Tobulyak named the river after the cat. as a joke And the name not only stuck, but also became official!
Colleagues from the Journal Post learned from Vladimir of Tobolsk how he managed to put the name of his beloved cat on the map of the Tyumen region.
I noticed that only two local rivers have names on online maps. The OpenStreetMap platform allows you to fill in the map freely. And then they did it without citing sources. I put an archive of old city plans and drawings on this map. Restored the historical names of rivers. All but one were nameless," he explained.
Tobuliak discovered that this river was created back in the 80s, when a dam was built on the Irtysh, and was called an "irrigation canal" on maps. Vladimir decided to change his name. A cat named Dosa was nearby. This is how the name appeared in the Tatar way - Dusovka.
Dosovka can now be found on Yandex. Maps, WaterwayMap, it was also officially mentioned by the authorities of Tobolsk, as well as fishermen on thematic sites.
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