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The water level of the lake has been changed several times. At the beginning of the 20th century it was 2–2.3 m above sea level, then it was lowered several times, in the beginning of 1940 - it was raised. From 1945 to 1965, the surface of the lake was about 1.3 meters above sea level - at that time
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