Oginski Canal
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The Oginski Canal is a canal
Canal
Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...

 in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

 which connects Yaselda River and Shchara River
Shchara River
Shchara River is a river in Belarus, a left tributary of the Neman River. It is 325 km in length.Shchara flows through Slonim.- Main tributaries :Right: Lipnyanka, Myshanka, Lakhazva, Usa, Padyavarka. Left: Vedma, Grivda, Lukonitsa, Sipa....

 of length 54 km. Its construction was started in 1765 by count Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, hence the name.
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