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Saratov is 389 kilometres (242 mi) north of Volgograd, 442 kilometres (275 mi) south Samara, and 858 kilometres (533 mi) southeast of Moscow . The city stands near the site of Uvek, a city of the Golden Horde. Tsar Feodor I of Russia likely developed Saratov as a fortress to secure Russia's southeastern border.
Saratov, city and administrative centre of Saratov oblast (region), western Russia. The city lies along the middle course of the Volga River and was founded in 1590 as a fortress to protect the trade route along the Volga River from nomadic raiders. Its site was twice moved: in 1616 and again to.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Location: Saratov Oblast, Volga Region, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe; View on OpenStreetMap
Today, Saratov is a regional center along the Volga, in the same way as for example Volgograd, Samara, and Ulyanovsk. An illustrative piece of history is the constant renaming of Saratov's main pedestrian street. Originally it was called Nemetskaya Ulitsa ("German Street").
Nov 12, 2014 · Located 858 kilometers southeast of Moscow, it was one of three lower Volga cities founded as forts to protect recently acquired territories at the Empire’s edge over a five-year span...
Saratov, oblast (region), western Russia, in the basin of the middle Volga River, which bisects it north–south. Saratov city is the administrative centre. Most of the right- (west-) bank area is occupied by the Volga Upland, which is greatly dissected by river valleys and erosion gullies; the left.
Saratov is a large city located in the southeast of the European part of Russia, the administrative center of Saratov Oblast, a major cultural, economic, and educational center of the Volga Region. The population of Saratov is about 818,400 (2022), the area - 2,100 sq. km.
