Saratov Oblast [a] is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 2,442,575.

As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately [13] as the city of oblast significance of Saratov—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. [7] As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Saratov is incorporated as Saratov Urban Okrug. [9]

Saratov is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River. As of the 2021 Census, Saratov had a population of 901,361, making it the 17th-largest city in Russia by population.

Saratov Oblast is located in southeast of European Russia, in northern part of Lower Volga region and borders are: Volgograd Oblast to south; Voronezh and Tambov oblasts to west; Penza, Samara and Ulyanovsk oblasts to north; Republic of Kazakhstan to east.

Jan 13, 2025 · Saratov, oblast (region), western Russia, in the basin of the middle Volga River, which bisects it north–south. Saratov city is the administrative centre.

Jan 14, 2025 · 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.

Feb 16, 2015 · Things to Do in Saratov Oblast, Russia: See Tripadvisor's 15,284 traveler reviews and photos of Saratov Oblast tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in February. We have reviews of the best places to see in …

Saratov Oblast was the center of Volga German culture, Germans who resettled in Russia in the 17th century enticed by offers of farmland, until World War II, when Stalin deported the Germans en masse to Siberia and Kazakhstan. Today, Saratov Oblast is a …

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Jan 31, 2016 · Saratov Oblast was the center of Volga German culture, Germans who resettled in Russia in the 17th century enticed by offers of farmland, until WWII, when Stalin deported the Germans en masse to Siberia and Kazakhstan. Today, Saratov Oblast is a big center of industry along the Volga River.