Astrakhan (rus)

Astrakhan

Astrakhan ranks 1,804th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Thiruvananthapuram, Reggio Emilia, and Arkhangelsk. Memorable people born in Astrakhan include Rinat Dasayev, Ilya Ulyanov, and Boris Kustodiev. Memorable people who died in Astrakhan include Mehmed I Giray, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, and Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev. Astrakhan has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and composers. Astrakhan is located in Russia.

Astrakhan 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. At an elevation of 28 meters (92 ft) below sea level, it is the lowest city in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia