It used to be known as the Atil, meaning "big river," and among the cities it serves are Saratov and Tver'.  
It used to be known as the Atil, meaning "big river," and among the cities it serves are Saratov and Tver'.  Along with such tributaries as the Oka, Vetluga, and Kama, it forms the largest river system in its continent.  After rising in the Valdai Hills, it flows east past Kazan before turning south, passing Samara, and emptying into the Caspian Sea.  FTP, name this 2,300-mile-long river, which starts northwest of Moscow.
It used to be known as the Atil, meaning "big river," and among the cities it serves are Saratov and Tver'.  
Volga River