In the central Russian city of Ulyanovsk, bathers at a popular municipal beach must traipse more than 200 meters to reach the waters of the Kuibyshev Reservoir. Near Kazan, the capital of Russia's ...

First of five parts In Russian folklore, the Volga River is mother and mistress, comrade and beloved companion and subject of tall tales. For today's Russia, it remains all of the above and an ...

Russia is quietly transforming its vast network of rivers and canals from mere transport routes into a strategic lever of ...

Today's fun-fact: The second generation Chrysler Sebring—the crappy one that preceded the also-crappy third generation—died after the 2006 model year, but it lived on in Russia as the Volga Siber.

Back in the mid-'50s, the Soviets were building highly advanced MiG-15 and MiG-19 jet fighter planes. They launched their Sputnik satellite months before we launched Explorer I. And in 1961 they ...

“We’re not Russians! Never let anyone label us that way. Just because a chicken lays an egg in an oven, that doesn’t make the egg a biscuit.” I remember hearing those words as a child. My mother went ...

People visit the Volga Manor in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 26, 2023. The Volga Manor, a Russian culture-themed park, turned into an ice and snow world during the Spring ...