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Stavropol
12021-01-26T13:16:00-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f593Baedeker locationplain2021-01-28T13:45:31-05:0053.5303, 49.3461Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The Zhigulev Hills are picturesque, just as Baedeker says. Steep limestone faces covered in lime and oak rise sharply from the water on the right bank, up hundreds of feet. In an effort to make the effect even more dramatic, ravines slice the landscape, creating the recesses where infamous hordes of robbers used to wait to prey on precious cargo coming up from Astrakhan.
Here at Stavropol the Volga turns due east, heading into the bow.
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12020-11-25T14:52:30-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Route 45. Voyage down the Volga from Tver to SuizranKelly O'Neill77Baedeker itinerarygoogle_maps2021-01-29T15:32:22-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
