The founder of the Russian band Cream Soda, whose music was used during anti-war protests in Russia, died after falling through the ice while crossing Russia’s Volga River on Sunday.

The Volga—tranquil and picturesque, yet also magnificent and powerful—was a wellspring of early 19th-century Romanticism. ... So does the well-known “Song of the Volga Boatmen”, ...

The group called Cream Soda released a song in 2017 about drowning in the Volga, four years before it's founding member died in the same way.

Andre swings the Mercedes out of Kazan to a road that seems to lead to the outer limits of geography. The countryside is a gentle roll of birch and pine, log houses sheathed in leafy darkness and ...

Vignettes as seen through what may be a tiny window in time: Much of the heart of old Russia-the 500 or so miles by water between Moscow and St. Petersburg-seems bereft of people as we cruise by.

In his memoirs, the Soviet director wrote that Chaplin was so impressed by the song that he suggested they make a movie about the Volga: “It’s such a great river! Just like our Mississippi.

Russia is practising stealth manoeuvres of Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles in its Volga region, the defence ministry said on Thursday. Skip to main content.

Boris Kustodiev’s “On the Volga” (1906). Photo: Heritage Images/Getty Images In a timeless, abundant land of woods, plains and water, a gruff farmer summons a timid teacher to instruct his ...