The best way to enjoy this major hub on the Volga River. Located on the southern part of the Volga, about 1,000 km from Moscow, Samara eagerly awaits tourists and World Cup fans. No matter when ...

Of all the provincial towns photographed by Prokudin-Gorsky in the upper Volga basin, perhaps none possesses a more dramatic reputation than Uglich, located 200 km northeast of Moscow. It was here ...

From 1764 to 1767, 23,000 Germans emigrated to a small area of Russia along the Volga River at the behest of Russia’s German-born princess, Catherine the Great. A total of 104 colonies were ...