


Imperiia : a spatial history of the Russian Empire Main Menu About Dashboards Data Catalog MapStories Games Who said history was boring? Map Shelf Teach Our Content Citing the Project Kelly O'Neill dc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5 The Imperiia Project // Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University Volga River 1 T08:46:02-04:00 Kelly O'Neill dc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5 9 1 gazetteer entry plain T03:47:36-04:00 Kelly O'Neill dc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5 The Volga waters eight provinces and flow 3,350 versts. THE VOLGA RIVER is considered to be the mother of Russian rivers. It then passes through a chain of small lakes, receives the waters of the Selizharovka River, and then flows southeast through a terraced trench. The quantity and quality of this water, particularly that of the Volga, are key variables. The Volga is a small stream in its upper course through the Valdai Hills, becoming a true river only after the entrance of several of its tributaries. Please enable Javascript and reload the page. Most of the water flowing into the sea comes from coastal rivers. It is Europes longest river, with a length of. This site requires Javascript to be turned on. The Volga, widely viewed as the national river of Russia, flows through the western part of the country. The Volga Germans (sometimes called Saratov Germans) lived in settlements founded in the Volga River Valley of Russia, where more than 30,000 German Lutherans took up residence between 1764 and.
