Volga
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The Volga is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga
The Volga at Yaroslavl
The Saratov Bridge by night, Saratov Oblast
The upper Volga in the vicinity of Staritsa, 1912
View of the Volga Delta from the International Space Station
Huns
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The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries CE. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east o
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…the Pontic–Caspian steppe. The area around the Volga was inhabited by the Slavic tribes of Vyatichs and Buzhans, by Finno-Ugric, Scandinavian, Baltic, Hunnic and Turkic peoples (Tatars, Kipchaks, Khazars) in the first millennium AD, replacing the Scythians. Furthermore, the river played a vital role in the…
Arrival of the Huns in Pannonia (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
A reconstructed Hun warrior (Hungarian National Museum - Attila exhibition, 2026)
The depicted battle is the legendary Battle of Zeiselmauer when the Huns conquered Pannonia from the Romans (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Raphael's The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila depicts Pope Leo I, escorted by Saint Peter and Saint Paul, meeting with the Hun emperor outside Rome