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10 scenes from provincial life on the Volga, Russia's greatest river

The Volga River is home to hundreds of cities. What is life like there?
By Ksenia Isaeva, RBTH
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Denis Baburov

The Volga is the biggest river in Russia, and the longest river in Europe. Along the Volga, there are four cities with populations of more than a million people (Kazan, Samara, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod), and hundreds of small settlements. / Dubna city.
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Denis Baburov

Russian photographer Denis Baburov travelled to many cities located on the Volga, both small and large. / Plyos city.
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Denis Baburov

“In my opinion, the landscape reflects the people and their way of life. A large river, slowly flowing, adds some stability to life,” says Baburov. / A small settlement near Kazan.
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Denis Baburov

The series was shot in the cities of Plyos, Dubna, and Kalyazin, and in settlements near Nizhny Novgorod and Saratov. / The Nikolskaya belltower in Kalyazin.
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Denis Baburov

“I was travelling alone and searching for a place to stay on someone’s couch, and this gave me many opportunities to meet locals.” / Saratov.
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Denis Baburov

"None of the photographs in the series are staged. I asked this woman with a basin heading to the banya on her ‘banya day’ to stop for a second for a photo." / Plyos.
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Denis Baburov

"Ivan is a worker from Moldova. As do the majority of his countrymen, he left his homeland to work abroad and earn money. He worked for a time in Italy and later moved to Russia; he now lives in a small city on the bank of the Volga." / Plyos.
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“Most of all I was amazed by the river cruise along the Volga. All the passengers were like a separate nation in a large country.” / Passengers of a river cruise from Kazan to Volgograd.
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Denis Baburov

“Soon you do not notice the Volga river, as it is always nearby. Often, the Volga divides a large city in two halves. The development of the city frequently surpasses the speed of bridge construction. As a result, the roads are choked with traffic.” / Sviyazhsk.
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Denis Baburov

“Small cities suffer, as everywhere in the country, from a lack of money, old infrastructure – the majority of young people are going to the capital.” / Volgograd.
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September 19, 2016
Tags: nature, volga, province, people_multimedia

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