Russia’s mighty Volga river stretches 2,193 miles (3,530 kilometers) from the northwest of Moscow down to the Caspian Sea in the south. It’s the country’s principle waterway and the historic ...

Final of five parts. Astrakhan is the last major city downstream on the Volga River, on the edge of a delta reaching into the Caspian Sea. This is the spawning ground for beluga and its cousin ...

From the monasteries immersed in the Taiga forests, to the cities suspended between ancient and modern—the journey across the Volga River recounts the Russian spirit.

From the River Port at St. Naberezhnaya Kosmonavtov 7a it is possible to take a cruise as far south as Astrakhan, as far north as St. Petersburg and all major cities on the Volga River, as well as ...

Sailing the Volga to Russias cities, ... I mean a cruise in Russia, where I spent 11 nights traveling up the Volga on a 400-foot river ship. The ship, the Viking Surkov, ...

Nowhere is the Volga River more hallowed than in the city named after it: Volgograd, better known as Stalingrad, site of one of World War II's most important, and bloodiest, battles. Today ...

The 2,300-mile Mother Volga, a river of history, folklore, song and art, ... As the Volga undulates its way past cities, it seems to follow the course of this post-Soviet divide.

The 2,300-mile Volga River is Russia's pride and lifeblood. It provides water, power and transport and has played a key role in Russia's history. Now, in post-Soviet times, the river and its ...

Foundation "Without rivers as without hands" 23 October 2023 21:32 On May 20, 2023, the action "Tribute to the Volga on the Day of the Volga" was held to assess the quality of river water of the Volga ...

Europe's longest river stretches for an astonishing 2,193 miles across only one country and has long been considered a symbol of national unity.. The source of the Volga River stands in the Valdai ...

Roman Busargin, governor of the Saratov region about 450 miles southeast of Moscow, said the cities of Saratov and Engels, on opposite banks of the Volga River, had been subjected to a mass drone ...