ABSTRACT
The glaciated area of the Russian Plain occupies a vast region from arctic areas in the north (68 degrees N) to the Don River drainage basin in the south (about 50 degrees N), and from the southwestern hills of the Valdai Upland (32 degrees E) to the Polar Urals (55-60 degrees E). Evidence from the adjacent regions of the Russian Plain support the occurrence of glaciations during the Early Pleistocene that correlate with glacial deposits in the basins of West Dvina, Oka and Dnieper, on the western slopes of the Volga Upland and in the Kama-Pechora Interfluve area. The regional patterns of ice movement has been reconstructed for the Dnieper Glaciation ice streams. In the northern half of the Russian Plain, numerous measurements of till clast fabric, together with specific till petrographical features indicate a southwesterly ice flow direction. In the south, the Moscow Ice Sheet advanced across the Russian Plain into the basins of the Desna and Sudost Rivers.
