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Astrakhan
Administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

Astrakhan

Astrakhan is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia.

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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.

See

Worth seeing

Astrakhan tourism has a clearly defined trend – fishing and hunting. Our region occupies 25-30% of Russian market for fishing and hunting, which have already become the brand of the Astrakhan region. At the same time other kinds of tourism are developing, such as cultural and educational tourism, eco-tourism, cruises, business travelling and event tourism.

  1. 01
    Astrakhan Kremlin
  2. 02
    Artillery Tower
  3. 03
    Assumption Cathedral
  4. 04
    Cathedral Trinity
  5. 05
    House of Archbishop
  6. 06
    Guardhouse
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    State Opera and Ballet Theatre
How locals move

Getting around Astrakhan the local way

  • Get inThere are international and charter flights to Turkmenistan (Turkmenbashi), Ukraine, Kazakhstan (Alma-Aty) and other CIS and foreign countries.
  • Get in}} Transport network of the region is constituted by over 7,000 km of automobile roads, 65 active ferries and 275 bridges.
  • Get aroundPublic local transport is only provided by minibuses (marshrutki).

From Wikivoyage: Astrakhan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Dor Shabashewitz (CC BY 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.