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Astrakhan (Russian: Астрахань, IPA: [ˈastrəxənʲ] ⓘ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia.The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, 100 km (62 mi) from the Caspian Sea, with a population of 475,629 residents at the 2021 Census. [15]
A majority of Indians living in Russia are Hindus, with other populations including Christians of Indian origin, Muslims, and Sikhs. Hinduism is practised in Russia, though most ignore it, primarily by followers of the Vaishnava Hindu organization International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Brahma Kumaris and by itinerant swamis from India. [7]
A mass crossing of the Nogais began, but Astrakhan ruler Janibek intervened. He set a condition: "If you wish to cross to this side of the Volga, you must make peace with us and send us a Crimean envoy." As Kazakh pressure intensified, Sheikh Muhammad agreed to these terms: "They made peace with Astrakhan and sent a Crimean envoy to Astrakhan."
Astrakhan Oblast (Russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, romanized: Astrakhanskaya oblastʹ; Kazakh: Астрахан облысы, romanized: Astrahan oblysy) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia.
In 1857, they numbered 107. Since then they have assimilated into the Astrakhan Tatar population. [3] At least some of the earliest Indian Merchants were Hindus. They were closely connected with the Bukharan merchants in Astrakhan, and part of the trade network connecting Astrakhan with Bukhara and Iran before and after the Russian conquest of ...
Hajji Tarkhan or Hajji Tarkhan al Jedid (Turki/Kypchak and Persian: حاجی ترخان , Tatar: Хаҗитархан, romanized: Xacitarxan), also known as Hashtar Khan / Astarxan (Tatar: Astarxan) or Astrakhan, [1] was a medieval city at the right bank of Volga, situated approximately 12 km north of the modern city of Astrakhan. The first ...
Astrakhan Cossack Host (Russian: Астраханское казачье войско, romanized: Astrakhanskoye kazachye voysko) was a Cossack host of Imperial Russia drawn from the Cossacks of the Lower Volga region, who had been patrolling the banks of the Volga River from the time of Russia's annexation of Astrakhan Khanate in 1556.
The Khanate of Astrakhan was a Tatar rump state of the Golden Horde. The khanate existed in the 15th and 16th centuries in the area adjacent to the mouth of the Volga river, around the modern city of Astrakhan. Its khans claimed patrilineal descent from Toqa Temür, [1] the thirteenth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan.