The Sura (russian: Сура́, cv, Сăр, ''Săr'') is a river in Russia, a north-flowing right tributary of the

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...

. Its mouth on the Volga is about half way between Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. It flows through

Penza Oblast Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186. Geogra ...

Mordovia The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

Ulyanovsk Oblast Ulyanovsk Oblast (russian: Ульяновская область, ''Ul’janovskaja oblast’'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. Populati ...

, Chuvashia and

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,310,5 ...

. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .«Река СУРА»
Russian State Water Registry It is navigable for 394 km from the mouth. The city of

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-la ...

, and smaller towns Alatyr,

Shumerlya Shumerlya (russian: Шу́мерля; cv, Çĕмĕрле, ''Śĕmĕrle'') is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway. Population: 35,000 (1974). History ...

Yadrin Yadrin (russian: Я́дрин; cv, Етӗрне, ''Yetĕrne'') is a town and the administrative center of Yadrinsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. Yadrin is located on the left bank of the Sura River, southwest of Cheboksary, the ...

lie along the Sura. At the confluence with the Volga there is a settlement of

Vasilsursk Vasilsursk (russian: Васильсу́рск) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Vorotynsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Sura River, not far from its fall into the Volga. History A Kuruk Mari (a tribe ...

. The principal affluents of the Sura are the

, the

Pyana The Pyana (russian: Пья́на) is a river in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Sura. History and etymology Pyana translates from Russian into ''drunken''. The original name of the riv ...

, and the Alatyr. Sura near Alatyr

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* * * * * * * Sura is an epithet of the gods in Sanskrit, as well as a divine drink. In addition, Sura is the Hindu goddess of wine. The exact translation from Sanskrit is "God". "Su" - "having power", "Ra" - "The Supreme Lord". "Suras" - "having power from the Supreme Lord" Sura - so named two rivers, in the area of Simbirsk and in the basin of the Northern Dvina and two cities in the Arkhangelsk and Penza regions have such names.https://tunnel.ru/post-sanskritskie-vedicheskie-nazvaniya-rossii-i-blizhnego-zarubezhya#:~:text=Сура%20-%20это%20эпитет%20богов,Пензенской%20области%20имеют%20такие%20названия Rivers of Chuvashia Rivers of Mordovia Rivers of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Rivers of Penza Oblast Rivers of Ulyanovsk Oblast {{UlyanovskOblast-geo-stub