Residents clamoring into the hills along the Volga will thence increasingly find themselves on an island, as the lowlands of Siberia flood, encroaching inland until these hills themselves go under.

• 人们大声叫嚷着进入到伏尔加河沿岸的山里，却发现他们处在一个面积日益缩小的岛上，洪水把西伯利亚的低地淹没后，正在向内陆侵蚀，直到这些小山也在水面下为止。