Traffic on the Volga, Europe’s longest river, has rebounded sharply in the past two years, as we learned on a recent two-week cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

The 2,300-mile Mother Volga, a river of history, folklore, song and art, is far more than Europe’s longest waterway. Like the Mississippi in America, it defines Russia’s spiritual heartland.

From the monasteries immersed in the Taiga forests, to the cities suspended between ancient and modern—the journey across the Volga River recounts ...

The Volga is one of the largest rivers in the world and the longest river in Europe. It is so long that its source and mouth are located in areas that endure completely different seasons.

The 2,300-mile Volga River is Russia's pride and lifeblood. It provides water, power and transport and has played a key role in Russia's history. Now, in post-Soviet times, the river and its ...

Volga-River News: Viking Ship Navigating Seafarers' Ancient Routes Berths In Adriatic, Black Sea Grain Deal Could Hinge On Ammonia Pipeline, Deadly Boat Crash. Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

In some Volga River reservoirs, the water has receded hundreds of meters from the normal shoreline and many tributaries have been reduced to muddy puddles, raising questions about how one of ...

Nowhere is the Volga River more hallowed than in the city named after it: Volgograd, better known as Stalingrad, site of one of World War II's most important, and bloodiest, battles. Today ...

A medieval shipwreck has been discovered in the depths of Russia’s Volga River. Workers from the Holy Mother of God's Kazan monastery in the village of Vinnovka discovered the wreck in the ...