Cities located on the Volga and its tributaries. What cities are located on the Volga - the main Russian river

I love traveling around Russia, and the Volga region is one of the easiest regions to visit. History buffs will love it, because there are many interesting cities on the banks of the Volga.

The oldest cities on the banks of the Volga

Of the Russian cities on the banks of the largest river in the European part of the country, Yaroslavl is probably the oldest. It was founded in 1010 and recently celebrated its millennium. Even on the 1000-ruble banknote it has earned its place!

At the beginning of the 21st century, Kazan unexpectedly “grew old” and celebrated its millennium in 2005. In the 12th century, around the same time as Moscow, the city of Tver was founded. Of the large cities on the Volga, Nizhny Novgorod and Kostroma are quite old; they appeared even before the Mongol-Tatar invasion.

Beautiful small towns on the Volga

I like visiting the Ivanovo region. It’s not far from Moscow, the distances are short, tickets for night trains are cheap. From Ivanovo you can easily go to Ples, and from Kineshma to Yuryevets.

The first one is beautiful at any time of the year. Among its attractions I would note:

• Monument to a cat.
• Museum of the artist Levitan.
• A beautiful wooden church.
• Monument to the little-known Prince Vasily I.

In the city of Yuryevets, the majestic white bell tower looks beautiful. The city is low-rise, there are not enough jobs there, they have not yet been able to make a second Ples out of it. But there are a couple of rare museums - architects Vesnin and Andrei Tarkovsky. It's worth going there at least once for a few hours.

The cities of Marx and Engels are located on the Volga

Many Germans once lived in the Saratov region and there was even a separate national republic.

It’s not surprising that a couple of cities there were named after the classics of socialism of the 19th century, whose work the whole country had recently studied.

In Marx, the monument to Ilyich in front of the Lutheran Cathedral and the majestic church look beautiful.

Engels is larger, there are many different industries there, for example, they make trolleybuses that travel in many cities. The city has a monument to his coat of arms (a bull with salt) and a rare long-range aviation museum.

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Volga. It is difficult to find another similar toponym that would be so strongly associated with Russia. Russian megacities and small cozy cities have found a place for themselves on the banks of this stunning river. Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Astrakhan, Volgograd - these are the main places you can visit during a cruise on the Volga.

Hundreds of large and small cities are united along the banks of the Volga into one region - the Volga region. The Volga region today has every chance of becoming an iconic place on the tourist map of Russia. Already, a cruise on the Volga is an extremely popular tourist service for those who want to admire the beauty of the Volga.

A mixture of cultures, peoples, religions and different traditions! The beautiful Kremlin, churches and monasteries are interspersed with mosques and minarets. The old corners of this ancient city have been preserved.

The city attracts many guests and tourists.

The Kazan Kremlin is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The city has a registered brand “the third capital of Russia”. Unofficially and semi-officially it is called the “capital of Russian federalism” and “the capital of all Tatars in the world.”

In 2005, the thousandth anniversary of Kazan was celebrated.

The length of the city from north to south is 29 km, from west to east – 31 km. The city in the western, central and southwestern parts overlooks the Volga River for about 15 km. In Kazan there is one bridge across the Volga - at the extreme western border of the city.

The Kazanka River flows from northeast to west through the middle of the city and divides Kazan into two parts commensurate in territory - the historical part to the south of the river and the newer part beyond the river to the north. The two parts of the city are connected by five dams and bridges, as well as a metro line.

The city's topography is flat and hilly.

In the central part of the city there are the lowland plains of Zabulachye, Predkabanye, Zakabanye, the elevated plain of the Arskoye Field and individual hills stand out - Kremlinsky (Kremlin-University), Marusovsky, Fedoseevsky, First and Second Mountains, Ametyevo, Novo-Tatarskaya Sloboda, etc. In the direction to in the southeast and east, the territory of the city as a whole gradually rises, and the large residential areas of Gorki, Azino, as well as Nagorny, Derbyshki are located at iso-heights of 20-40 meters and higher than part of the historical center, southwestern areas and Zarechye. In Zarechye, Zilantova Mountain stands out, as well as the hills of villages in the north of the city. In different places there are ravines and similar local elongated depressions of the terrain.

The city's territory is characterized by a very significant proportion of water surfaces. A strip of part of the Volga water area more than 2 km wide (along the western border of the city), as well as the predominantly shallow end and new mouth of the Kazanka River about 1.5 km wide (entirely within the city territory) were formed with the appearance of the Kuibyshev reservoir in the middle of the 20th century instead of many times more narrow natural widths of rivers.

Kazan is one of the largest cultural centers in Russia, preserving classical achievements, as well as promoting the development of modern, avant-garde trends in many areas of culture. The capital of Tatarstan is traditionally called “multicultural,” implying the mutually beneficial enrichment of peacefully coexisting Russian and Tatar cultures. With the support of UNESCO, the world's first Institute for the Culture of Peace was created in Kazan.

SHAMIL'S HOUSE - GABDULLA TUKAY MUSEUM

Kazan annually hosts international festivals of opera Chaliapinsky, ballet Nurievsky, classical music Rachmaninovsky, open air opera “Kazan Autumn”, modern music “Concordia”, folk and rock music “Creation of the World”, literary “Aksenov-fest”, Muslim cinema “Golden Minbar” (since 2010 - Kazan International Muslim Film Festival), role-playing games “Zilantcon”, numerous festivals and competitions at the federal and republican level. The only Kazan film studio in the Volga region operates in the city.

Starting from the 9th century, there was a gradual peaceful colonial movement of the Slavs along the upper Volga to lands inhabited by Finno-Ugric peoples. By the end of the 11th century, Rus' owned the entire upper Volga almost to the mouth of the Oka. The borders of Volga Bulgaria began a little lower, and the right bank of the Volga up to the mouth of the Sura was inhabited by the Erzyans. Moreover, the “last” Slavic city on the Volga until 1221 was Gorodets.

In 1221, Prince George Vsevolodovich, at the confluence of the Volga and Oka, founded a stronghold for the defense of the borders of the Vladimir Principality from the Moksha, Erzi, Mari and Volga Bulgars under the name Novgorod of the Nizovsky land (the Nizovsky land was the Vladimir principality called the Novgorodians) - later this name was transformed into Nizhny Novgorod , and the imperial title remained until 1917.

NIZHNY NOVGOROD KREMLIN - MILITARY EXHIBITION

The city has more than 600 unique historical, architectural and cultural monuments. The main one is the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. Until 2010, Nizhny Novgorod had the status of a historical settlement, but by Order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation dated July 29, 2010 N 418/339, the city was deprived of this status.

In total, there are about two hundred cultural institutions of regional and municipal significance in Nizhny Novgorod. Among these institutions are 13 theaters, 5 concert halls, 97 libraries, 17 cinemas, 25 children's clubs, 8 museums, the digital Nizhny Novgorod Planetarium, 8 enterprises that ensure the functioning of parks.

In Nizhny Novgorod there are three academic theaters (drama, opera and ballet named after A. S. Pushkin and a puppet theater), comedy theaters, theaters for young spectators, etc.

3 regional and 92 public municipal libraries have been opened in Nizhny Novgorod. There are also libraries at organizations, educational institutions and enterprises of the city.

NIZHNY NOVGOROD KREMLIN - VIEW FROM THE VOLGA

One of the largest is the Nizhny Novgorod State Regional Universal Scientific Library named after. V.I. Lenin, opened in 1861. A legal information center has been created on its basis.

On the territory of the city there is the A. M. Gorky Museum, which includes the Literary Museum; the setting of the autobiographical story “Childhood” is Kashirin’s House; a museum-apartment in which work was carried out on several of the writer’s works. The city also houses the only museum in Russia of N. A. Dobrolyubov in the former tenement house of the Dobrolyubov family, as well as a house-museum in the wing of the Dobrolyubov estate, where the critic spent his childhood and youth; Museum of A. S. Pushkin; museum-apartment of A.D. Sakharov, Russian Museum of Photography.

A rare cruise along the Volga is not complete without a visit to the southern Russian river port of Astrakhan. Astrakhan is a famous city in the south of Russia, one of the largest and most interesting places on the Volga.

Astrakhan is a city in Russia, the administrative center of the Astrakhan region, 1500 km southeast of Moscow. The city is located on 11 islands of the Caspian lowland, in the upper part of the Volga delta.

There are about 38 bridges in the city. The main part of the city is located on the left bank of the Volga; approximately 20% of the city’s residents live on the right bank.

Both parts of the city are connected by two bridges across the Volga.

The total area of ​​the city is about 500 km². The length of the city along the Volga is 45 km. On two banks it is over 45 km. The city is divided into 4 administrative districts; in the future, due to the large area of ​​its districts, comparable to the Moscow districts, it is planned to divide it into 7 administrative districts. Astrakhan is assigned to the same time zone as Moscow, although local real time is 42 minutes ahead of Moscow. The flight time to Moscow is a little over 2 hours, up to 7 flights fly daily, the train to Moscow takes from 27.5 hours (No. 85/86 Makhachkala-Moscow) or more (including fast branded train No. 5 “Lotos”), runs as well as trains passing through in transit to Baku.

Every day up to 5 trains leave from Moscow to Astrakhan. You can get from Astrakhan to Moscow by bus in about 24 hours. Traveling along the Volga by boat takes 8 days to Moscow (with stops in cities). Astrakhan has 21 large and small ports, 15 shipbuilding and ship repair yards.

the building of the former Azov-Don Bank, and now the building of the State Bank of Russia for the Astrakhan Region, 1910, architect Fedor Ivanovich Lidval

Gubin mansion, late 19th century;

hipped tower of the fence of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (early 18th century) with inserts of polychrome tiles;

Demidovsky courtyard (XVII-XVIII centuries); Church of St. John Chrysostom (1763; “octagon on quadrangle” with rich sculptural decoration; rebuilt in the 19th century);

Cathedral of St. Vladimir, 1895-1904 (during Soviet times, the building housed a bus station, in 1999 the temple was transferred to the Orthodox Church);

house of the Astrakhan Cossack army, 1906 (architect V. B. Valkovsky); cinema "October" with a unique winter garden-arboretum;

Indian trading compound; wooden residential buildings in the “Russian” or “Ropetov” style;

Regional Scientific Library named after N.K. Krupskaya;

Swan Lake in the city center;

White Mosque; Black Mosque; Red Mosque; Persian mosque;

Monument to the Turkmen poet Magtymguly Fragi Monument to Kurmangazy

The illuminated tower of the Astrakhan television center

On the right bank of the Volga between Kostroma and Kineshma nestled a small town - Plyos. He knew the days of the highest rise of his glory - and experienced periods of complete oblivion.
Plyos was famous not only here, but also in the West. This was the time (80-90s) when Plyos accidentally entered the history of art and became, as it were, an exponent of the sentiments of part of the Russian intelligentsia. This, however, will be discussed in more detail below.
Plyos, first of all, is beautiful. The beauty of Plyos is special, unique and multifaceted. Plyos is beautiful as a whole, like an amazing panorama, beautiful in every detail, in every bend, in every nook and cranny. Walking through the hills of the city, you come across more and more new effects that amaze and fascinate you.

Almost four and a half centuries ago, the son of Ivan the Terrible, Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich, decided to protect himself from foreign military surprises and began to build up the Volga with fortified cities. This is how Samara and Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) appeared. And in 1590, between these two cities, Saratov was built by the princely hand of Grigory Zasekin.

This city received many harsh lessons - it burned down several times, it was rebuilt, it was ruined by Pugachev, it was plundered by Kalmyks and Kubans... It was tested by the devilish power of Russian history, which was rarely merciful to its latitudes.

But the times of aggression and chaos have died down. The rule of law was strengthened and the city began to be rebuilt. Schools, hospitals, printing houses, theaters, cathedrals, public places - Saratov was filled with its infrastructure, philosophy, great geniuses. The merchant center of the Volga region developed rapidly, carving many victories on massive slabs of personal biography. And now the emotional cry in Griboyedov’s play ceased to have any basis.
, in which the thirst for activity boils like hot lead. It is home to one of the country's top universities, offering innovative education while preserving its research heritage. There are more than a dozen higher educational institutions in the city.

The streets of the central part of the city enthusiastically represent all the diversity of architectural styles and forms of old Russia. From 17th century cathedrals to neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau. From Stalin's baroque to the configurations of modern fantasies. Behind the windows of every house hide mystical stories about time and destinies, which so often change the real course of things.

Museum spheres contain real masterpieces of art. There is always a chance to admire the exquisite work of French masters on 18th-century Sèvres porcelain. The country's best collection of paintings and graphics by A.P. Bogolyubova has long attracted lovers of fine art. As well as the works of world-famous masters: V.E. Borisova-Musatova, P.N. Kuznetsova, K.S. Petrova-Vodkina.

I can talk about the natural beauty of the Saratov region for a very long time. But only by feeling its invisible atmosphere of peace can you fully indulge in spiritual relaxation. Saratov.

Upper Volga (from the source to the mouth of the Oka) - Tver, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo and Nizhny Novgorod regions;

Middle Volga (from the right tributary of the Sura to the southern edge of the Samara Luka) - Chuvashia, Mari-El, Tatarstan, Ulyanovsk and Samara regions;

The Lower Volga (from the confluence of the Kama [officially, but not hydrologically] to the Caspian Sea) - the Republic of Tatarstan, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd regions, the Republic of Kalmykia and the Astrakhan region.

After the construction of the Kuibyshev reservoir, the border between the middle and lower Volga is usually considered to be the Zhigulevskaya hydroelectric station above Samara.

Attractions

Almost all regional and capital cities located on the Volga are major centers of educational tourism: Kostroma with the magnificent Ipatiev Monastery; rapidly developing Nizhny Novgorod with a complex of medieval Kremlin buildings, a unique monument to Valery Chkalov and a permanent exhibition of Russian weapons produced during the war; the capital of Chuvashia, Cheboksary, where everyone will be shown the monument and house-museum of the legendary V. I. Chapaev; ancient Kazan, the capital of now sovereign Tataria; The birthplace of the organizer and inspirer of the October Revolution, V.I. Lenin, is the city of Ulyanovsk, where the largest memorial and museum complex still operates.

The tourist will also remember the magnificent embankments of Samara, the longest pedestrian street in Russia in Saratov, and the well-preserved Astrakhan Kremlin. It is impossible to pass by the majestic Motherland monument on Sapun Mountain in the hero city of Volgograd without heartfelt trepidation.

In the Volga region there are many places associated with the names of I. A. Goncharov, N. G. Chernyshevsky, A. M. Gorky, I. I. Shishkin, A. D. Sakharov and other outstanding people of the Russian state.

Geographical information

Volga basin

The Volga originates on the Valdai Hills (at an altitude of 228 m) and flows into the Caspian Sea. The mouth lies 28 m below sea level. The total fall is 256 m. The Volga is the world's largest river of internal flow, that is, not flowing into the world ocean.

The river system of the Volga basin includes 151 thousand watercourses with a total length of 574 thousand km. The Volga receives about 200 tributaries. The left tributaries are more numerous and have more water than the right ones. After Kamyshin there are no significant tributaries.

The Volga basin occupies about 1/3 of the European territory of Russia and extends from the Valdai and Central Russian Uplands in the west to the Urals in the east. The main, feeding part of the Volga drainage area, from the source to the cities of Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan, is located in the forest zone, the middle part of the basin to the cities of Samara and Saratov is in the forest-steppe zone, the lower part is in the steppe zone to Volgograd, and to the south - in the semi-desert zone . The Volga is usually divided into 3 parts: the upper Volga - from the source to the mouth of the Oka, the middle Volga - from the confluence of the Oka to the mouth of the Kama, and the lower Volga - from the confluence of the Kama to the mouth.

The source of the Volga is a spring near the village of Volgoverkhovye in the Tver region. In the upper reaches, within the Valdai Upland, the Volga passes through small lakes - Maloe and Bolshoye Verkhity, then through a system of large lakes known as the Upper Volga lakes: Sterzh, Vselug, Peno and Volgo, united in the so-called Upper Volga reservoir.

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Tver, which in Soviet times was called Kalinin, is located at the confluence of the Tvertsa and Tmaka rivers with the Volga and is the administrative center of the Tver region. The city was founded in 1135 and has a population of 403,726 people.

Yaroslavl is the administrative center of the Yaroslavl region. The city's population is 591,374 people. Yaroslavl is the oldest city on the Volga, in 2010.

Kostroma is the administrative center of the Kostroma region. The official founding date of the city is 1152. Kostroma has a population of 269,711 people.

Nizhny Novgorod is located at the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers. It is the administrative center of the Nizhny Novgorod region, with a population of 1,271,045 people. The founding date of the city is 1221, when the Novgorod fortress of the Nizovsky land was founded.

Kazan is located on the Volga in the place where the Kazanka River flows into it. This city is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan and is often called the “third capital of Russia.” The population of Kazan is 1,136,566 people. The exact city is unknown, but in 2005 Kazan celebrated its millennium.

Togliatti is the second in the Samara region and the first among the cities of the Russian Federation that are not administrative centers of regions or republics. The city was founded in 1737 and currently has a population of 721,600 people.

Samara was built between the mouths of the Sok and Samara rivers, at their confluence with the Volga. Samara is the administrative center of the Samara region. Its population is 1,133,754 people. During the Soviet period, the city was called Kuibyshev. The first mentions in this place date back to 1361.

Syzran is located in the Samara region on the Saratov reservoir. The founding of the city is attributed to Prince Grigory Kozlovsky and dates back to 1683.

Saratov is located on the right bank of the Volgograd reservoir and is the administrative center of the Saratov region. Saratov was founded in 1590; a guard fortress was erected on this site. Currently, 837,400 people live in Saratov.

Volgograd was called Tsaritsyn from 1589 to 1925, and then Stalingrad until 1961. This city is the administrative center of the Volgograd region. The population of this city is 1,021,200 people.

Astrakhan is the last regional center along the Volga. In the 8th-10th centuries, on the site of Astrakhan there was the city of Itil, which was the capital of the Khazar Kaganate. Astrakhan has a population of 520,700 people.

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The cities are listed in order of location from source to mouth.

Sources:

• Federal State Statistics Service
• cities that stand on the Volga River

Volga- the largest in Europe. It begins on the Valdai Hills and flows into the Caspian Sea, forming a delta with an area of ​​19 thousand square kilometers. The length of the Volga is 3530 kilometers.

The ancient name of the Volga is Ra. And in the Middle Ages it was called Itil, like the capital of the Khazar Kaganate, which lay near the river flowing into the Caspian Sea. Begins Volga in the Tver region on the Valdai Hills, at an altitude of 228 m (the mouth is located 28 m below ocean level), and into the Caspian Sea in the Astrakhan region. Flowing Volga from Tver to Astrakhan through Russia: Yaroslavl, Kazan, Samara, Saratov and Volgograd. It has about 200 tributaries, the most significant of which are the Kama and Oka. In Volya there are famous nature reserves: Samarskaya Luka, Volzhsko-Kama, Zhigulevsky and Astrakhan national parks. According to the nature of the flow, the Volga is usually divided into Upper (from the source near the village of Volgo-Verkhovye to the city of Shcherbakov), Middle - to the mouth of the Kama and Lower - to mouth in the Astrakhan region. On the largest river there is a cascade of hydroelectric power stations with reservoirs: Ivankovskaya, Uglichskaya, Rybinskaya, two Volzhskaya, Saratovskaya. The Volga basin occupies one third of the European territory of Russia from the west to

14 regions: regions and republics wash the banks of this giant in the world of rivers. And the river basin from where the Volga absorbs water is much larger. They sing Oka with Tsna and Moksha, Kama with Vyatka, Chusova and Belaya, Sviyaga, Samara, Kostroma and many others. The Volga even forks in two on its way, and of such rivers I remember only the Orinoco in South America.

65 cities are located along the banks of the largest and longest river in the European part of the Eurasian continent. And there’s nothing to say about smaller settlements. Among the largest cities I would like to mention Samara, Astrakhan, Kazan, Volgograd, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod. Other regional capitals include Ulyanovsk, Cheboksary, Kostroma, Tver and Yaroslavl.

I visited Nizhny Novgorod, took photos on Polaroid in 1995 with the president of the Chuvash Republic in Cheboksary, studied in Kazan. Good memories...

Perhaps the largest cities on the Volga are: Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Yaroslavl, Tver, Kazan, Samara, Kostroma, Tolyatti, Astrakhan, Saratov. The Volga is the longest river in Europe; it originates in the north-west of the Tver region.

A very interesting question for me. I myself was born and raised in the city of Ulyanovsk. This is the middle Volga region of the Volga River. By the way, the largest bridge in Europe is located there. I myself was wondering what cities the Internet would show up.

Here is a list of cities and villages on the Volga.

Stands on the Volga more than 60 cities. The largest cities on the Volga are Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, and Kazan.

Here is a list of other cities:

• Tver, Rzhev, Zubtsov, Konakovo, Kimry, Staritsa, Kalyazin (these cities are located in the Tver region).
• Dubna (belongs to the Moscow region).
• Uglich, Rybinsk, Myshkin, Tutaev, Yaroslavl (these cities belong to the Yaroslavl region).
• Kostroma, Volgorechensk (the cities belong to the Kostroma region).
• Pls, Kineshma, Zavolzhsk, Navoloki, Yuryevets, Puchezh (these cities belong to the Ivanovo region).
• Nizhny Novgorod, Chkalovsk, Zavolzhye, Gorodets, Kstovo, Balakhna, Bor, Lyskovo (the cities belong to the Nizhny Novgorod region).
• Zvenigovo, Volzhsk, Kozmodemyansk (these are cities of the Mari-El Republic).
• Cheboksary, Mariinsky Posad, Novocheboksarsk, Kozlovka (Republic of Chuvashia).
• Kazan, Zelenodolsk, Bolgar, Tetyush (cities belonging to the Republic of Tatarstan).
• Ulyanovsk, Sengilei, Novoulyanovsk, Dimitrovgra (Ulyanovsk region).
• Samara, Tolyatti, Zhigulvsk, Syzran, Novokuibyshevsk, Oktyabrsk (Samara region).
• Saratov, Engels, Balakovo, Khvalynsk, Volsk, Marks (the cities belong to the Saratov region).
• Volgograd, Nikolaevsk, Kamyshin, Dubovka, Volzhsky, Krasnoslobodsk (the cities belong to the Volgograd region).
• Astrakhan, Akhtubinsk, Narimanov (the cities belong to the Astrakhan region).

• On the Volga River, from mouth to source, there are about sixty cities. These include:

  The cities of the Tver region are Rzhev, Zubtsov, Staritsa, Tver, Konakovo, Kimry, Kalyazin.

  City in the Moscow region - Dubna.

  The cities of the Yaroslavl region are Uglich, Myshkin, Rybinsk, Tutaev, Yaroslavl.

  Cities of the Kostroma region - Kostroma, Volgorechensk.

  The cities of the Ivanovo region are Pls, Navoloki, Kineshma, Zavolzhsk, Yuryevets, Puchezh.

  The cities of the Nizhny Novgorod region are Chkalovsk, Zavolzhye, Gorodets, Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod, Bor, Kstovo, Lyskovo.

  Cities of the Mari-El Republic - Kozmodemyansk, Zvenigovo, Volzhsk.

  Cities of the Republic of Chuvashia - Cheboksary, Novocheboksarsk, Mariinsky Posad, Kozlovka.

  Cities of the Republic of Tatarstan - Zelenodolsk, Kazan, Bolgar, Tetyushi.

  Cities of the Ulyanovsk region - Ulyanovsk, Novoulyanovsk, Sengilei, Dimitrovgrad.

  The cities of the Samara region are Tolyatti, Zhigulvsk, Samara, Novokuibyshevsk, Oktyabrsk, Syzran.

  Cities of the Saratov region - Khvalynsk, Balakovo, Volsk, Marks, Saratov, Engels.

  Cities of the Volgograd region - Kamyshin, Nikolaevsk, Dubovka, Volzhsky, Volgograd, Krasnoslobodsk

  The cities of the Astrakhan region are Akhtubinsk, Narimanov and Astrakhan.

  The Volga is perhaps the largest and longest river on the Eurasian continent (its European part). Along its banks there are many fairly large cities and even more small settlements, settlements and villages.

  Among the largest, for example, we can name Saratov, Samara, Kazan, as well as Volgograd, Astrakhan and Nizhny Novgorod. Of those cities that are capitals of regions, we can name Cheboksary, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, as well as Tver and Ulyanovsk.

  This map clearly shows all the main settlements located on the Volga River.

  And here you can see a complete list of all settlements near the Volga.

  

  On Volga there are many cities and villages, about twenty cities: Astrakhan, Kazaev, Ulyanovsk, Balakovo, Saratov, Syzran, Samara.. better I’ll show you a complete list of all cities on the Volga by region:

  

  40-Volgograd

  120-Saratov

  160-Nizhny Novgorod

  200-Astrakhan

  240-Kazan

  To find out what cities are on the Volga, the easiest way is to remember geography and look at the map of Russia.

  The map shows the major cities of Russia located on the Volga. If you go down the Volga from above from Tver downstream to Astrakhan, then from Tver And Rybinsk the Volga route goes through cities Yaroslavl, Kostroma, then Kineshma, Further Nizhny Novgorod, Then Cheboksary And Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Tolyatti, Further Samara, then Sizran, Balakovo And Saratov, below Kamyshin, Volgograd and below Volgograd - Astrakhan.

  Conventionally, the Volga is divided into upper, middle and lower Volga. Upper Volga: from Tver to Nizhny Novgorod; from Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan - the middle Volga, and below from Kazan to Astrakhan - the lower Volga. The largest cities are cities with a population of over one million people - Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Volgograd.

  Cities on the Volga

  

  There are a lot of such cities, I will list the main ones: Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Volgograd, Rzhev, Tver, Rybinsk, Kostroma, Kineshma, Cheboksary, Ulyanovsk, Tolyatti, Astrakhan. Each city is unique in its own way and has its own history.

  Several years ago, I sailed on a large three-deck motor ship on a tourist package along the Volga. All Volga cities had city tours. These are the cities: Pless, Volgograd, Samara, Kuibyshev, Astrakhan, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl. And, of course, Tver. Why, of course, because I was born in it. This is a beautiful city. The Volga River divides the city in half. These are not all cities. There are many more smaller cities. The Volga is a great and very beautiful river.

  On the Volga stands the hero city of Volgograd! A glorious city for all Russians!

The beautiful Mother Volga is glorified in many works of famous writers and poets; many wonderful Russian folk songs have been written about her. This amazing river delights not only with its spacious blue waters and fabulous banks. Almost all Russian cities on the Volga and villages attract attention with their amazing history, majesty and beauty.

Volga River, geography

The largest river in Europe is the Volga. Throughout its course, various settlements have been built since ancient times. Cities located on the Volga are quite significant in all respects both for their regions and for the country as a whole.

The length of the river before the creation of reservoirs and a cascade of hydroelectric power stations was 3690 km, today it is 3530 km. According to some unspecified data, the length of the Volga has become much shorter - 3430 km. In the general list of the length of all Russian rivers, the Volga ranks sixth, and 16th among all rivers on Earth.

A territory of 1 million 360 thousand km² is occupied by the area of ​​its basin, which is about a third of the entire European part of Russia.

This amazing river begins on the Valdai Hills near the village of Volgo-Verkhovye (Tver region). The Volga flows from the west from the Valdai and Central Russian Uplands to the Urals in the east (European part of the Russian Federation).

Many large cities are located near the basin of the largest river. On the Volga, sailing along it, you can see many amazing natural landscapes with cities and villages that fit perfectly into them. Moreover, each has its own unique history, its own cultural values ​​and unique attractions.

The generally accepted division of the Volga regions. Cities located on the Volga

1. The Upper Volga represents the territory from the source of the river to the place where the Oka River flows (Nizhny Novgorod).

2. From the place where the Oka flows into the Volga to the place where the Kama flows into it - the territory of the Middle Volga.

3. The Lower Volga covers the zone from the confluence of the Kama to the Caspian Sea itself. Now (after the construction of the Kuibyshev reservoir) the border between the Lower and Middle Volga is the Zhigulevskaya Hydroelectric Power Station (area of ​​the cities of Tolyatti and Zhigulevsk).

Let's look at some of the largest cities located on the Volga, worthy of attention in terms of history and attractions.

Yaroslavl

This ancient city on the Volga has a population of more than 590 thousand people.
Almost the entire historical center of Yaroslavl, protected by UNESCO, is a tourist attraction.

In total, the city has 785 cultural and historical monuments. In one of them, the amazing Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, a historical collection of ancient manuscripts and books has been preserved.

In the 16th century, the state treasury was moved to Yaroslavl. There is also a large state museum-reserve (historical, architectural and artistic) with a rich collection of icons.

This settlement, like other cities on the Volga River, has a rich historical heritage of ancient times. It is impossible to describe it in full.

Samara

Samara is located between the mouths of the Samara and Sok rivers, in the very place where they flow into the Volga. The city's population is more than 1,100 thousand people. During Soviet times, the city was called Kuibyshev.

The very first mentions of the city in historical chronicles date back to 1361.

The most interesting sights: Stalin's bunker, built in less than a year in 1942; the legendary Revolution Square (the oldest street in the city); bell tower of the women's Iversky Monastery (building of 1850, 70 meters high).

It should be noted that the above-mentioned bell tower stood for about 80 years without repair. Only in the 90s of the last century this historical building was reconstructed.

Many cities on the Volga also have similar historical buildings that have survived to this day.

Saratov

On the right bank of the Volgograd reservoir is the beautiful city of Saratov. The date of its foundation is 1590, when a guard fortress was built on this site.

The population of Saratov is more than 830 thousand people.

Sights: “Saratov Arbat” is located on Kirov Avenue; monument to flying cranes (Sokolova Gora); Nikitin Brothers Circus; Conservatory named after L.V. Sobinova; monument in honor of Yu.A. Gagarin (Cosmonauts embankment); national village (national houses of all peoples of the Saratov region).

In this unusual village you can not only find yourself in the atmosphere of the cultural heritage of Dagestan, Uzbekistan, Tatarstan, etc., but also try dishes of a variety of national cuisines.

Volgograd

Which city on the Volga had several names? From 1589 to 1925, Volgograd was called Tsaritsyn, and then until 1961 - Stalingrad. The city's population is more than 1 million people. The hero city is the largest historical and cultural center of the region.

A majestic memorial monument (symbol of the Motherland) was erected in it in honor of the famous Battle of Stalingrad.

Nizhny Novgorod

At the confluence of two large rivers, the Volga and Oka, the ancient city of Nizhny Novgorod is located. It is not only one of the oldest cities in Russia on the Volga, but also one of the largest. Its population is more than 1200 thousand people.

The date of foundation of the city is calculated from the founding of the Novgorod fortress of the Nizovsky land (hence its name) - this is 1221. This fortress is the main attraction of Nizhny Novgorod.

The Church of the Sovereign Icon of the Mother of God is located not far (7.5 kilometers) from Sennaya Square.

Kazan

Kazan is a city that relatively recently celebrated its millennium (2005), although the exact year of its founding is not entirely known. It is located on the banks of the Volga River at the confluence of the Kazanka River. The city is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, and is very often called the “third capital of Russia.” The population is more than 1,100 thousand people.

Almost all cities on the Volga have preserved unique historical ensembles in their architecture, perfectly combined with modern buildings.

The most important attraction of Kazan is located in the historical center of the city: the Kremlin with the Kul Sharif mosque and the Syuyumbike tower.

Modern buildings also fit perfectly into the numerous ancient historical ensembles of the city: the Pyramid cultural center, the state circus, modern hotels, etc.

Also in Kazan, the following attractions are very memorable and beautiful: a fabulous-looking children's puppet theater, the pedestrian cultural street of Bauman (similar to Arbat in Moscow), beautiful embankments, on one of which there is a wedding palace in the shape of a bowl, etc.

Astrakhan

This city, by its location, is the last of the regional centers located on the banks of the Volga. It is inhabited by more than 500 thousand people.

On the site of Astrakhan in the 8th-10th centuries there was the city of Itil, which at that time was the capital of the ancient Khazar Khaganate.

Here you can see the Kremlin, famous for its unprecedented beauty, built at the beginning of the 17th century.

Smaller notable cities on the Volga

Along the banks of the great Volga River there are also smaller cities, which are historical and architectural monuments.

Tolyatti is the second largest city in the Samara region in terms of population. It was founded in 1737. Population: more than 720 thousand people.

The city of Syzran is also located in the Samara region near the Saratov reservoir. It was founded by Grigory Kozlovsky in 1683. Population: more than 170 thousand people.

The administrative and cultural center of the Kostroma region is Kostroma. The date of its foundation is 1152. Population: more than 260 thousand people.

Tver (formerly Kalinin) is located at the confluence of the Tvertsa and Tmaka rivers into the Volga. The city was founded in 1135. Population: more than 400 thousand people.

The capital of Chuvashia is Cheboksary. Population: more than 450 thousand people.

The city of Mologa was once located not far from Yaroslavl, at the confluence of the Mologa and Volga rivers. It was located on a flat hill and stretched along the right bank of the Mologa and along the left bank of the Volga.

Its population was more than 7,000 people.

During the Soviet Union in 1935, a government decree was adopted on the construction of a hydroelectric power station (Rybinskaya). According to the project, the area of ​​the reservoir was supposed to be 2.5 thousand square meters, and the height of the surface of its waters above sea level was 98 m. The city elevation was 98-101 m.

However, in 1937, the famous five-year plans of those times forced a revision of the project to increase the power of the hydroelectric station. In this regard, it was decided to raise the water level to 102 meters. As a result, the area of ​​flooded areas almost doubled.

In April 1941, after the resettlement of people, the filling of the reservoir began. The ancient and original city of Mologa (800 years old), which was once an appanage principality with numerous villages, never became.

The flooded city on the Volga is a victim of the country's electrification.

The amazing nature of the Volga basin, beautiful cities with unique historical architectural and cultural attractions attract the attention of a huge number of tourists to travel to these places.