Saratov

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Saratov

Total population

886,165

Coordinates51.53°, 46.03°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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 is 389 kilometres (242 mi) north of Volgograd, 442 kilometres (275 mi) south of Samara, and 858 kilometres (533 mi) southeast of Moscow.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ida Averbakh

Soviet literary critic (1905-1938)

N

Nikolay Ivanovich Avrorskiy

Soviet military officer (1912-1989)

S

Sergey Ageykin

Russian ice hockey player (1963-2001)

T

Tatyana Akimova

literary scholar and ethnologist (1898-1987)

Nikolay Aleksandrov

Grigory Alekseyev

actor

Olga Alimova

Russian politician

A

Andrey Andreyev

Russian actor

Nikolay Andreyev

Russian mathematician (born 1975)

V

Vera Anoshkina

literary scholar (*1929)

Alena Apina

Soviet and Russian actress,singer

V

Vladimir Apostoli-Triandofilos

Russian painter (1890-1942)

N

Nikolai Aratovski

Soviet chess player (1919–1976)

R

Roman Arbitman

Soviet writer and literary critic (1962–2020)

Y

Yervand Arzumanyan

Russian actor

R

Raisa Aronova

Soviet aviator (1920-1982); Hero of the Soviet Union

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Saratov Oblast

• Engels
  4.3 mi away · pop. 225,428
• Tatishchevo
  21.3 mi away · pop. 7,498
• Marx
  32.9 mi away · pop. 31,870
• Stepnoye
  36.4 mi away · pop. 12,413
• Krasnoarmeysk
  37.8 mi away · pop. 23,609
• Novyye Burasy
  41.5 mi away · pop. 5,852
• Atkarsk
  50.4 mi away · pop. 25,481
• Rovnoye
  52.1 mi away · pop. 4,463
• Bazarnyy Karabulak
  54.1 mi away · pop. 9,760
• Krasny Kut
  57.2 mi away · pop. 14,619
• Sennoy
  58.7 mi away · pop. 6,490
• Petrovsk
  60.5 mi away · pop. 30,037

Browse all places in Saratov Oblast →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Saratov

Saratov Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide

USA International Business Publications · 2001

Saratov Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)

USA International Business Publications · 2000

Srubnai︠a︡ kulʹturno-istoricheskai︠a︡ oblastʹ

N. M. Malov · 1994

Khronika revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ionnykh sobytiĭ v Saratovskom Povolzhʹe 1917-1918 gg

G. A. Gerasimenko · 1968

Making and breaking democratic transitions

Vladimir Gelman · 2003

Muzeĭnyĭ gid 2013

N. I. Tolstai︠a︡ · 2013

Istoriya Saratovskogo kraya, 1590-1917

1964

Saratovskaya partiĭnaya organizatsiya v period nastupleniya sotsializma po vsemu frontu

1961

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2026-09-24

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-24

Versicolored Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium versicolor

Seen 2026-09-23

Rathke's Woodlouse

Trachelipus rathkii

Seen 2026-09-23

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Seen 2026-09-22

Great Green Bush-cricket

Tettigonia viridissima

Seen 2026-09-19

Mottled Stink Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

Seen 2026-09-18

Brickwork Woodlouse

Porcellio spinicornis

Seen 2026-09-13

European Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).