 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Down the Volga: Paive nehondo dzakawanda dzeRusso-Kazan, kazhinji dzaibatanidza Moscow neCrimea dzichitsigira vakwikwidzi vakasiyana-siyana pachigaro cheKazan, asi Kazan 700e, 25s yaive kure kure kuti igadziriswe nyore. Zvivako zvepamberi zvakavakwa paVasilsursk paVolga pasi peNizhny Novgorod 1523: 533e uye Sviyazhsk 1551: 675e, 25s pedyo neKazan. Kazan yakatorwa muna 1552. Muna 1554 Moscow yakaisa muchinda weNogai pachigaro choumambo cheAstrakhan. Paakapanduka, Russia yakabatanidza Astrakhan 1556: 700e, 1000s. Uku kuwedzera kukuru kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva sezvingabvira kwakanga kwakavakirwa pakufamba nomurwizi muVolga, asi ikoku hakuna kujeka kubva mumanyuko echiNgezi. Muhondo Yokutanga yeRussia neTurkey 15681570, vaOttoman vakaedza uye vakakundikana kutorazve Astrakhan nokuda kweIslam. Pashure peHondo yeLivonia, nhare dzepakati dzakavakwa paVolga: Samara 1586: 300s, 800e, Saratov 1590: 450s, 500e, Tsaritsyn Volgograd 1589: 800s, 400e. Pakati peVolga neUrals Ufa 350s, 1100e yakavambwa muna 1574. 