WebThe Volga (/ ˈ v ɒ l ɡ ə, ˈ v oʊ l ɡ ə /; Russian: Во́лга) is the longest river in Europe.Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea.The Volga has a length of 3,531 km (2,194 mi), and a catchment area of 1,360,000 km 2 (530,000 sq mi) which is more than twice the size of Ukraine.It is also Europe's largest …

WebVolga 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 …

WebThe Volga Delta is the largest river delta in Europe, and occurs where Europe's largest river system, the Volga River, drains into the Caspian Sea in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast, north-east of the republic of Kalmykia.The delta is located in the Caspian Depression—the far eastern part of the delta lies in Kazakhstan.The delta drains into the Caspian …

WebDanube River, German Donau, Slovak Dunaj, Hungarian Duna, Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian Dunav, Romanian Dunărea, Ukrainian Dunay, river, the second longest in Europe after the Volga. It rises in the Black Forest mountains of western Germany and flows for some 1,770 miles (2,850 km) to its mouth on the Black Sea. Along its course it passes …

WebThe majority of Volga Tatars are Kazan Tatars. They form the bulk of the Tatar population of Tatarstan. Traditionally, they inhabit the left bank of Volga River.. Khazar invasions forced the Bulgars, Turkic people, to migrate from the Azov steppes to the Middle Volga and lower Kama region during the first half of the eighth century. In the period of 10th–13th …

WebThe "Song of the Volga Boatmen" (known in Russian as Эй, ухнем![Ey, ukhnem!, "Yo, heave-ho!"], after the refrain) is a well-known traditional Russian song collected by Mily Balakirev and published in his book of folk songs in 1866. It was sung by burlaks, or barge-haulers, on the Volga River.Balakirev published it with only one verse (the first).

WebJun 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 …

WebRiver systems that may have existed in the past Amazon–Congo. The Amazon basin formerly drained westwards into the Pacific Ocean, until the Andes rose and reversed the drainage.. The Congo basin is completely surrounded by high land, except for its long narrow exit valley past Kinshasa, including waterfalls around Manyanga.That gives the …

WebVolga Bulgaria or Volga–Kama Bulgaria, was a historic Bulgar state that existed between the 7th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama River, in what is now European Russia.Volga Bulgaria was a multi-ethnic state with large numbers of Turkic Bulgars, a variety of Finnic and Ugric peoples, and many East Slavs. Its strategic position …

WebVolga-Dnepr Airlines, LLC (Russian: ООО «Авиакомпания «Волга-Днепр») is an airline based in Ulyanovsk, Russia.It specializes in providing air charter services by operating a unique fleet of twelve Antonov An-124 (largest production cargo aircraft), five Boeing 747-8F and five IL-76TD-90VD (Stage IV) ramp all cargo aircraft certified for global operations.