In 1556, the Astrakhan Khanate was conquered by Ivan the Terrible, who had a new fortress built on a steep hill overlooking the Volga.

One group of tribes settled along the Dnieper river in what is now Ukraine and Belarus to the North they then spread northward to the northern Volga valley, east of modern day Moscow and westward to the basins of the northern Dniester and the Southern Buh rivers in present day Ukraine and southern Ukraine.

Despite the fact that in December 1941 the Red Army threw off the German forces from Moscow in a successful counterattack, the Germans retained the strategic initiative for approximately another year and held a deep offensive in the south eastern direction, reaching the Volga and the Caucasus.

The 1990s were marked by the emigration of many of the country's Russians and Volga Germans, a process that began in the 1970s.

The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.

The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

The Niger is the third longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the Nile and the Congo River.

It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.

The Reuss is a river in Switzerland.

The is located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

The Avon River is a river in Western Australia.

The Krishna River is the third longest river in central southern India, after the Ganges and the Godavari.

The longest river is the Cagayan River in northern Luzon.

The São Francisco () is a river in Brazil.

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Cetina () is a river in southern Croatia.

The , at long, is the third longest in Japan and the longest in Hokkaidō.

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America.

The Inn ( ) is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Staaten River is a river in the Cape York Peninsula, Australia.

The James River is formed by the confluence of the Jackson River and the Cowpasture River.

The Belice (Sicilian Bèlici) is a river, long, of western Sicily.

Indeed, the weakened Russia that will be Putin s legacy will then also lose the Northern Caucasus and the Volga region to their growing Muslim populations.

At its greatest extent, it reached from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Kwango River in the east, and from the Congo River in the north to the Kwanza River in the south.

The département is crossed by the Loire river, the longest river in France.

The Titas River is a trans boundary river of south eastern Bangladesh and it is more known to the Bengalis by a famous novel and a movie titled A river named Titas , which depicts the life of the fishermen on its bank.

Among the slew of newly approved dam projects are five on the Salween, three on the Brahmaputra, and two on the Mekong.

At its north end the lake is drained by the Luvua River, which flows in a northwesterly direction to join the Lualaba River and thence to the Congo.

The Ganges river dolphin is primarily found in the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers and their tributaries in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, while the Indus river dolphin is found in the Indus River in Pakistan and its Beas and Sutlej tributaries.

Is this a river?

The river Ganges, flowing through Hrishikesh, India.

Ayeyarwaddy River, Myanmar.

Cutting through the uplifting mountains, the Columbia River created the Columbia River Gorge.

The Simeto ( Sicilian Simetu Greek Σύμαιθος) is a long river in Sicily, southern Italy.

To the east is the upper Vychegda River, a branch of the Northern Dvina.

Its territory included much of the current Portuguese territory between the Minho River and the Tagus River.

A study by Brazilian scientists concluded that the Amazon is actually longer than the Nile.

The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

The Platani (), known in ancient times as the Alico (, ' and ') is a river in southern Sicily, Italy.

The lake is drained by only one river, the Narva into the Baltic Sea.

The Sandy River is a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon in the United States.

A road through Titas river.

A steamer at Irrawaddy River

A boat in Myitsone.