Geroi Volz︠h︡skoĭ volʹnit︠s︡y
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Ulʹi︠a︡novsk
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Few people know that robbery has flourished on the great Russian Volga River for a thousand years. And the robber brotherhood was called the Volga freemen. In 15 chapters the book tells about the fact why the Volga can be considered the main robber river of Russia and what the cry "Saryn to the kichka!" means, it tells about the ushkuiniki, about the famous villains Vanka Cain, Galan, Bykov and others. In the last chapter, the reader will visit the most famous river settlements on the Volga, associated with robbers, and read the most vivid tales about them.
Author: Evgeniy Anatolievich Burdin is Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor of the Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University.
