Wikimapia is also a very interesting resource, as users can annotate (Google) maps with such things as town boundaries, factories and topographical features, sometimes even military features. Notice that the Kherebets and Krasna rivers (N-S) are fed by E-W ravines (Yars....) which cut up what looks like deceptively open country. http://wikimapia.org/m/#lat=49.1497024&lon=38.056958&z=11&l=1&m=b Note also the Kreminski-Kaptazhi Hydrological Reserve (wetlands, pretty