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| Name | | Volga |
| Price, USD | | 1500.00 |
| Status | | For sale, check |
| Seller | | Russian Art Gallery |
| Size, cm
| | 80.0 x 60.0 cm /switch |
| Artist | | Yuri Anokhin, Yuri |
| Year made | | 1974-01-01 |
| Edition | | Original |
| Style | |
Realism |
| Theme | |
Landscape |
| Media | |
Oil on canvas |
| Collection | |
Golden names of Russia 2 |
| Description | |
Russian VOLGA, ancient (Greek) RA, or (Tatar) ITIL, or ETIL, river of Europe, the continent's longest and the
principal waterway of western Russia. The Volga rises in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow and flows 2,193 miles
(3,530 km) generally southeastward to empty into the Caspian Sea.
A brief treatment of the Volga River follows. For full treatment, see Europe: Volga River.
The river basin, occupying 533,000 square miles (1,380,000 square km), contains much of Russia's population, and its
immense economic importance and strongly marked character give it a high rank among world rivers. It is a symbol of Russia,
long a central element in song and story and national memory.
The Volga is usually said to consist of three parts: the upper Volga, from its source to the confluence of the Oka River; the
middle Volga, from the confluence of the Oka to that of the Kama River; and the lower Volga, from the confluence of
the Kama to the mouth of the Volga itself. Rising at an elevation of 748 feet (228 m) in the Valdai Hills, the Volga turns
northeastward past the cities of Rzhev and Tver and through the Rybinsk Reservoir. From the reservoir the river flows
southwestward through a narrow valley, between the Uglich Highlands to the south and the Danilov Upland and the
Galich-Chukhlom Lowland to the north, continuing its course along the Unzha and Balakhna plains to Nizhny Novgorod. On
its east-southeastward course from the confluence of the Oka to the city of Kazan, the middle portion of the Volga doubles in
volume before turning southward into the Samara Reservoir, where the Kama (its major tributary) joins it from the
left. In its lower reaches, the Volga flows southwestward along the Volga Hills in the direction of Volgograd. From Volgograd
the Volga River, flowing through the Caspian Depression, enters the Caspian Sea at Astrakhan.
The Volga is fed mainly by snow (60 percent of the annual flow), followed by groundwaters (30 percent) and rain (10
percent). The Volga is navigable over most of its length and combines with its tributaries to carry both freight and passenger
traffic. The river has played an important part in the life of the Russian people, and in Russian folklore it is characteristically
named "Mother Volga" ("Volga Mat," or "Volga Matushka"). |
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