Russian River (Alaska)

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Russian River
An aerial photo of the Russian River with a Black Bear.
Location:	Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Depth:	Shallow
Famous for:	Fishing, especially Salmon

For the river in California, see Russian River (California).

The Russian River is 13-mile-long (21 km) river on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows northward from Upper Russian Lake in the Kenai Mountains through Lower Russian Lake, draining into the Kenai River.

Like the Kenai, the Russian River is famous for its fishing, especially for salmon. There are two runs of sockeye salmon each year, in mid-June and mid-July, and a run of silver salmon starting in July.