Saratov
| Saratov (English) Саратов (Russian) |
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.png) Top upper left:Holly Trinity Cathedral in Saratov Museum Square, Top lower left:Saratov Administration Office, Top right:Saratov Conservatry, Middle left:Saratouskaya Orthodox Theological Seminary, Middle right:Schmidt Mill, Bottom:A twilight view of Saratov Engels Bridge and Volga River |
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.svg) Location of Saratov Oblast in Russia |
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| Anthem | none |
| Administrative status (as of 2014) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Saratov Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Saratov |
| Administrative center of | Saratov Oblast,Saratovsky District, city of oblast significance of Saratov |
| Municipal status (as of December 2004) | |
| Urban okrug | Saratov Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Saratov Urban Okrug, Saratovsky Municipal District |
| Head | Alexander Burenin |
| Representative body | City Duma |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 837,900 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 16th |
| Population (January 2015 est.) | 842,097 inhabitants |
| Time zone | SAMT (UTC+04:00) |
| Founded | ca. 1590 |
| City status since | 1708 |
| Postal code(s) | 410000–410005, 410007–410010, 410012, 410015, 410017–410019, 410022, 410023, 410025, 410028–410031, 410033–410042, 410047–410056, 410059, 410060, 410062–410065, 410068, 410069, 410071, 410074, 410076, 410078, 410080, 410082, 410086, 410700, 410880, 410890, 410899, 410960–410965, 410999 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8452 |
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Saratov (Russian: Сара́тов; IPA: [sɐˈratəf]) is a city and the administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River located upstream (north) of Volgograd. Its 2010 population was 837,900.
The name Saratov may be derived from the Turkic words Saryk Atov, which mean "hawks' island". Another version of the name origin is Sary Tau (Сары Тау), meaning "yellow mountain" in the Tatar language.
Uvek, a city of the Golden Horde, stood near the site of the modern city of Saratov from the mid-13th century until its destruction by Tamerlane in 1395. While the exact date of the foundation of modern Saratov is unknown, all plausible theories date it to ca. 1590, during the reign (1584–1598) of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich, who constructed several settlements along the Volga River in order to secure the southeastern boundary of his state. Town status was granted to it in 1708.
By the 1800s, Saratov had grown to become an important shipping port on the Volga. The Ryazan-Ural Railroad reached Saratov in 1870. In 1896 (26 years later), the line crossed the Volga and continued its eastward expansion. A unique train-ferry, owned by the Ryazan-Ural railroad, provided the connection across the river between the two parts of the railroad for 39 years, before the construction of a railway bridge in 1935.
During January 1915, with World War I dominating the Russian national agenda, Saratov became the destination for deportation convoys of ethnic Germans, Jews, Hungarians, Austrians and Slavs whose presence closer to the western front was perceived as a potential security risk to the state.
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