Important Russian cities on this longest Russian river include Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan & Samara
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Kazan - Wikipedia  Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,535, it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European ..... Bus routes connect Kazan with all districts of Tatarstan, Samara, Ufa, Tolyatti, Orenburg,...
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Volga River | river, Russia | Britannica.com  River of Europe, the continent's longest, and the principal waterway of western ... from the river's upper reaches to Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky) and Kazan; ... (Between the Samara Bend and Volgograd it receives only the relatively small ... which, with an area of more than 7,330 square miles, is the largest in Russia.
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Volga River - Wikipedia  The Volga is the longest river in Europe; it is also Europe's largest river in terms of discharge and watershed. It flows through central Russia and into the Caspian Sea, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Eleven of the twenty largest cities of Russia, including the capital, Moscow, ... From there it turns south, flows past Ulyanovsk, Tolyatti, Samara, Saratov...
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St. Petersburg - Rostov-on-Don river cruise, Russian river cruises ...  St. Petersburg is Russias second largest and second most important city .... for UNESCO to include Nizhny Novgorod in the list of 100 cities of the world ... Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka rivers in central European Russia. ... Samara: On this day you will be taken on a panoramic city tour of Samara.
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GREAT RIVERS OF RUSSIA | Facts and Details  The Volga, Europe's longest river, is by far Russia's most important ... thirteen largest cities are located on its banks: Nizhniy Novgorod, Samara, Kazan', and Volgograd. ... which lies mainly in Siberia but also includes part of European Russia.
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Dnieper - Wikipedia  The Dnieper River /nipr/ or /dnjpr is one of the major rivers of Europe (fourth by length), rising near Smolensk, Russia and flowing through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
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Volga River | river, Russia | Britannica.com  River of Europe, the continent's longest, and the principal waterway of ... Rising in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow, the Volga discharges into the ... only the relatively small left-bank tributaries of the Samara, Bolshoy Irgiz, and Yeruslan. .... The Volga, navigable for some 2,000 miles, and its more than 70 navigable...
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Volga River - Wikipedia  The Volga is the longest river in Europe; it is also Europe's largest river in terms of discharge ... In modern Turkic languages, the Volga is known as del () in Tatar,  ... The Volga freezes for most of its length for three months each year. ... Boatman's Song is one of many songs devoted to the national river of Russia.
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Volga River | river, Russia | Britannica.com  River of Europe, the continent's longest, and the principal waterway of western ... Rising in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow, the Volga discharges into the...
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the volga federal district - RUSSIA: Travel to Russia, Russian culture ...  The city is situated at the convergence of two rivers - the Oka and Volga. ... Its inhabitants call it also "The third capital of Russia" (after Moscow and St. Petersburg). ... In 1932 Nizhny Novgorod was renamed Gorky in honor of the famous writer Maxim ... very quickly became a rich cultural center, a meeting place and a school.
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Nizhny Novgorod - Wikipedia  Nizhny Novgorod colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is a city and the administrative center of ... Later it was transformed into the contemporary name of the city that literally ... A particular style of architecture and icon painting, known as the Stroganov ... Nizhny Novgorod is the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow,...
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Free Flashcards about EUROPE - StudyStack  IN SPAIN THIS SECOND-LARGEST CITY IS A MAJOR PORT ON THE ... LOCATED ON THE THAMES RIVER, IT'S BEEN EUROPE'S LARGEST CITY SINCE ABOUT ... SMOLENSK, MOGILEV, & KIEV ARE MAJOR PORTS LYING ON THIS,...
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Saint Petersburg Russia Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ...  The city is a major international port and tourist destination, with tourists ... Peter the Great seized control over the confluence of the Neva River and the Gulf of .... Among its many art galleries, the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, and the .... It is situated on the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea in the delta of the Neva River,...
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the volga federal district - RUSSIA: Travel to Russia, Russian culture ...  The city is situated at the convergence of two rivers - the Oka and Volga. ... Its inhabitants call it also "The third capital of Russia" (after Moscow and St. Petersburg). ... In 1932 Nizhny Novgorod was renamed Gorky in honor of the famous writer...
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Volga River - Wikipedia  The Volga is the longest river in Europe; it is also Europe's largest river in terms of discharge and watershed. It flows through central Russia and into the Caspian Sea, and is widely ... The Volga and its tributaries form the Volga river system, which flows through an area of about 1,350,000 square kilometres (521,238 square...
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About the Danube River - Viking River Cruises  The longest river in the European Union, the Danube River is the second-longest river in Europe after Russias Volga. ... Find itineraries for Danube river cruises from Viking River Cruises. ... Oddly enough, the waterway is not called Danube in any of the countries through which ...
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Soviets Restoring Czarist-era Names - tribunedigital-sunsentinel  Jun 23, 1991 ... On their way out are dozens of places named after communist ... On their way back are names from pre-1917 czarist days of old Russia. ... city on the Volga River, its historic name of Nizhny Novgorod. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin had renamed it after Maxim Gorky, a writer turned enthusiastic communist.
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Volga facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ...  It is the longest river of Europe and the principal waterway of Russia, being navigable ... of the Russian people, and it is characteristically named in Russian folklore "Mother Volga. ... The Volga was known to the ancient Greeks as the Rha, but little was known about the ... Its importance as a trade route dates from that time.
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J! Archive - Show #4852, aired 2005-10-18  Michigan claims the nation's oldest one, starting in 1849; don't miss the pig .... The source of the Lena River, one of Russia's longest, lies less than 10 miles from...
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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky travel guide - Wikitravel  Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the second largest city in the world that is ... However, a handful of roads on the peninsula connect the city with its airport (in Yelizovo) ... Vitus Bering monument  the oldest monument in Russia's Far East, built...
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Neva River - Wikipedia  The Neva is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part ... It flows through the city of Saint Petersburg, three smaller towns of ... Modern names for the distributaries of the river delta were settled only by the end ... Because of the uniform water-flow from Lake Ladoga to the Neva over the...