Volga River

Thursday, 20 September 2018

Overnight we completed our passage through the Moscow-Volga Canal, and entered the Volga River at Dubna.

As the navigable passage from Moscow to St. Petersburg was built, a number of dams were constructed, flooding numerous towns and villages. Most of the submerged structures were destroyed, but this bell tower in Kalyazin remains as a small island just off the new river bank.

The lock at Uglich.

Our ship, the Viking Akun, at the dock in Uglich. As are most river ships, it's long and narrow.

Day or night, gulls followed the river boats. Here gulls are standing on gravel on a barge.

Almost midnight, but the gulls are ready to swoop down for goodies stirred up as the lock at Rybinsk pumps water to raise and lower ships and barges.