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(1 diggs) Nine Killed in Moscow River Collision
Aug 01, 2011 from lostinrandomwor(Weird News Digger) in World News
lostinrandomwor A passenger boat collided with a barge in a bend in the Moscow River not far from the Kremlin on Sunday, three weeks after a major cruise boat disaster on the Volga River killed 122 people.
(1 diggs) Russia's Volga River faces major contamination after oil tan
May 21, 4276 from natallytiho(Natally)
natallytiho Russian authorities were scrambling Tuesday to contain a major oil spill on the Volga River after a barge ran aground when its captain fell asleep.
(1 diggs) Moscow Riverboat Collision in Pictures
May 21, 9804 from Haihakotobuki(Pikachu ) in World News
Haihakotobuki According to a report, a total of nine people drowned during a riverboat collision with a barge in the Moscow River early Sunday July 31, only three weeks after a major cruise boat disaster on the Volga River. This accident is said to be the second largest shipwreck in July 2011.

Paint Prelude #1 Barge Haulers on the Volga By Taylor Whatley

Uncle Gilyai's Moscow

18.08.11

In the late 1800s and early 1900s almost every Muscovite knew Vladimir Gilyarovsky, or “Uncle Gilyai,” as they called him. To this day, his name and the associated legends are an integral part of city lore.

Born into a policeman’s family in Vologda in 1855, Gilyai ran away from home when he was 16, without a passport or money. A brilliant young man who had already started writing and translating poems from French, he found work as a barge hauler on the Volga River. This was followed by a long list of jobs -- fisherman, circus horse rider, actor, mercenary and many others.

Gilyai moved to Moscow and started to work as a journalist when he was 26. He wrote about social problems and disasters, and in 1887 was the first to raise the problem of stray animals in the city.

Very much an extrovert, the tall and plump Gilyai was acquainted with all kinds of the city’s residents and won their respect -- journalists and factory workers, actors and criminals. His classic 1926 book “Moskva i Moskvichi” or “Moscow and Muscovites” describes more than 50 years of his experiences and stories about the city and its inhabitants.

Source: Tne Moscow News

Russian Red Army Choir – Song of the Volga Boatmen (1965) New ...

by hanamisuki

Leonid Kharitonov & Russian Red Army Choir – The Song of the Volga Boatmen (“Эй, ухнем”). Leonid Kharitonov’s channel — www.youtube.com The Song of the Volga Boatmen is a well-known traditional Russian song collected by Mily Balakirev, and published in his book of folk songs. It is a genuine barge-haulers’ shanty. The song, also called The Volga Burlak’s Song, was inspired by Repin’s famous painting, Burlaks on the Volga, depicting the suffering of the people in the depth of misery in Tsarist Russia. The song was popularised by Feodor Chaliapin, and has been a favourite concert piece of bass singers ever since. Glenn Miller took the song to #1 in the US charts in 1941.

This song has a power beyond any politics. Actually, it says nothing that can be considered politic. It’s, literally, the song of boatmen working. But it’s power lies in the attitude with which is sung. The choir men seem to say: “we are the heirs of these working, restless people. We are the Volga boatmen, the work force, never to give up”. This will of never giving up can belong to any nation, people or individual. And does not necessary to be linked to nationalism, in my opinion,

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