What links to “Volga”

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Aleksandra Nevskogo Cathedral…, near the river port in the historic area of Strelka ("Strelitsa"), at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga. It was built in 1868–1881 to a design by the architect L. V. Dal.
Alexander AndronovHe spent the rest of his life in the city on the Volga that he had grown to love. The young scientist was consumed by the idea of building scientific centers in …
An Old Description of the Districts of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod stands at 56° 20' latitude and 61° 30' longitude at the confluence of the Oka with the Volga, at a distance of 1063 versts from St. Petersburg and 390 from Moscow.
Andrei BelodvortsevWhen young Andrey Belodvortsev first stepped onto a deck in 1920, the Volga seemed crowded with vessels. Those were the harshest of times — turbulent, hungry, with the Civil War not …
Arzamassky District… century. At that time, there were over 30 plants and factories operating here. The advent of steamboats on Volga and the construction of railroads from Moscow in Nizhny Novgorod and in Samara The flow of goods shifted, …
BalakhnaBalakhna — a town on the right bank of the Volga in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the administrative center of Balakhninsky Municipal District. [1] It was …
Balakhninsky District… the Balakhninsky Municipal Okrug. [1] It is located northwest of Nizhny Novgorod, on the right bank of the Volga, 35 km from the regional capital. [2] The district's administrative center is the town of Balakhna, known …
Bald MountainLysaya Gora is a locality in Nizhegorodsky District on the southeastern outskirts, along the high bank of the Volga. Lysaya Gora is a tall hill that is indeed bare of trees. Its secondary name is Lysogorskaya Street.
BarminoThe Volga near Barmino
Bogorodsk… flows through Bogorodsk, emptying into the Ryazanka, which flows into the Kudma River (a tributary of the Volga). Such, in broad outline, is the natural backdrop against which this city stands.
Bolshemurashkinskiy DistrictBolshemurashkinskiy District is located on the right bank of the Volga River and is one of the central districts of the southeastern part of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. To the …
Books about the Nizhny Novgorod RegionSHAMSHURIN V.A. The tocsin over the Volga: A historical narrative. — N. Novgorod: Volgo-Vyat. Book Publishing House, 1991. — 366 pp.
Boris NemtsovNizhny Novgorod is one of Russia's largest cities. It stands where the Oka flows into the Volga, about 400 km (250 miles) east of Moscow. In Soviet times the city was called Gorky and, because of its …
Borskiy BridgeThe Bor Bridge is a railway bridge with additional road traffic across the Volga River, at the exit from Nizhny Novgorod toward the town of Bor. It is one of the main strategic facilities of …
Borsky DistrictThe southern boundary of the district runs along the left bank of the Volga River. To the south it borders Kstovsky District, to the north — Koverninsky District and Semenovsky …
Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior… Spassky Cathedral because, even before the church was built on the spit at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga, the clergy of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral had set up an iconostasis in a canvas tent among the …
Cheboksary
Cheboksary Hydroelectric Power PlantCheboksary Hydroelectric Station — a hydroelectric power station on the Volga near Novocheboksarsk in Chuvashia, the fifth step of the Volga–Kama cascade and a subsidiary of RusHydro [1] …
Chkalov MonumentThe atmosphere is created by the beautiful view of Volga, the heroic figure of the pilot, and is further enriched by a fresh Breeze, which wraps around the tower …
Dyatlov HillsDyatlov Hills — a scenic high escarpment along the Oka near the confluence of that river with the Volga, a chain of seven ravine-cut hills on the right bank of both rivers [1] [2]. Nizhny Novgorod was founded …
Elena KryukovaElena Kryukova was born in Samara [3], on the Volga. In 1980 she graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with a specialization in piano and …
Erzyan Mastor… a substantial portion of the trade routes running from the south, east, and northeast along the rivers Rav (Volga), Oka, Tsna, and Sura, which flowed through its territory. The Don River connected the Land of the Erzya …
Floating Cities… Nizhny Novgorod Region for a floating city is a part of Vorotynsky District falling within the waters of the Volga and the Sura River, from Shyolkovy Zaton (near the village of Velikovskoye) to the village of …
Fokino… in Vorotynsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Region. The village of Fokino is situated on the right bank of the Volga river. It is the center of the Fokino rural settlement (selsoviet).
Forerunner of Nizhny NovgorodErzyan Mastor — a state that controlled the confluence of the Oka and Volga rivers. Rus, 862–1054. The territory of Erzyan Mastor is outlined in red pencil. The map is copied from the …
Founding of Nizhny Novgorod"A Russian prince, Murza, was traveling along the Volga; at that moment on the hill the Mordva, in their white cloaks, were praying to God; Murza asked his …
Gaponov-Grekhov Andrey Viktorovich… one of the most energetic initiators of the effort to restore the original name of his native city on the Volga, which had been imperiously renamed City of Gorky in 1932 in connection with the 40th anniversary of the …
Georgy Gruzinsky… Gruzinskiy's domain occupied an exceptionally advantageous location. It stood on the right bank of the Volga, directly opposite the Makaryev Monastery and its famous yarmarka, over which the prince considered himself …
Glob-Town… to the architect's design, the city will resemble the modern business centre of New York, while the Volga will play the role of the Hudson. The architect's fantasy will be brought to life by his own Anglo-Italian …
Gorodets… Dolgoruky. The town was built as a military base and fortress on the steep, precipitous left bank of the Volga, approximately 50 kilometers upstream from the Oka's confluence with it. Like most ancient Russian towns, …
Gorodets Locks
Governor… body would not spoil before such permission arrived, he had ordered the deceased ambassador to be frozen in the river, in the manner of a sturgeon. The Emperor could not bear it and appointed Buturlin a senator.
Grounding of tanker Konstantinovsk and tugboat No. 1213 near Gorodets hydroelectric complex (2026)In the early hours of 3 October 2026, at the 861st and 862nd kilometers of the Volga River near the Gorodets hydro-junction, two vessels ran aground simultaneously: the tanker Konstantinovsk and …
High-Speed Railway Moscow - KazanThe densely populated areas of the high right bank of the Volga will, for the first time, face mass buyouts of land plots for construction as the line is built, along with …
Historic CenterBy the 19th century, on a wooded hill at the confluence Oka River and the Volga (especially Volga (along which there was active trade in textiles and spices between the Arab East and the …
Honorary Citizen of Nizhny Novgorod… citizen, that is, the holder of an estate-based title. His double-expansion steam engines were installed on Volga steamboats, and "Kalashnikov nozzles" for atomizing oil in the firebox of a steam boiler came into use on …
Horse RidingBeyond the Volga
Ivan Ermolaev… University. He studied at the Faculty of History and Philology when he was called up to serve in the Volga Flotilla. In summer he was to fight the Whites on the Volga, and in autumn return to his student desk. But …
Kabeshev Roman Vladimirovich… on the clearing of water bodies, and on the projects "Preservation and Prevention of Pollution of the Volga River " and "Clean Water," as well as in a roundtable on the fate of Shveytsariya Park. He also presented the …
Kazansky DescentOn the bank of the Volga, at the foot of Kazansky Descent, the factory buildings of one of 19th-century Nizhny Novgorod's largest …
Kerzhenets River… Novgorod Region. The river rises in the dense forests of northern Nizhny Novgorod Region and flows into the Volga at the walls of the renowned Makaryev Monastery.
Kova River…. This river is a tributary of another, slightly larger one — the Rakhma — which in turn flows into the Volga, familiar to all of us since childhood.
Kovalikhinsky Street… centre, connecting a collector sewer along Kovalikhinsky Street to a treatment station on the bank of the Volga — at the spot where a Ski Jump was later erected. Most of the tunnel is flooded by groundwater, the sewer …
Kovernino… in Koverninsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Region. It is situated on the Uzola River (a tributary of the Volga), 120 km from Nizhny Novgorod.
Krasnye Baki… size, tonnage, and beauty, used for floating timber down the lower reaches of the Vetluga and onto the Volga. It was the shipbuilders of Baki who, in 1937, fulfilled the prestigious commission to construct vessels …
Kstovo
Kstovsky District… district, Borsky, Lyskovsky District, Dalnekonstantinovsky District and Bogorodsky District, and along the Volga River — the Bor urban district. [1] Its area is 122,500 hectares, or 1.6% of the total area of Nizhny Novgorod …
Kudma RiverKudma — a river in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, a right tributary of the Volga. Length: 144 km; basin area: 3,200 km². Fed primarily by snowmelt.
Linda RiverLinda River — a river in the Nizhny Novgorod Region navigable by kayak, a left tributary of the Volga. The name translates from Mari as "deserted."
Lukoyanov… production took a devastating toll on the forests, which grew thinner year by year on the right bank of the Volga. Bees perished from the smoke. Honey became dear.
Lyskovo… of Lyskovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Region, situated in a scenic location on the right bank of the Volga (Cheboksary Reservoir), 90 km from Nizhny Novgorod, 60 km northwest of the Sergach railway station, and 90 …
Lyskovsky District… immemorial, Deer Hill was a place of popular festivities for the people of Lyskovo. From the summit, the Volga stretches far into the distance, along with its beautiful right bank, broad meadows, and lakes. From the …
MakStraus… chosen by Saint Macarius for the founding of the Makaryev Monastery at the confluence of two rivers — the Volga and the Kerzhenets River.
Makarevo… is an Urban-type settlement, located in Lyskovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Region, on the left bank of Volga, at the mouth of Kerzhenets River. The settlement grew up near the Makaryev Monastery. The monastery's …
Makarii of Zheltovodsk… of Zheltye Vody was celebrated. From ancient times he was regarded as the patron of all merchants on the Volga, and the wonderworking icon of the Venerable Makary was carried from stall to stall at the fair so that …
Maksim Bogdanovich… and with his cousins. They ran about the grounds of the Kremlin, admired the magnificent sunsets over the Volga, loved to wander along the Otkos, went swimming, and rode with the adults by finnlyandchik (a light …
MariMari, Cheremis — an ancient people of Finno-Ugric origin who settled north of the middle Volga, in the interfluve of the Vyatka and Unzha rivers. Mari, mariy: the name of the Mari people, whose …
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Meschera LakeIn terms of its origin, the lake was once a channel and later an oxbow of the Volga River. At one time the lake was connected to the Volga by a small channel.
Mescherskiy Microdistrict… district built predominantly with high-rise residential buildings (9–14 storeys) along the bank of the Volga.
Meteor (hydrofoil)… (yard No. 909, built June 1972, also registered Nizhny Novgorod / Gorky). [3] The vessels operated on Volga, the Kama, the Oka, and other rivers; some units were exported to Poland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and …
Mikhail Vorotynskiy… governor in Vasilsursk, or, as it was called in olden times, Vasil. And he could not help but love the Volga, the forested bluffs above it, and the unspoiled nature all around. Though he often had little time for …
Mochalnyy IslandMochalny Island — located on the Volga opposite the confluence of the Oka. Its old name was Rozhnov.
Mokhovye HillsA curious and now little-known fact: the crossing of the Volga was originally planned as a tunnel rather than a bridge. In 1914, the then-existing "Special Commission for …
Mologa
Monument to the Heroes of the Volga Military Flotilla… was drawing close to the borders of the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate. In June 1918, the organization of the Volga Military Flotilla began in Nizhny Novgorod to combat the White Guards. In late autumn, after fierce fighting …
Muroma… of the tribe covered the lower course of the Oka: "And along the Oka River, where it flows into the Volga, the Muroma, a tongue of their own..." (PVL, 1, 1950, p. 13). The Primary Chronicle also mentions the …
Myths About the Cheboksary ReservoirThe reservoir was created in 1980 by damming the Volga near Novocheboksarsk and was filled in 1981 to the 63-metre mark instead of the design level of 68. [4] The …
Nikolai Baranov… axe, and when word came of cholera he took all necessary measures, set up floating hospital-barracks on the Volga, and even gave over the governor's Palace for a cholera hospital.
Nikolai Ignatyev… his connections at court, he helped the Yarmarka committee obtain subsidies for reinforcing the bank of the Volga near the Siberian Wharf.
Nizhegorodsky District… Nizhny Novgorod. It is situated in the Upper Town of the city, dominating the confluence of the Oka and the Volga.
Nizhne-Okskaya Embankment… it was once the starting point for the development of embankments along the right banks of the Oka and the Volga — so completely has this place lost its status and appeal over recent decades, reduced to an unkempt urban …
Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod — a city at the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers, the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Region and the capital of the Volga Federal …
Nizhny Novgorod Agglomeration… economy, and settlement pattern: roughly one-quarter of its territory lies on the high upland bank of the Volga and the Oka, while more than three-quarters occupies the low-lying bank and the Zavolzhye area.
Nizhny Novgorod Cable Car… links between the two cities. The geographical centers of Nizhny Novgorod and Bor are separated by the Volga River and lie approximately 3 km apart as the crow flies, while the detour route via the highway is about 27 km. …
Nizhny Novgorod Garrison… serving in the Moscow garrison; in 1646, 160 streltsy from Nizhny Novgorod were guarding the fairway of the Volga near Cherny Yar and 200 were stationed in Arkhangelsk; they subsequently took part in the Crimean campaigns …
Nizhny Novgorod GovernorateNizhny Novgorod merchants conducted large-scale operations with Volga towns, Moscow, Vologda, and Solikamsk, maintained ties with Siberia, and traded beyond the country's …
Nizhny Novgorod Hydroelectric Station… Station, Nizhny Novgorod (colloquial name: Gorky) HES — a dam designed for electricity generation Volga in the city of Zavolzhye. It holds back the Gorky Sea. The length of the spillway concrete dam is 291 m; …
Nizhny Novgorod IslandThe architects based the development concept on the "image of a ship sailing along the Volga."
Nizhny Novgorod MilitiaI live on the Volga and the Oka, And since childhood I have dreamed of a great war. Over the years I've saved up a tidy sum of …
Nizhny Novgorod Port… reorganized into the "Administration of the Nizhny Novgorod River Port, with boundaries: upstream along the Volga — Puchezh (exclusive), downstream along the Volga — Isady (inclusive)," and from a collection of scattered, …
Nizhny Novgorod Region… a constituent entity of the Russian Federation in the center of the European part of the country, within the Volga Federal District; its administrative center is Nizhny Novgorod, situated at the confluence of the Volga and …
Nizhny Novgorod Transport Prosecutor's Office… into the grounding of two vessels at once — the tanker Konstantinovsk and tug No. 1213 with a barge — on the Volga near the Gorodets hydroelectric complex on the night of October 3. The purpose of the inspection was to …
Nizhny Posad… the former trading ground between Chasovaya and Ilyinskaya Hill, where the Pochaina Ravine opens onto the Volga, a center of city self-government had already taken shape by the 16th century. At the end of the 17th …
Oka RiverOka — the largest and most water-abundant right tributary of the Volga: the river is 1,500 kilometres long, with a catchment area of 245,000 square kilometres. [1] The Oka's …
PochainaPochaina — a small river at the walls of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, a right tributary of the Volga and the main drinking-water source of the early city. Since 1839 it has flowed through an underground …
Pochaina Ravine… Upper Town sits on a peninsula formed by the channels of the two greatest rivers in Europe — the Oka and the Volga, connected to the mainland only from the south; and right at the top of this peninsula, at its very …
Portal: Culture… that acted over millennia upon a community going about its affairs in the area where the Oka and the Volga meet — a district strategic for eastern Europe.
Portal:NatureThere is more water in the Gorky Sea than there was in the entire Volga before reservoirs were built on it.
Purekh… In the old days the Yaroslavl highway, on which the village of Purekh stands, ran along the bank of the Volga, and Vasilyova Sloboda was a major Volga-side trading centre.
Putkovo Horse ClubArena lessons, horseback rides (forest, the vast expanses of Russian fields, the magnificent Russian Volga), school programs, led-horse rides, stall rentals.
Raising the Cheboksary Reservoir LevelFilling the reservoir to its design elevation is linked to a rise of more than 4 meters in the levels of the Volga and Oka rivers in Nizhny Novgorod.
Raznezhye… of Nizhny Novgorod Region. It is part of the Mikhailovsky rural settlement. Located on the left bank of the Volga. It is one of the oldest settlements of the Nizhny Novgorod land, known since the 14th century.
River Station… halls on Markin Square), formerly Markin Square, opposite the Strelka, the confluence of the Oka and the Volga. The terminal building is currently occupied by the transport company JSC "Volga Shipping Company."
Rowing CanalRowing Channel (colloquially "Grebnoy") — an artificial channel 3-4 km long along the bank of the Volga, created by building a dam between the shore and the island of "Pecherskiye Peski".
Rozhdestvenskaya… commercial and business center. It is no accident that the district along the banks of the Oka and the Volga was known as the Lower Bazaar. Banks, shipping offices, shops, trading arcades, restaurants, and mansions — …
Rozhdestvenskaya (Stroganovskaya) Church…, not far from the River Station; from the second tier of the bell tower one can see the confluence of the Volga and the Oka [2] [19]. The church was built at the expense of the salt industrialist Grigory Dmitrievich …
Russia… the site for it on the Strelka was chosen by the engineer Betancourt, Augustin de: the left bank of the Volga was more convenient for unloading. On 15 July 1822, trading opened in a stone trading arcade — and that date …
Rybinsk ReservoirRybinsk Reservoir is the next reservoir upstream on the Volga above the "Gorky Sea". It was formed by the dams of the Rybinsk hydroelectric complex. A Stalin-era project …
Sails Over Russia11 September 2011. Fireworks of City Day" Nizhny Novgorod, the view from the Volga towards the Kremlin and the The Chkalov Staircase. The catamaran "Martin".
Seresha River… the most ancient Erzya settlements. Erzya Maz — the traditional center of the Erzya land in the area between Volga — was located in precisely this region.
Shantsev can fly, and he draws us in… projects which we, earthbound people, found off-putting: where does he think he is going, what sort of city across the river...
Shava RiverThe Shava River is a tributary of the Volga. It flows through the Kstovsky District of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, where it joins the regionally …
Sokolskiy DistrictSokolskiy District — a territory in the north of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, on the left bank of the Volga, cut off from the rest of the Region by the waters of the Gorky Reservoir. It is the only part of the …
SokolskoyeSokolskoye girls on the Volga
Sormovo… relocated to Nizhny Novgorod. At the same time, the sloboda of Sormovo, situated further upstream along the Volga, became an industrial center.
Sormovo (disambiguation)… the root *sor-* or *ser-* denotes a shallow, rocky ford with a firm bottom — which is precisely what the Volga is like near the Sormovo bank. [1]
StrelitsaThe area at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga was called Strelitsa, as its shape resembles an arrow. Before the founding of the Kunavino sloboda, …
Strelitskiy StanStrelitskiy Stan (Strelitsa) — the territories on the right bank of the Volga at the mouth of the Oka, opposite the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.
Strelka… museum of the city of Bor on the Peoples of Nizhny Novgorod living near the confluence of the Oka and the Volga: " Muroma their own tongue, Mordva their own tongue, and the Cheremis their own tongue "
Strelka-City… Cathedral, along whose boundaries a museum and exhibition complex, a cultural centre of the peoples of the Volga Region, and an Orthodox cultural centre are planned. On the side facing the Volga river, the project …
String Transport… estimated at 58–60 million USD, with the option of constructing only the transport crossing over the Volga River separately, at a cost ranging from 5 to 12 million USD depending on routing options.
SundovikSundovik is a right tributary of the Volga, 97 km long, flowing through the Bolshemurashkinsky and Lyskovsky Districts.
Suprotivny Spring… of Vasilsursk, Vorotynsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Region, above the confluence of the Sura and the Volga. The Hill Mari venerate it as one of their principal sacred sites, associated with the supreme god Kugu …
Sura RiverSura — a right tributary of the Volga, one of the most picturesque rivers of the Volga Upland, from which it originates. The Sura flows into the …
Sviyazhsk… in tourist buses) in the Zelenodolsk district of Tatarstan, at the confluence of the Sviyaga River with the Volga, a former fortress and mustering point for troops storming Kazan.
Termal… with outputs of 400, 800, and even 1,000 horsepower, which enhanced the role of river transport on the central artery of Russia. After Kolchin's death, his entire estate passed to Ustin Savvich Kurbatov, a first-guild merchant from …
TerraskiConstruction of the Terraski yacht club, with the Volga visible
The "Volgar-Dobrovolets" Motor Ship… Stalingrad, delivered food, weapons, and ammunition, and provided anti-aircraft cover for crossings of the Volga.
The Chkalov StaircaseChkalov Staircase, view from the waters of the Volga
The Curse of the Nizhny Novgorod ProstitutesThe north-east, the low bank of the Volga — the "forests", a flat expanse once covered by taiga (and even now, after all the fires and the invasion of …
The Fadeev MountainsFadeyev Mountains — the upland part of the forest-steppe Right Bank along the banks of the Volga from Kstovo to the mouth of the Sura River.
The Glass DuneThe Glass Dune, view from the Volga
The History of Nizhny NovgorodOka River and the Volga. Early Period Of all the problems surrounding the earliest period of Nizhny Novgorod 's history, local …
The History of the MATÉ Club in Nizhny NovgorodWe went off to explore the city. Impressive. The broad Volga, the Kremlin up on the hill - the sweep of it - it takes your breath away in a thoroughly Russian way. We …
The Kitezh Mountains
The Kovalikha River… together with that river it flowed on to the Artemyevsky Meadows near Elnya, where it discharged into the Volga.
The Nizhny Novgorod Mentality… of the city into an upper and a lower part, its location at the confluence of two major rivers — the Volga and the Oka. Geography and landscape have undoubtedly shaped the fate, history and mentality of the city's …
The Old Center of Nizhny Novgorod in Photographs by Karelin and Dmitriev… in the middle distance the Imperial Garden with the Church of Simeon the Stylite, and in the background the Volga M. P. Dmitriev · 1890s() · public domain
The Silver Ring of the Vorotynsky LandThe region is divided by the Volga and the Sura River into three parts, and the route's sites are spread across its entire area — from …
The State Bank Building… the coats of arms of the cities that participated in the Nizhny Novgorod Yarmarka and are situated along the Volga. Moving upward, one encounters paintings depicting the Earth's movement around the Sun, the changing of the …
The Volga Flows into the Oka, or the Oka Flows into the Volga" Strelka " — the confluence of the Oka and the Volga. 1975. In the foreground is the Rozhdestvenskaya (Stroganovskaya) Church), in whose basements, according …
Tornado… invisible”. The next day the cart and the dead horse were found hanging in a tree on the other side of the Volga, while the man went missing.
Tsunami on the VolgaTsunami on the Volga — a large wave that forms on a river or reservoir following a bank landslide into the water. The most …
Turnava Gramiton Varfolomeevich… He participated in the construction of the Myzinskiy Bridge, the Borskiy Bridge in City of Gorky across the Volga River, and the reconstruction of the Kanavinsky Bridge.
Upper Town… Part " of Nizhny Novgorod — the main part of Nizhny Novgorod, situated on the high banks of the Oka and the Volga, separated from the western part by the Oka River. It is home to the administrative center and the Historic …
Uren… to the early 18th century. At that time the tsarist court had an interest in seeing its lands beyond the Volga settled and made profitable. Settlers were offered various privileges. Those who wished to live freely and …
Urga RiverIt belongs to the basin of the Volga.
UzolaUzola — a small river in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, a left tributary of the Volga. Length 147 km, basin area 1,920 km².
Valery ChkalovChkalov was born in Vasilyovo (Василёво), a village on the Volga in the Nizhny Novgorod province, which was renamed Chkalovsk in his honour in 1937. He entered aviation as a …
Vanya the CommunistBefore the Civil War the vessel hauled barges along the Volga. On 29 June 1918 the Nizhny Novgorod District Water Transport Administration transferred the tugboat to the …
VasilsurskVasilsursk (colloquially — Vasil) — a working settlement in Vorotynsky District at the confluence of the Volga and the Sura River. The settlement has a population of 2,000.
Vasily Kalashnikov… his way to Nizhny Novgorod, where he began working at the Kolchin plant, which stood on the bank of the Volga below the Otkos in the Fabrichnaya Sloboda.
Vaynberg… embankment is not stopped now, this process may take on an avalanche-like character, the entire bank of the Volga will be blocked off by fences and inaccessible to us!
Verkhne-Volzhskaya Embankment… Otkos — a street in the historic part of Nizhny Novgorod with a panoramic view of the floodplain bank of the Volga river, the Rowing Canal, the helipad of Robinson Restaurant, and the suburbs of the city of Bor.
Verkhniye Pechyory… assumption is supported by the fact that Verkhniye Pechyory sits at the top of the right (steep) bank of the Volga, while a few kilometers upstream, at the water's edge (that is, down below), lies the sloboda of Pechyory, …
Vetluga Region… forested expanse around the Vetluga River as one of the most sinister places in the Empire: "There, from the Volga, great numbers of barge haulers take shelter in winter, no small portion of whom are brigands. The peasants …
Vetluga River… (in Mari: Ener) — one of the most beautiful rivers of the Russian Plain, a large right tributary of the Volga; it is approximately 900 km long, with a basin of 40,500 sq. km. It is formed by the confluence of three …
Vetluzhskiy District… Annunciation Fair and the Frolovsky Fair, held in spring and autumn respectively, drawing merchants from the Volga, the Vyatka River, and even the Don River.
VezlomaA left tributary of the Volga. The name is of Finno-Ugric origin: "ved'/vet'/vez'" — "water", "lom" — "lake".
Volga (disambiguation)Volga — the Volga, Itil, Idel, Yul, Atal, Ra ("River of rivers") — the longest river in Europe. Its length is …
Volga Federal DistrictThe Volga Federal District (VFD) is an administrative-territorial formation established by decree of the President of …
Volga Flotilla… the flotilla was commanded by F. F. Raskolnikov. From August 1918, the flotilla took part in fighting on the Volga and the Kama. On August 28–29, near Sviyazhsk, White Guard units were routed with the flotilla's …
Volga RegionVolga Region — the territories adjoining the Volga; following the course of the river, it is divided into the …
Volga RegionThe upper reaches of the Volga. "Volzhskiye dali" ("Volga Vistas"). Painting by A. Gusev
Volga–Don CanalThe Volga-Don Shipping Canal is an artificial waterway that connects the Volga and Don rivers at the point where they …
Vorotynets… part of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate had been concentrated in the selo of Lyskovo. When barges on the Volga were hauled by barge haulers, it was more economical to bring grain from the villages to Lyskovo. …
Voznesenskiy Pecherskiy Muzhskoy MonasteryThe Nizhny Novgorod Voznesensky Pechersky Monastery, located on the steep right bank of the Volga, halfway up the slope, about three kilometers downstream from the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, is one of the …
Water Supply System in Nizhny Novgorod… especially those who live in the upper part of the city, are extremely hard-pressed to obtain water from the Volga and the Oka. A steep, almost cliff-like hill, forty-three fathoms high, forms the base of the upper city. …
Yacht NefertitiTourist cruise on the "Nefertiti" along the Volga. Abeam the selo of Tetyushi, 560 km from Nizhny Novgorod.
Yuri VsevolodovichIn 1220, the Volga Bulgars captured Ustyug. Yuri Vsevolodovich sent his younger brother, Svyatoslav, against them, and he …
Zarechka… which Nizhny Novgorod is divided. It begins at the area lying opposite the Kremlin at the confluence of the Volga and the Oka River — the Arrow. It is also the Left-Bank Part of Nizhny Novgorod relative to the Oka River. …
Zavolzhye… of around 45,000, located 56 kilometers northwest of the regional capital. It lies on the right bank of the Volga River, across from the city of Gorodets, at the intersection of the Nizhny Novgorod –Ivanovo highway and at …
Zdorenko Gennady Georgievich… of more than three hundred facilities, including such unique ones as the Borskiy Bridge across the Volga in Nizhny Novgorod, the cable-stayed bridge over the Teza River on the "Golden Ring of Russia" highway, and …

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