Volga River, Russian Volga, ancient (Greek) Ra or (Tatar) Itil or Etil, river of Europe, the continent’s longest, and the principal waterway of western Russia and the historic cradle of the Russian state. Its basin, sprawling across about two-fifths of the European part of Russia, contains almost half of the entire population of the Russian Republic. The Volga’s immense economic, cultural ...

Map of European Russia with neighboring countries, international borders, major geographic features, district capitals, major cities, main roads, railroads and major airports. ... it was known as Gorky, an important economic hub and a major center of river tourism in Russia. Kazan is a port on the River Volga; it is also the capital and largest ...

The Moskva (Russian: река Москва, Москва-река, Moskva-reka) is a river running through western Russia.It rises about 140 km (90 mi) west of Moscow and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through central Moscow.About 110 km (70 mi) southeast of Moscow, at the city of Kolomna, it flows into the Oka, itself a tributary of the …

The Gulf of Finland (Finnish: Suomenlahti; Estonian: Soome laht; Russian: Фи́нский зали́в, tr. Finskiy zaliv, IPA: [ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif]; Swedish: Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea.It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg in Russia to the east, where the river Neva drains into it.

The Kama (Russian: Ка́ма, IPA: ; Tatar: Чулман; Udmurt: Кам) is a 1,805 kilometres (1,122 mi) long river in Russia.It has a drainage basin of 507,000 square kilometres (196,000 sq mi). It is the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge. At their confluence, in fact, the Kama is even larger than the Volga.

The Volga Finns (sometimes referred to as Eastern Finns) are a historical group of indigenous peoples of Russia living in the vicinity of the Volga, who speak Uralic languages.Their modern representatives are the Mari people, the Erzya and the Moksha Mordvins, as well as speakers of the extinct Merya, Muromian and Meshchera languages. The Permians are sometimes also …

The town-island, located at the confluence of the Volga, the Sviyaga, and the Shchuka rivers, was founded in 1551 by Ivan the Terrible. Located at a strategic position at a crossroads of Volga route and Silk Road, it was the initial outpost for Ivan's conquest of the Khanate of Kazan.

Jun 28, 2021 · Volga River. The Volga River is the longest in Europe and western Russia’s principal waterway. It covers much of the Volga region and stretches 3,530 kilometers from its source in the Valdai Hills to the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland water body.The Volga River Basin covers almost two-fifth of European Russia and hosts about half of Russia’s …

Jul 02, 2022 · Russia, country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Once the preeminent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.; commonly known as the Soviet Union), Russia became an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. Russia is a land of superlatives. By far the world’s largest …

Prior to the 17th century China and Russia were on opposite ends of Siberia, which was populated by independent nomads.By about 1640 Russian settlers had traversed most of Siberia and founded settlements in the Amur River basin. From 1652 to 1689, China's armies drove the Russian settlers out, but after 1689, China and Russia made peace and established trade …