Two-week journey on the Volga explores country’s long history A trip along the mighty Volga River in Russia provides an incredible history lesson – whether about conquering tsars and invading armies, ...

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On a recent day in Moscow, a newly revamped four-tier cruise ship named the Mikhail Bulgakov departs amid rousing music and much fanfare to ply the Moskva and Volga rivers. Named after a brilliant ...

In the central Russian city of Ulyanovsk, bathers at a popular municipal beach must traipse more than 200 meters to reach the waters of the Kuibyshev Reservoir. Near Kazan, the capital of Russia's ...