Volga
The Volga is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Russia; the longest river in Europe
- Also known as: “R. Volga”, “R. Wolga”, “River Volga”, “River Wolga”, “Volga R.”, “Volga River”, “Wolga”, “Wolga R.”, and “Wolga River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alekseyevka and Arshinnyy.
Alekseyevka
Hamlet
Alexeyevka is a rural locality in Samosdelsky Selsoviet, Kamyzyaksky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. The population was 201 as of 2010. There are three streets. Alekseyevka is situated 3½ km north of Volga.
Arshinnyy
Village
Arshin is a rural locality in Samosdelsky Selsoviet, Kamyzyaksky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. The population was 44 as of 2010. There is 1 street. Arshinnyy is situated 6 km north of Volga.
Nizhnenikolsky
Village
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Nizhnenikolsky is a rural locality in Obrastsovo-Travinsky Selsoviet, Kamyzyaksky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. The population was 282 as of 2010. There are 3 streets. Nizhnenikolsky is situated 10 km east of Volga.
Volga
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Volga” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wolga”
- Albanian: “Lumi i Vollgës”
- Albanian: “Vollga”
- Amharic: “ቮልጋ ወንዝ”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ῥᾶ”
- Arabic: “فولغا (نهر)”
- Arabic: “فولغا”
- Arabic: “نهر فولغا”
- Aragonese: “Río Volga”
- Armenian: “Վոլգա”
- Assamese: “ভল্গা নদী”
- Asturian: “Ríu Volga”
- Asturian: “Volga”
- Avaric: “Волга”
- Aymara: “Volga”
- Azerbaijani: “Volqa çayı”
- Azerbaijani: “Volqa”
- Balinese: “Tukad Volga”
- Bashkir: “Волга”
- Bashkir: “Иҙел”
- Basque: “Volga”
- Bavarian: “Wolga”
- Belarusian: “Волга”
- Bengali: “ভোলগা নদী”
- Betawi: “Wolga”
- Bhojpuri: “वोल्गा नदी”
- Bhojpuri: “वोल्गा”
- Bosnian: “Volga”
- Breton: “Volga”
- Bulgarian: “Волга”
- Burmese: “ဗော်လ်ဂါမြစ်”
- Catalan: “Volga”
- Cebuano: “Volga”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری ڤۆڵگا”
- Chechen: “Волга”
- Chechen: “Ийдал”
- Chinese: “伏加河”
- Chinese: “伏尔加河”
- Chinese: “伏爾加河”
- Chinese: “窩瓦河”
- Church Slavic: “Вльга”
- Chuvash: “Атăл”
- Cornish: “Dowr Volga”
- Crimean Tatar: “Edil”
- Crimean Tatar: “İdil”
- Croatian: “Volga”
- Czech: “Volha”
- Danish: “Volga”
- Dutch: “Wolga”
- Eastern Mari: “Юл”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الفولجا”
- Erzya: “Рав”
- Esperanto: “Volgo”
- Estonian: “Volga”
- Extremaduran: “Riu Volga”
- Faroese: “Volga”
- Fiji Hindi: “Volga Naddi”
- Fijian: “Volga”
- Finnish: “Volga”
- French: “Fleuve Volga”
- French: “Volga”
- Galician: “Río Volga”
- Galician: “Volga”
- Georgian: “ვოლგა”
- German: “Wolga”
- Greek: “Βόλγας”
- Guarani: “Volga”
- Gujarati: “વોલ્ગા નદી”
- Hakka Chinese: “Volga hò”
- Hebrew: “וולגה”
- Hindi: “वोल्गा नदी”
- Hungarian: “Volga”
- Icelandic: “Volga”
- Ido: “Rivero Volga”
- Ido: “Volga”
- Iloko: “Karayan Volga”
- Inari Sami: “Volga-juuhâ”
- Inari Sami: “Volga”
- Inari Sami: “Volgajuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Volga”
- Ingush: “Идал”
- Interlingua: “Fluvio Volga”
- Interlingua: “Volga”
- Interlingue: “Volga”
- Irish: “An Volga”
- Italian: “fiume Volga”
- Italian: “Volga”
- Japanese: “ヴォルガ川”
- Japanese: “ヴォルガ河”
- Javanese: “Kali Volga”
- Kabiyè: “Fɔlɩka Pɔɔ”
- Kabyle: “Asif n Volga”
- Kabyle: “Volga”
- Kannada: “ವೋಲ್ಗಾ ನದಿ”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Volga”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Итил”
- Kazakh: “Еділ”
- Kirghiz: “Волга дарыясы”
- Komering: “Way Volga”
- Komi-Permyak: “Волга”
- Komi: “Волга”
- Korean: “볼가강”
- Kotava: “Volga (kuksa)”
- Kotava: “Volga”
- Kurdish: “Volga”
- Ladin: “Volga”
- Ladino: “Volga”
- Latin: “Rha”
- Latvian: “Volga”
- Lezghian: “Волга”
- Limburgan: “Volga”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Rio Volga”
- Literary Chinese: “窩瓦河”
- Lithuanian: “Volga”
- Lombard: “Volga”
- Low German: “Wolga”
- Lower Sorbian: “Wolga”
- Luxembourgish: “Wolga”
- Macedonian: “Волга”
- Malagasy: “Volga (ony)”
- Malagasy: “Volga”
- Malay: “Sungai Volga”
- Malayalam: “വോൾഗ നദി”
- Marathi: “वोल्गा नदी”
- Mazanderani: “ولگا”
- Mingrelian: “ვოლგა”
- Mirandese: “Riu Bolga”
- Mirandese: “Riu Volga”
- Moksha: “Рава”
- Mongolian: “Ижил мөрөн”
- Moroccan Arabic: “ڤولڭا”
- Moroccan Arabic: “لڤولڭا”
- Moroccan Arabic: “واد لڤولڭا”
- Nauru: “Volga”
- Nepali: “भोल्गा”
- Newari: “भोल्गा खुसि”
- Newari: “भोल्गा खुसी”
- Northern Frisian: “Wolga (Struum)”
- Northern Frisian: “Wolga”
- Northern Sami: “Volga”
- Northern Sami: “Volgajohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Volga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Volga”
- Norwegian: “Volga”
- Nyanja: “Mtsinje wa Volga”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vòlga”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Folga”
- Ossetian: “Волгæ”
- Ossetian: “Идыл”
- Panjabi: “ਵੋਲਗਾ ਦਰਿਆ”
- Persian: “رود ولگا”
- Persian: “رودخانه ولگا”
- Picard: “Volga”
- Piemontese: “Vòlga”
- Polish: “Wołga”
- Portuguese: “Rio Volga”
- Pushto: “ولګا”
- Romanian: “Volga”
- Romansh: “Volga”
- Romansh: “Wolga”
- Russia Buriat: “Эжэл мүрэн”
- Russian: “Волга”
- Russian: “Река Волга”
- Rusyn: “Волґа”
- Samogitian: “Vuolga”
- Sardinian: “vuulgà”
- Saterfriesisch: “Wolga”
- Scots: “Volga”
- Serbian: “Волга”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Volga”
- Sicilian: “Volga”
- Silesian: “Wołga”
- Sinhala: “වොල්ගා නදිය”
- Skolt Sami: “Volga”
- Skolt Sami: “Volgajokk”
- Slovak: “Volga”
- Slovenian: “Volga”
- South Azerbaijani: “وولقا”
- Southern Altai: “Эдил”
- Spanish: “Volga”
- Swahili: “Volga”
- Swedish: “Volga”
- Swiss German: “Wolga”
- Tagalog: “Ilog Volga”
- Tajik: “Волга”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Волга”
- Talysh: “Volgə”
- Tamil: “வோல்கா ஆறு”
- Tatar: “İdel”
- Tatar: “Волга”
- Tatar: “Идел”
- Telugu: “వోల్గా నది”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำวอลกา”
- Tibetan: “ཧྥོར་ཅཱ་གཙང་པོ།”
- Tosk Albanian: “Wolga”
- Turkish: “Volga Nehri”
- Turkish: “Volga”
- Turkmen: “Wolga”
- Udmurt: “Волга”
- Uighur: “ۋولگا دەرياسى”
- Ukrainian: “Волга”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wolga”
- Urdu: “دریائے وولگا”
- Uzbek: “Volga daryosi”
- Uzbek: “Volga”
- Uzbek: “Волга дарёси”
- Uzbek: “Волга”
- Venetian: “Volga”
- Veps: “Volg”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Volga”
- Volapük: “Volga”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Volga”
- Welsh: “Afon Volga”
- Western Armenian: “Վոլկա”
- Western Frisian: “Wolga”
- Western Mari: “Йыл”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے وولگا”
- Wu Chinese: “浮卡河”
- Yakut: “Волга”
- Yiddish: “וואלגא”
- Yue Chinese: “伏加河”
- “Volga”
- “Vuolga”
- “वोल्गा”
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