Astrakhan is the last major city downstream on the Volga River, on the edge of a delta reaching into the Caspian Sea. This is the spawning ground for beluga and its cousin, the highly prized Caspian ...

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The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia was founded in 1968, headquartered in Colorado. It relocated to Lincoln in 1973. On Feb. 4, 1977, the Panhandle chapter was chartered, providing ...

More than 20,000 soldiers from Russia's Povolzhye -- territories comprising several regions around the Volga River -- have died in Ukraine since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion of its ...

1 of 1 — Floating through the Volga River delta as it approaches the Caspian Sea. Astrakhan is the last major city downstream on the Volga River, on the edge of a delta reaching into the Caspian Sea.