Saratov ( Саратов )

Saratov is the Capital of Saratov Oblast located in the Volga region, a considerable road junction and a river port. The official date of foundation is the 5th (15th) of July, 1590. It was the day when Founding Fathers of the city came to the Volga river bank a prince Grigory Osipovich Zasekin and Fyodor Mikhaylovitch Turov. Thay laid foundation of the first fortree on the right bank of the Volga river, opposite Tatar fortress Uvek. The city was moved from one place to another during its existence no