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 ...

From the monasteries immersed in the Taiga forests, to the cities suspended between ancient and modern—the journey across the Volga River recounts the Russian spirit. Twenty nationalities, hundreds of ...

Nizhny Novgorod in Russia showcases a beautiful combination of historic architecture, Orthodox churches, and the impressive Volga River landscape. The city is known for its cultural heritage, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Russia, the iconic Volga River, which is the country's largest waterway for shipping, has experienced a huge drop in water ...

The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is travelling in a Volga car along the Volga river to take a snapshot of life in Vladimir Putin's Russia, as the presidential election looms. This is his first piece, ...

The Volga River is the longest river in Europe and runs through Russia with its delta flowing into the Caspian Sea just south of the Kazakhstan border. The International Space Station was orbiting ...

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 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 ...

A visitor looks at paintings on display at the Echoes from the Volga River: Masterpieces of the Peredvizhniki exhibition at the National Museum of China on April 23. Photo: Xiong Yuqing/GT Kicked off ...