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.
Astrakhan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in southern Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,010,073.
Hajji Tarkhan or Hajji Tarkhan al Jedid, also known as Hashtar Khan / Astarxan or Astrakhan, was a medieval city at the right bank of Volga, situated approximately 12 km north of the modern city of Astrakhan. The first mention of the town was recorded in 1333. In the 13th and 14th centuries, it was one of the main trade and political centres of the Golden Horde. In 1395, the city was sacked by Timur. Astrakhan was rebuilt afterwards and became the capital of the Khanate of Astrakhan in 1459. In 1547, the city was seized by the Crimean khan Sahib I Giray. In 1556, Astrakhan was besieged and burned by Ivan the Terrible.
Astrakhan Airlines was an airline based in Astrakhan, Russia. It operated scheduled and chartered, domestic and international passenger and cargo flights out of Narimanovo Airport, Astrakhan.
Astrakhan State University is a university located in Astrakhan, Russian Federation. It was founded in 1932.
Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Astrakhan, Russia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Volgar Astrakhan. The stadium holds 21,500 people, all seated.
Narimanovo Airport, officially Astrakhan Boris M. Kustodiev International Airport, is an international airport in Astrakhan, a city in southern Russia near the Caspian Sea. It is operated by JSC "Aeroport Astrakhan". In 2018 the airport was renamed in honor of painter Boris Kustodiev.
Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov, 23 February 1947 – 3 May 2006) was a Russian featherweight boxer. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1974 World Championships. Domestically he won the Soviet featherweight title in 1972 and 1974 and placed second in 1970 and 1971. During his career he won 237 fights out of 249. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1972 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year. He graduated from Astrakhan State Pedagogical Institute in 1971 and later opened a boxing school in Astrakhan.
Eugen Arturovich Kapp was an Estonian composer and music educator. Characterized by simple harmonies, march rhythms and an appealing melodic style, his music is reflective upon the musical ideas favoured by the Stalinist regime of the 1940s and 1950s. He is best remembered today for his contribution to Russian opera.
The Privolzhskaya Railway is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Saratov. It serves the Saratov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan regions of Russia. Its three branches are headquartered in Saratov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan. The railway route length totals 4236,8 km. The network has 31 146 employees. A short stretch of the railway crosses the territory of Kazakhstan. It was established in 1953 by the merger of the Stalingrad Railway and Ryazan-Uralsk Railway and was recently extended to Olya, a port on the Caspian Sea.
The Astrakhan Declaration is a Russian-brokered humanitarian agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, signed on October 27, 2010, in the Russian city of Astrakhan. Concerning the post-war situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the declaration envisages the exchange of prisoners of war and the return of the bodies of killed servicemen with the assistance of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky assessed the declaration as "a small advancement in geopolitical sense", which in fact has "a great political significance in the case of Nagorno-Karabakh problem".
Astrakhan Tatars are an ethnic subgroup of the Tatar.
Mahmud Astrakhani was one of Küchük Muhammad's sons and a Khan who founded the Khanate of Astrakhan in the 1460s.
Astrakhan Governorate was an Imperial, Republican, and Soviet Russian administrative division, which existed from 1717 to 1929.
Astrakhan Russian is an umbrella term for the regional varieties of the Russian language spoken in Astrakhan Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. Astrakhan Oblast is one of the most diverse parts of the country in terms of ethnic groups and languages. The major groups are ethnic Russians, Kazakhs (17%) and Tatars (7%), but many others are also present and influence the shared local identity, culture and language varieties.
The Duma of Astrakhan Oblast, formerly the State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast (2001–2010), is the regional parliament of Astrakhan Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 44 deputies are elected for five-year terms.
Rinat Zaydulayevich Ayupov is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 8th State Duma convocation. In 1996 he graduated from the Astrakhan State Technical University. From 2010 to 2011, he was a deputy of the City Duma of Astrakhan. In 2011-2021 he was a deputy of the Duma of Astrakhan Oblast of the 5th, 6th, and 7th convocations. He was also an entrepreneur and for 15 years served as the head of the largest logistics company in Astrakhan.
Leonid Ogul is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas. In 2008, Ogul was granted a Candidate of Sciences in Medicine degree.
Nikolay Arefiev is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.
