Volga

boatmen

Vessel operators on water

• songsMusical vocal compositions
• balladsNarrative verse set to music
• legendsTraditional stories or icons

Cossacks · rebellion · epic · tales · tradition

tributaries

Streams joining larger rivers

• deltaSymbol denoting variation
• CaspianEurasian inland sea
• floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland

estuary · watershed · confluence · meander · basin · riparian · hydrology · streamflow · bank · freshwater

Moscow

Russia's capital city

• VolgogradRussian city, river-named
• heartlandCentral region of significance
• steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland

homeland · Russian · historic · empire

barges

Flat-hulled freight vessels

• shippingTransporting goods to destinations
• tradeExchange of commodities
• waterwayNavigable route for vessels

cargo · vessels · boats · freight · commerce · tugboat · port · canal · locks · hydroelectric

longest

Greatest in extent

• EuropeSmallest inhabited continent
• extensiveCovering a large scope
• windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous

vast · stretching · immense · great · major

• Russian placesMoscow, St. Petersburg, Kremlin, Volgograd, Vladivostok
• bodies of waterocean, river, sea, lake, stream
• water bodiessea, lakes, lake, rivers, streams
• RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
• Russian GeographyMoscow, Siberia, Ural Mountains, Lake Baikal, St. Petersburg
• European LandformsAlps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Danube, Rhine