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‘Mother Volga’ has always been Russia’s lifeblood

The magnificent river has not only fed Russia’s population for centuries but has been crucial to its expansion, says Janet Hartley

‘Barge Haulers on the Volga’ by Ilya Repin (1870-73). Credit: Getty Images
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