Volga 1996

This gallery contains photographs from a September 1996 17-day Uniworld cruise from Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea to Moscow. The distance from Moscow to Astrakhan is about 2000 miles and is completed using the Moscow-Volga Canal, which is almost the entire length of the Volga.
  • Moscow is the capital and the largest city in the Russian Federation and is a major political, economic, cultural, and scientific center. It is located on the…

    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest city in the Russian Federation and is a major political, economic, cultural, and scientific center. It is located on the…
  • Astrakhan is in southern Russia on the Volga near where it empties into the Caspian Sea. Often called the southern outpost of Russia and the Caspian capital,…

    Astrakhan

    Astrakhan is in southern Russia on the Volga near where it empties into the Caspian Sea. Often called the southern outpost of Russia and the Caspian capital,…
  • The Volga Delta is the largest river delta in Europe. The delta has been protected since the early 1900s, with one of the first Russian nature preserves…

    Volga Delta

    The Volga Delta is the largest river delta in Europe. The delta has been protected since the early 1900s, with one of the first Russian nature preserves…
  • Tsaritsyn was renamed Stalingrad in 1925 and Volgograd in 1961 by Kruschchev as a part of his de-Stalinization program. In 1942, the city became the site of…

    Volgograd

    Tsaritsyn was renamed Stalingrad in 1925 and Volgograd in 1961 by Kruschchev as a part of his de-Stalinization program. In 1942, the city became the site of…
  • This gallery is of pictures taken of or from the boat. They are in order they were taken, from the south going north to Moscow. The Volga is the most…

    Volga

    This gallery is of pictures taken of or from the boat. They are in order they were taken, from the south going north to Moscow. The Volga is the most…
  • It was in Saratov that we visited only real market on this trip. We were on our own in the market, not with the group. Of course I was taking pictures... Gil…

    Saratov

    It was in Saratov that we visited only real market on this trip. We were on our own in the market, not with the group. Of course I was taking pictures... Gil…

  • Samara and Ulyanovsk

    Samara is a large town according to what I read but I have very few photographs and no memories. Ulyanovsk is where V. I. Ulyanov (Lenin) was born and…

  • Kazan

    Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, a semi-autonomous region, is known for the centuries-old Kazan Kremlin, a fortified citadel containing museums…

  • Kozmodemyansk and Yurino

    Kozmodemyansk and Yurino are both in the Mari region. The Mari are a Finno-Ugric people who have been in the region since at least the 5th century. Originally…

  • Kostroma

    Like Moscow, Kostroma is believed to have been founded by Grand Prince Yury Dolgoruky in the 12th century. The city is most famous for its Ipatyevsky Monastery…

  • Nizhny Novgorod

    From 1932 to 1990, Nizhny Novgorod was known as Gorky after the writer Maxim Gorky, who was born there. After the war, Gorky became a "closed city" and…

  • Yaroslavl

    Yaroslavl is considered the unofficial capital of the Golden Ring and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is believed to have been founded in 1010 by…

  • Uglich

    Uglich is connected a tragic story of XVI century – the death of tsarevitch Dmitry, son of Ivan the Terrible, reproduced in drama of A.S. Pushkin "Boris…