KIESHKI

KIESHKI, Aksakovskoye, a bayou lake, a natural monument (1965). Located in the basin of the Belaya River, near Derevnya Stariye Kiyeshki of Karmaskalinsky Raion. Surface area — approx. 0.2 km2, length — 1.9 km, aver. width — 70 m (max. — 120 m). Nuphar lutea, Potamogeton lucens, Typha angustifolia, Ceratophyllum demer- sum, Elodea canadensis, etc grow here. It is inhabited by K. fish. and its surroundings are described in the books, written by S.T.Aksakov.