This week, Russian Life takes you to the Volga Delta near Astrakhan, where Europe’s largest river flows into the Caspian Sea. This unique environment makes the region a fisherman’s dream. Far from the ...

Visitors to Astrakhan in the warmer months often head to the Volga Delta, which is a biodiversity hotspot and home to various species of flora and fauna. We made it a point to catch the sunset by ...

Central Astrakhan is a great place to walk: there is an old kremlin, merchants' mansions, numerous churches. Astrakhan is often compared to Venice. The Volga overflows here, forming 11 islands ...

This week, Russian Life takes you to the Volga Delta near Astrakhan, where Europe’s largest river flows into the Caspian Sea. This unique environment makes the region a fisherman’s dream.

Astrakhan, on the Volga River, once was known as Russia's caviar capital — but no more. As the fish neared extinction, Russia banned all commercial sturgeon fishing in the area and the export of ...

Even the Arkhangel peasant knows the words and tune of Down on the Volga, our Dear Mother. Another unrhymed composition frequently sung at Astrakhan begins, — O Volga, Volga, mother dear, ...

Alarmingly low water levels have been reported the length of the Volga system -- in Tver, Kostroma, Tolyatti, Saratov, Astrakhan, and more. In Tolyatti, the water dipped to 49 meters, according to ...

Rosprirodnadzor has identified contamination of the Volga River in the area of ship sedimentation at the mooring wall of the Lotos shipyard near the city of Narimanov. This is stated in the message of ...

Astrakhan, on the Volga River, once was known as Russia's caviar capital — but no more. As the fish neared extinction, Russia banned all commercial sturgeon fishing in the area and the export of ...

Astrakhan, on the Volga River, once was known as Russia's caviar capital — but no more. As the fish neared extinction, Russia banned all commercial sturgeon fishing in the area and the export of ...