Neva River

Located in northwestern Russia, it flows from Lake Ladoga through the city of Saint Petersburg to the Gulf of Finland, and it is it the third largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge, after the Volga and the Danube. The length of the Neva is 74 km. and 28 km of these, are with the city boundaries of Saint Petersburg, while the rest are within Leningrad Oblast.
It´s basin includes Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega, two of the largest lakes in Europe, and spans over a large area of Northwestern Russia and southern Finland. Some interesting things to know about this River, are that Alexander Nevsky took his name after this river, following the victory over Swedes in Battle of the Neva in 1240, and this is the river that Grigori Rasputin drowned in.