- Astrakhan City History Museum will introduce you to centuries of local culture and to the diversity of Astrakhan’s animals, plants and aquatic life.
- As we were to find out over the next three days, Astrakhan, which has a population of 526,000, is home to members of 104 of Russia’s 120 ethnicities.
- It became part of Russia under Ivan the Terrible who was reponsible for founding the city’s most famous sight – the Astrakhan Kremlin.
- The LUKOIL office. Astrakhan is an important river-sea port. The nice riverfront promenade with fashionable nowadays quirky statues offers a good stroll.
- Astrakhan, kültürel rekreasyon sevenler tarafından da takdir edilecektir. Tiyatro akşamları, müze sergileri ve sanat sergileri ziyaretleri sizleri bekliyor.
- Astrakhan city is situated in the delta of the Volga River, 60 miles (100 km) from the Caspian Sea.
- Astrakhan is home to many statues, but the most famous and centrally located one is built in honor of Peter I, and is located close to the Astrakhan Kremlin.
- The major cargo in Astrakhan is petroleum, mostly from Baku, which is handled at the roadsteads in the Caspian about 200 km south of the town.