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  • Astrakhan City History Museum will introduce you to centuries of local culture and to the diversity of Astrakhan’s animals, plants and aquatic life.
  • Astrakhan krai became the southeastern military outpost of Russia. In particular, in 1569, the Turks unsuccessfully besieged the fortress of Astrakhan.
  • The area formerly contained the capitals of Khazaria and the Golden Horde. Astrakhan was first mentioned by travelers in the early XIII th century as Xacitarxan.
  • 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.
  • The Astrakhan Region is situated in the south of Russia where the River Volga drains into the Caspian Sea forming one of the largest river deltas in Europe.
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