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Route 45. Voyage down the Volga from Tver to Suizran
12021-01-22T11:26:35-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5A voyage begins.6The Atel. The Etel. The Itel. The Rha. The Oaros.plain2021-01-23T11:12:57-05:002020-12-03T15:09Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T11:31:58-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Volga babble8About the way it rises in the Valdai Hills. About its length. Its fall. Its entry into the Caspian Sea.plain2021-01-23T11:12:05-05:002020-12-03T15:22Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T11:37:49-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5A highway for a thousand ships7plain2021-01-22T12:30:09-05:002020-12-03T15:31Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T11:43:58-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5notes of near despair4and allusions to Egyptplain2021-01-22T12:29:47-05:002020-12-03T15:39Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T11:51:32-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5So we shall see3how the ancient Oaros - the Russian Nile, the Matushka Volga - fills my eyes.plain2021-01-22T12:28:13-05:002020-12-03T15:41Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:15:36-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Tver15a sleep, a meal, a walk, a trip in a rickety cab, an embarkationplain2021-01-22T12:39:04-05:002020-12-14T09:5356.85836, 35.90057Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:16:16-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Orsha9Goodness. I have two days to watch the banks of the Volga rise and sink.plain2020-12-14T12:27:09-05:002020-12-14T12:0056.91196, 36.22862Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:16:29-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kortcheva20a town that rose, fell, and was submergedplain2020-12-14T16:00:20-05:002020-12-14T16:0256.792778, 36.839444Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:16:42-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Savelovo10a place to trade steamer for traincarplain2020-12-14T12:25:09-05:002020-12-14T18:1456.85, 37.366667Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:21:34-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kimri3should you need to purchase boots...plain2020-12-14T11:30:57-05:002020-12-14T22:0156.86667, 37.35Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:22:08-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kalyazin12a town, nothing more, and an observationplain2021-01-22T12:50:36-05:002020-12-15T10:0257.24028, 37.84333Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:22:38-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Priluki6the banks of the Volga rise and sinkplain2020-12-14T13:34:42-05:002020-12-15T13:0057.3675, 38.04639Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:22:56-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Uglitch8murder and souvenirsplain2021-01-22T12:52:18-05:002020-12-15T16:0457.5303, 38.3229Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:23:13-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Muishkino7an unimportant little townplain2020-12-14T13:50:03-05:002020-12-15T21:0057.781, 38.4563Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:44:30-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Romanov-Borisoglyebsk9a spinning mill and five cupolasplain2020-12-16T13:41:30-05:002020-12-16T14:0057.88529, 39.5406Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:44:50-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Konstantinov7chemicals instead of cupolasplain2020-12-14T14:44:17-05:002020-12-16T14:0657.83005, 39.58989Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:45:26-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Norskaya Fabrika5nothing but a cotton millplain2020-12-14T15:00:59-05:002020-12-16T15:3057.72718485109483, 39.77071052604158Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:47:22-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Yaroslavl16a city of holy doorsplain2021-01-27T16:06:55-05:002020-12-16T17:0357.62987, 39.87368Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:49:18-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Sopelki9always a reason to return to the libraryplain2021-01-28T09:18:36-05:002021-01-28T09:0757.54825, 40.04876Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:53:05-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Babaiki10pilgrimage and despairplain2021-01-28T13:02:05-05:002021-01-28T13:0157.67663, 40.36567Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:53:24-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kostroma11an assortment of Romanov wallsplain2021-01-29T13:20:14-05:002021-01-29T13:1357.76647, 40.92686Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:58:30-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kineshma4confluence and stationplain2021-01-29T17:30:46-05:002021-01-29T17:3057.43914, 42.12894Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:59:02-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Ryeshma5a village with a convent? a convent with a village?plain2021-02-01T09:45:06-05:002021-02-01T09:3057.40851, 42.55676Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T11:59:01-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Putchezh4in which one begins to wonder what makes a town a townplain2020-12-14T22:48:34-05:0056.97878, 43.16761Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:01:29-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Katunki10the promise of what is to comeplain2021-02-03T13:38:44-05:002021-02-01T10:3856.83406, 43.23074Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:02:06-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Vasilyev12aching to move onwardplain2021-02-01T13:09:45-05:002021-02-01T13:0856.76776, 43.25135Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:15:48-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Gorodetz14of saints and honey-cakesplain2022-07-27T12:15:14-04:002021-02-02T13:3956.65493, 43.47273Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:18:20-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Sormovo12a place for heavy laborplain2021-02-03T12:38:24-05:002021-02-02T17:1656.36176, 43.83966Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:21:25-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Rabotki5the old world charm of groves and paintplain2021-02-03T13:32:08-05:002021-02-03T13:3156.04147, 44.60265Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T13:16:47-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Luiskovo12a place that is no placeplain2021-02-03T14:31:32-05:002021-02-03T14:3056.03282, 45.0422Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:47:28-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kozmodemyansk9the glory of a good walking-stickplain2021-02-05T10:47:02-05:002021-02-05T10:4056.3419, 46.56353Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:48:18-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Tcheboksari12curiosities and the tolling of the bellplain2021-03-01T22:01:17-05:002021-03-01T12:3356.13222, 47.25194Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:49:36-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kozlovka7a place from which another place is visibleplain2021-03-02T13:25:17-05:002021-03-02T13:2155.84284, 48.2492Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:57:35-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Vyazovuiya7waiting for Kazanplain2021-03-02T13:31:08-05:002021-03-02T13:2955.79877, 48.52476Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-26T13:13:08-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5mouth of the Kama4Baedeker locationplain2021-01-27T23:07:05-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
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12021-01-28T12:49:30-05:00Route 45. Voyage down the Volga from Tver to Suizran1a white line highlights the route shown on the General Map of Russia provided in the Baedeker Handbookplain2021-01-28T12:49:30-05:00