Astrakhan (rus)

Astrakhan

Astrakhan ranks 2,062nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Basingstoke, Sinop, Turkey, and Latakia. Memorable people born in Astrakhan include Rinat Dasayev, Ilya Ulyanov, and Boris Kustodiev. Memorable people who died in Astrakhan include Mehmed I Giray, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, and Vakhtang VI of Kartli. Astrakhan has been the birth place of many soccer players and social activists 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, 60 miles 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