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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]
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.
The governor of Russia's Astrakhan region told residents not to panic on Wednesday after its main city, close to a huge gas chemical complex that was attacked by Ukrainian drones this week, was ...
The Astrakhan metropolitan area (Russian: Астраханская агломерация) is a metropolitan area in the Volga Delta area of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia centered around its capital city, Astrakhan. It is one of the most multicultural urban areas in the country.
Astrakhan Governorate (Russian: Астраханская губерния, romanized: Astrakhanskaya guberniya) [a] was an administrative-territorial unit of the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1717 to 1929.
Astrakhan is located in the Caspian lowland desert ecoregion. This region, on the north and northeast shores of the Caspian Sea, is characterized by sand dunes and ridges, salt soil, clay deserts and in places solonchaks (shors) or salt pans of 30–40 cm thickness devoid of vegetation.
For centuries, the Astrakhan Kremlin was an inapproachable stronghold on the south-eastern border of Russia. A series of historical events are related to the fortress: the Crimean Turkish hiking on the lower Volga in the 16th century, the Time of Troubles in Russia and the peasant uprising led by Stenka Razin in the 17th century, the transformation during the reign of Tsar Peter the Great ...
Astrakhan Oblast, Russia: Administrative center: Astrakhan: As of 2015: [1] Number of districts (Russian: районы) 11 Number of cities/towns (города) 6 Number of urban-type settlements (посёлки городского типа) 7 Number of selsovets (сельсоветы) 151 As of 2002: [2] Number of rural localities