Morkvash

Morkvash lies at the foot of the Zhiguli hills on the great bend of the Volga known as Samarskaya Luka. The village is associated with a landscape of steep slopes, wooded ravines and the river's long curve around the hills. It was recorded in the seventeenth century; in 1695 Peter I's fleet passed the village on its way toward Azov and anchored nearby because of bad weather. The Volga carried travellers and armies past this small settlement.