Nature. Several big rivers of Volga basin (Oka, Kama, Belaya, Moscow) and Don. Volga-Don and Moscow-Volga canals.

Towns and ports. Big cities, ports: Moscow, Ryazan, Kolomna (Oka, Moscow rivers), Ufa (Belaya river), Perm (Kama river), Rostov-on-Don (Don river). Industrial and cultural centers.

Routes. Mainly the Volga routes with visits to rivers of Volga basin: Moscow - Oka - Nizhniy Novgorod - Volga - Moscow, Moscow - Rostov-on-Don, Perm - Astrakhan, Perm - Rostov-on-Don, Moscow - Ufa, Nizhniy Novgorod - Perm and others. Passenger lines.

Motor ships. All main types of big passenger ships. Mainly projects: 305, 588, 301, 92-016, 302, Q-040.