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Fishing on the Volga

Almost all the Volga region is a genuine paradise for the fans of fishing In 1817 the first steamship was floated onto the Volga. Since that time shipbuilders of the Volga region have been developing and improving in every way the glorious traditions of their forebears. The variety of the ships, wherein the tourists are offered to make a voyage, is great. The modern steamships have all the necessary infrastructure to provide you proper vacation, such as: comfortable state-rooms, wide promenade decks, delicious food and, of course, professional excursions. Now we'll come up aboard of one of them, and our exciting voyage will begin. We are going to make a trip from Tver, almost from the very embouchment of the Volga, till its delta, the Caspian sea. We are going to stop in the most interesting cities where we will get acquaintance with the ancient monuments, folkways of various nations, taste its national cuisine, get various souvenirs. And our cruise will be ended with the magnificent scene — blooming lotus fields! Are you ready to start the voyage? Then — unmoor!

Following the strict logic, our voyage along the Volga should be started not in Tver aboard of the ship but in a small village Volgoverkhovie. Everything here has a humble appearance: a stone with an inscription and a small chapel. A stream which is easy to overstep springs out from the ground. Exactly this stream is destined to become a mighty river and to run a way with the length of several thousand kilometers. Here the wood bridge only a few meters wide is built, the first one across the Volga. And now imagine what huge steely and concrete bridges we will see afterwards.