Astrakhan (Russian: А́страхань AH-struh-khun) is a city in Russia.
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Astrakhan is in the south-east of European Russia, in the Caspian Lowland, in the lower reaches of the Volga river. The region is a part of the Southern Federal District and is a border region: by land it borders on Kazakhstan, and on Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan by sea. The Volgograd region and the Republic of Kalmykia are the Astrakhan region’s neighbours within the Russian Federation. The area of the region is 49,000 km². The region consists of 11 rural areas, 442 villages and settlements. Besides the regional center there are 5 towns in the region – Akhtubinsk, Kamyzyak, Znamensk, Kharabali, and Narimanov. Over 1 million people live in the Astrakhan region.
Public local transport is only provided by minibuses (marshrutki). Astrakhan districts 1. Kirovskiy (Кировский) 2. Sovetskiy (Советский) 3. Leninskiy (Ленинский) 4. Trusovskiy (Трусовский) 3 New Bridge (Novyy most, Новый мост). Taking E40/P22 Road over the Volga River. 4 Northern Bridge (Severnaya most, Северная мост). Taking E40 Road over the Volga River. 5 Old Bridge (Старый мост) (southwest 3 km from New Bridge). Taking A154 Road over the Volga River. 6 Magnitogorskaya Bridge, Ul. Magnitogorskaya. Bridge over Kutum. Ivanovskiy Bridge (Ивановский мост). Over the First of May canal.
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 Astrakhan Kremlin (Астраханский кремль), Ulitsa Tredyakovskovo (ул. Тредиаковского), 2, astmusei@yandex.ru. 2 Artillery Tower (Artilleriyskaya bashnya, Артиллерийская башня) (northeast corner of the Kremlin).
1 State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Астраханский государственный театр оперы и балета), Ul. Maksakovoy (ул.М. Максаковой), 2, info@astoperahouse.ru.
* Akademia Piva (Beer Academy), 7 Lenin St., ☏ +7 851 222-7750. 11:00–24:00. Cozy beer restaurant in the city centre with its own brewed beer. Offers bottled and about a dozen draught beers. Russian and European cuisine.
Guide content from Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA) — abridged; the full article has much more.
In Jul, Astrakhan typically sees ~34°C daytime highs and 4 rainy days.
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