Isn’t the Volga a real river?” In a way it isn’t really a river anymore—it no longer flows naturally. It is now so mediated by human intervention that it is better thought of as a machine.

Astrakhan, on the Volga River, once was known as Russia's caviar capital — but no more. As the fish neared extinction, Russia banned all commercial sturgeon fishing in the area and the export of ...

Hartley’s chronological narrative, rich in vivid detail, begins over 1,000 years ago, when the principality of Kievan Rus vied with the Khazar Khaganate and the Bulgars for the lucrative trade on the ...

Nyet. Traffic on the Volga, Europe’s longest river, has rebounded sharply in the past two years, as we learned on a recent two-week cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive on after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing as many as 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in ...

The serial killer was dubbed in the press as the "Volga maniac" because many of his alleged crimes were committed in several regions lying along the Volga River, Europe's longest river.

That is because none of the summit delegates will actually see Togliatti. Politicians and their top advisers are staying across the river from the town, in the government-owned resort of Volzhsky ...

Cooperation among regions around the upper and middle reaches of China's Yangtze River and the areas along the Volga River in Russia has contributed greatly to the development of both nations ...

A railway bridge over the Volga River near Russia ’s Samara city was damaged by a blast on Monday, the RIA news agency reported, citing emergency services.

The Samara summit between Russia and the EU is actually taking place miles away from the city. The venue is a summer resort on the banks of the tranquil River Volga, upstream of the town of ...