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.

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 ...

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

Although river cruises between Moscow and St Petersburg feature the Volga, they sail only a short stretch of it, in addition to the Moscow Canal, Volga-Baltic Waterway, Svir and Neva rivers and ...

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.

Rescuers scoured the wide waters of a Volga River reservoir on Monday, searching with dimming hopes for survivors after an aged, overloaded cruise ship sank amid wind and rain. Fifty-five people ...

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 ...

The Caspian Sea is shrinking at an alarming rate, a crisis now visible to the naked eye and driven by climate change and human activity. The post Caspian Sea Shrinks Dramatically, Exposes Seabed in ...