By combining the two bridges of the Volga shore, Astrakhan is the center of the Astrakhan region - Astrakhan. Located 1430 km from Moscow, Astrakhan is divided into several main areas: Leninsky, Trusovsky, Soviet and Kirov. The city's area is about 500 km².
Having placed its possessions along the Volga, the city is a major sea and river port of the Volga-Caspian basin. Neighborhood with the railway allows you to send cargoes (oil and forest) via river, sea and land routes through Astrakhan
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A little history
Since the 13th century the city of Astrakhan has been known, a lot of its dramatic periods are filled with its history, many associations emerge in the brain in connection with this geographical name. This is the story of the Astrakhan Khanate, and Stenka Razin, and the role of the city in the Great Patriotic War, and the famous Astrakhan watermelons ... The city is interesting for travelers both in itself and in connection with important layers of economic and cultural life of the country.
How to get
To get to Astrakhan, if desired, will not be difficult. The planes make flights from the airports of Moscow: Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo (the flight will take a little over 2 hours). Or by train from Moscow in about 28 hours
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Transportation
You can travel around the city using the usual public transport: buses, trolleybuses and trams, in addition in the city there is a shuttle taxi.
Climate
Clear + 5 ° C in the day 0 ° C at night ° C water |
Clear + 7 ° С in the afternoon - 1 ° С at night ° С water |
Clear + 7 ° C in the day - 4 ° C at night ° C water |
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Astrakhan Hotels
The city has several dozen hotels of different levels, with a different number of rooms, from modestly modest to elegantly elegant. Most hotels offer their guests not only accommodation and breakfast, but also additional services, which makes staying in these hotels especially comfortable. Numerous cafes and restaurants offer menus and European, and exotic, and local, in which a lot of dishes from the Volga fish and local vegetables.
On the street Boevoy is the hotel "Corvette", on the street. Embankment - "Victoria Palace", on the street. S. Perovsky - "Larissa", on the Kremlin - "Azimut Hotel" (Lotus).
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Shopping
Znamenita Astrakhan and melons, for cultivation of which in the vicinity of the city the ideal climatic conditions: dry heat makes Astrakhan watermelons are incredibly sweet, juicy and bright, and the tomatoes are heavy and fleshy. Part of the crop goes to the counters of the country, and some is processed by the local food industry.
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Entertainment, excursions and attractions Astrakhan
Astrakhan is amazed by the abundance of places for recreation. You can make a review of attractions, go to museums and theaters, visit the Philharmonic. Everyone who came to Astrakhan should definitely visit the Kremlin, which has the form of a rectangular triangle. Its construction falls on the reign of Ivan the Terrible. It still preserves the defensive features of that time.
A large number of the flow of the great Volga River permeates the city, so there are many embankments and bridges, which makes Astrakhan elusively similar to St. Petersburg . The central part of the city was formed in the 16th century, 17 centuries around the then built on the high hill of the Kremlin . Its white-stone walls descend almost to the Volga itself, and seven towers now adorn it, and in former times served defensive purposes . At the foot of the hill there was a posad, the so-called White City, its plan Application still preserved . Astrakhan general plan was approved in 1769, after which in a host of interesting buildings, surviving .
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Museums and the theaters of Astrakhan
The main museums and theaters of the city: the museum of Velimir Khlebnikov, The Museum of the History of the City, the Museum of BM Kustodiev, the Museum of Combat Glory; and theaters: Young Spectator Theater, Astrakhan State Drama Theater, Astrakhan Puppet Theater.
For museum lovers, it will be interesting to visit the museums of the Astrakhan Kremlin, in which the materials, including unique, dedicated to the history of the city, the Astrakhan museum of local lore- reserve and museum of the history of the city . There are in the city and attractions for theater-goers: Astrakhan Drama Theater for more than 200 years . All these years on its stage are the most interesting performances of modern and classical drama gov . In 2010 the Astrakhan Opera and Ballet Theater opened . Its construction lasted for five years, the building absorbed the features of Italian and Russian architecture and became a real decoration of the city . But the cinema "October" with a unique winter the garden has been hosting guests since 1909 .
In the park "Planet" guests are waiting for a variety of attractions, summer dance and concert grounds, pavilions and cafes "Cool Place" - very popular in the city.
Fishing in Astrakhan
Its role in the life of Astrakhan, and, role the great Russian river Volga is also very important . For many decades, Astrakhan was one of the most important fishing centers in Russia . It was from here that black caviar and sturgeon . were delivered to the best restaurants in the world. But unregulated fisheries dealt a crushing blow to the fish riches of the river, and since 2000 and the industrial catch of sturgeon is sharply limited, as is the trade in sturgeon caviar . Perhaps, after decades, the balance will be restored, to this end, the state strictly controls the situation .
Since 2012, the export of black caviar to Europe, but we are talking only about "farmer" fish and caviar, and not about "wild" fish. During this time the brand "Iranian caviar" managed to form on the world market, it will be difficult to win, but it was more important to preserve the biological species for descendants.
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