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The Varangians (/ v ə ˈ r æ n dʒ i ə n z /) [1] [2] [3] were Viking [4] conquerors, traders and settlers, mostly from present-day Sweden. [5] [6] [7] The Varangians settled in the territories of present-day Belarus, Russia and Ukraine from the 8th and 9th centuries, and established the state of Kievan Rus' as well as the principalities of Polotsk and Turov.
Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, the second-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. It is an important economic, transportation, scientific, educational and cultural centre in Russia and the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and is the main centre of river tourism in Russia.
The Volga ( Russian: Волга) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of 3,531 km (2,194 mi), and a catchment area of 1,360,000 km 2 (530,000 sq mi). [ 3 ] It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge at delta ...
Bolghar. / 54.97889°N 49.05639°E / 54.97889; 49.05639. Bolghar ( Russian: Болгарское городище) was intermittently the capital of Volga Bulgaria from the 10th to the 13th centuries, along with Bilyar and Nur-Suvar. It was situated on the bank of the Volga River, about 30 km downstream from its confluence with the Kama ...
Website. www .gorodperm .ru. Perm ( Russian: Пермь, IPA: [pʲermʲ] ⓘ; Komi-Permyak: Перем; Komi: Перым ), previously known as Yagoshikha ( Ягошиха; 1723–1781) and Molotov ( Молотов; 1940–1957), is the administrative centre of Perm Krai in the European part of Russia. It sits on the banks of the Kama River ...
The Volga region ( Russian: Поволжье, Povolzhye, literally: "along the Volga") is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russia . The Volga region is culturally separated into three sections: Lower Volga Region - from the mouth ...
The Volga trade route was established by the Varangians who settled in Northwestern Russia in the early 9th century. About 10 km (6 mi) south of the Volkhov River entry into Lake Ladoga, they established a settlement called Ladoga (Old Norse: Aldeigjuborg ). [6] Archaeological evidence suggests Rus trading activities along the Volga trade route ...
It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. It is the second most populated federal district (after Central ). Its population was 29,899,699 (70.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census, [ 2 ] living on an area of 1,038,000 square kilometers (401,000 sq mi). Igor Komarov was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on 18 ...