One of the most popular car brands in the USSR, Volga, was a favorite of Vladimir Putin and Yuri Gagarin. It even became a hero of dark urban legends in Eastern Europe. Designed by the Gorky ...
From the monasteries immersed in the Taiga forests, to the cities suspended between ancient and modern—the journey across the Volga River recounts the Russian spirit. The Volga is one of the largest ...
In a timeless, abundant land of woods, plains and water, a gruff farmer summons a timid teacher to instruct his daughter. During their lessons, a shy friendship blossoms. When the farmer takes his ...
Sleek, low-slung and preferably black, it was once an object of desire for every Soviet bureaucrat. Now, more than half a century after it was first produced, Russia is stopping production of the ...
The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is travelling in a Volga car along the Volga river to take a snapshot of life in Vladimir Putin's Russia, as the presidential election looms. This is his first piece, ...
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