Gus (river) explained

Gus
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Russia
Length:147km (91miles)
Mouth:Oka
Mouth Coordinates:54.9992°N 41.1867°W
Basin Size:3910km2

The Gus (Russian: Гусь, lit. goose) is a river in Vladimir and Ryazan Oblasts, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Oka. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .[1]

The names of several inhabited localities locating along the river's bank are derived from the river's name (Gus-Khrustalny, Gusevsky, Gus-Zhelezny, Gus-Parakhino, Gusevsky Pogost). According to, the literal translation of the river's name as "goose" is a folk etymology, and the origin of the name lies in an unknown substrate language from which some other local toponyms ending with "-us" (i.e. Charus, Iberdus etc.) also derive.[2]

On the river Gus the Gus Crystal plant is located. It is world-famous production site of original Russian crystal which gave the name to the Gus-Khrustalny city.

Notes and References

  1. http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=178847 «Река ГУСЬ»
  2. Web site: Неизвестные языки Поочья . ru . www.ruslang.ru . 2016-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160404111740/http://www.ruslang.ru/doc/voprosy/voprosy1960-5.pdf . 2016-04-04 . dead .