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 ...

Since nearly all Volga cities and towns—and Moscow, via the canal—end up using the river for their water supply, this pollution comes with a hefty bill for water treatment.

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.

While Russians were celebrating the New Year, the city of Saratov on the Volga River grew fivefold and, thus, became the second largest city in the country after Moscow, displacing St. Petersburg.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Samara is a city defined by the vast Volga River, which has held a unique position in Russian culture for hundreds of years. It's been depicted in some of the country's most famous ...