lake, it has a rounded shape, while the shores are absolutely flat, somewhat low and swampy.
The central part of the lake is especially deep and has rounded slopes - this circumstance can mean only one thing - the lake was formed in connection with the presence of underground karst depressions, because this type of rocks is characterized by some lowering of the bottom level. In the village of Usolye there are numerous Salt Springs.
Every year in November, the lake freezes, and in April it breaks open again and feeds exclusively on snow.
The lake is over 30 thousand years old. Its formation took place after the continental glaciers retreated, which is reliably confirmed by the location of the lake on the very border of ancient alluvial sediments and glacial moraine. The originally formed reservoir was much larger than the existing one today, because its former boundaries are seen as an elevated border on the southern and eastern sides of the lake. The following settlements are located on this territory: Bolshaya Brembola, Gorodishche, Veskovo, Krasnoe, Solomidino.
At the end of the 17th century, a training "amusing" flotilla belonging to Peter the Great was built on the lake. In the first decades of the 20th century, it was revived again, but for just a few years.
The second name of the lake is Pereslavskoe, which was obtained from the same name located on the shore of Pereslavl-Zalessky. The lake is also named: Kleshcheyevo, Kleshchino, Pleshchino, Pleshchee, Pleshcheevskoe, Pereslavl, Pleshka, Pleshcheyka, Pereyaslavl and Pleshchei.
Most often, the name is indicated on the maps as Lake Pleshcheyevo, but the rest of the names have never been used to designate the lake on geographical maps. The well-known historian of the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky Alexander Svirelin pointed out that the correct name of the lake sounds like Pleschee or Pleshchino, but the rest of the names are only distorted or even illiterate.
According to popular legend, the lake got its name due to the fact that the lake tends to throw out and throw out all things thrown into it.
As for the biological productivity of Lake Pleshcheyevo, it is quite high. An important indicator of this productivity is the average annual benthos biomass, which is 209 kg / ha; the average annual biomass of zooplankton is 2.25 mg / l.
The fishing community is represented by 16 different species of fish, the most valuable of which, in the commercial sense, are bream, silver bream, perch, burbot, bleak, roach, pike and vendace. You can also find other types of fish: crucian carp, loach, ruff, gudgeon, tench and pinch.
On the shores of the lake live birds: white-tailed eagle, swan, duck, osprey, gull and heron. It is important to note that swans are quite rare here - when they fly.
In the area where the lake is located, fishing is especially developed; commercial fish are also caught here, such as the Pereslavskaya vendace, which is listed in the Red Book, and also - ruff, perch.
Kitesurfing in summer or snowkiting in winter is popular on Pleshcheyevo Lake.
On the coast of the lake there are many sights and monuments of the city, among which one can note the monument called "Kleshchinsky complex", the famous Blue Stone, Nikitsky Monastery and the Museum "Boat of Peter I".
