Место на ревяке
The place
"Spot on the Reviaka" in Saratov Oblast, Marks/Volsk area (lower Volga, Caspian steppe, Russia), at 14 m altitude, lower Volga plain. Continuous Russia Volga cluster (batches 270-371). Fishing/camping area on the banks of the Reviaka River (Reviaka, a tributary of the Bolshoy Karaman in the 3,690 km Volga basin, an iconic river + Saratov, 843,000 inhabitants, 5th largest on the Volga + Volga Delta, 27,000 km², 500 fish species, Caspian Sea + Volga Germans, Republic 1918-1941, 300,000 deported to Kazakhstan under Stalin, 6 August 1941 deportation to Kazakhstan/Siberia, ~50% died, genocide + heritage of the Volga Russians (Orthodox Old Believers cult, 1666 Nikon schism, 800,000 diaspora + Buddhist Kalmyks, a minority of 180,000, 3% of Saratov, the only Buddhists on the Russian Volga, Kalmykia).
The setting
Saratov, Marks/Volsk, lower Volga, Caspian steppe, Russia, 14 m, lower Volga plain, continuous cluster batches 270-371, fishing/camping on the Reviaka, tributary of the Bolshoy Karaman, 3,690 km Volga + Saratov 843,000, 5th largest + Volga Delta 27,000 km², 500 fish species, Caspian Sea + Volga Germans, Republic 1918-1941, 300,000 deported to Kazakhstan under Stalin, 6 August 1941, ~50% died + Volga Russians, Orthodox Old Believers 1666, Nikon, 800,000 + Buddhist Kalmyks 180,000, 3% minority, Saratov, only Buddhists on the Russian Volga, Kalmykia.
