You reach the source of the Volga River by traveling about (1) miles north from Moscow. You cruise in an easterly direction on this winding river for about 380 miles and arrive at the large city of (2). Your journey on the Volga continues east for a little over 200 miles. Then the river bends south. At this location the Volga is about 325 miles west of the mountain range called the (3). After traveling another 600 miles, you reach the mouth of the Volga where it empties into the (4).