Volga River
- Ancient name
- Ras River
- Modern name
- Volga River
- Modern country
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 51.248644, 45.837444
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364392
The Volga River flows south of the Russian steppe and empties into the Caspian Sea. Dati never refers to it by name in La sfera: "a great river spreads across this land, which joins the two tributaries, the Edil and the Tir; most of the time it is frozen by the cold. The great city of Sarai is located there" (4.20.5–8). The river however does appear by its medieval name, the Ras River (rassa fiume), in a single Sfera manuscript (Bos).
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location P184
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Volga River.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/volga-river/.