Saratov (Russia)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
סרטוב (רוסיה)
Name (Latin)
Saratov (Russia)
Other forms of name
nnaa Saratov, Russia (City)
nne Saratov (R.S.F.S.R.)
Saratov, Russia (City) nnaa
Saratov (R.S.F.S.R.) nne
סאראטוב (רוסיה)
Coordinates
46 46 51.53333333 51.53333333 (gooearth )
Associated country
Russia (Federation)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 146574450
Wikidata: Q5332
Library of congress: n 80001234
Sources of Information
  • BGN gaz., USSR:(Saratov, popl.: 51°34ʹN, 46°02ʹE; lists another Saratov in Orenburgskaia oblastʹ)
  • Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡ikl., 3rd ed.:v. 22, p. 590 (Saratov; founded in 1590 as a fortress city guarding the Volga. After the fire of 1616 the city was rebuilt on the left bank of the Volga. In 1674 Saratov was relocated to the right bank of the Volga where it quickly became an important industrial and commercial trade center. From 1708 Saratov was part of the Kazanskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡, then it became part of the Astrakhanskaia gubernii︠a︡. From 1780 it was the center of a viceregency, and from 1797 it was part of the Saratovskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡. Soviet power was established there on 11-09-1917. From 1928 Saratov was the center of the Nizhnevolzhskiĭ kraĭ, and from 1930 the center of the Saratovskiĭ kraĭ which eventually became the Saratovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
  • Russia and the newly independent nationsof the former USSR [MAP], March 1993:(Saratov)
  • LC Russian books file(1993 hdg.: Saratov)
  • Pedagogicheskiĭ menedzhment i progressivnye tekhnologii v ... 1997v. 1, p. 3 (Saratov was a former "zakrytyĭ gorod" [closed city])