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Summer fishing on the Volga delta
The Volga Delta in southern Russia is like a magnet for fishing enthusiasts as the area is known to be quite lucky and fruitful almost year-round. RTG TV host Igor Maximenko visited the delta in spring to learn how to land a catch using a rather unusual method.
Fishing in the Estuaries of Primorsko-Akhtarsk
The city Primorsko-Akhtarsk boasts a unique location in the southern part of Russia on the coast of the Sea of Azov, and is surrounded by estuaries. These estuaries form when rivers overflow and can either run into the sea or remain separate. Because of this, Primorsko-Akhtarsk is home to many types of both sea and river fish. Thanks to its diverse waters, the city has long been famous for its great fishing. Russian Travel Guide host Denis Golovko found this out for himself. On his journey he skillfully caught a pike, improvised by using a fake dragonfly as bait and smoked Azov-Black Sea herring on the bank of one of the estuary banks of Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
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Fishing in the Estuaries of Primorsko-Akhtarsk
Russian Rice
It is a well-known fact that rice has played an important role in people’s diets for thousands of years. This cereal grain was brought to Russia from Persia and was initially called «Saracenic millet». Russia began growing its own rice only in the 16th century. The country’s first attempts at harvesting the grain were carried out in the lower reaches of the Volga River and in the Kuban River wetlands. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Soviet government made the decision to bring rice cultivation to an industrial scale. As a result, in 1931 the Soviet Union’s only Institute for the Scientific Research of Rice was opened near the city of Krasnodar. In order for the institution to conduct its first projects, 2,000 types of grain from all over the world were brought to the institute. Russian scientists gradually developed their own varieties of rice that could adapt to the local s...
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