FAYETTE - The river runs through it, and an enterprising Upper Iowa University student wants to map it. The Volga River snakes and bends its way through a 5,500-acre state recreation area that also ...
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 highly prized Caspian ...
As winter slowly approached in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, the trees along the River Volga began to change colour (at the time of my visit). Their leaves turned bright red, orange and yellow, ...
In Russian folklore, the Volga River is mother and mistress, comrade and beloved companion and subject of tall tales. For today's Russia, it remains all of the above and an important source of water, ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Upper Iowa student attempts to make Volga River safer
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Volga, Volga! Low-Water Crisis Raises Questions About Managing Russia's Main Artery