Saratov Oblast

Saratov Oblast (Russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, Saratovskaya oblast) is a administrative division of Russia.

Flag of Saratov Oblast

Coat of arms of Saratov Oblast

Geography

Saratov Oblast is located in southeast of European Russia, in northern part of Lower Volga region and borders are:

• Volgograd Oblast to south
• Voronezh and Tambov oblasts to west
• Penza, Samara and Ulyanovsk oblasts to north;
• Republic of Kazakhstan to east.

Demographics

In terms of people,^[1] population of this oblast: 2,521,892 (2010).

Ethnic composition (2010):

• Russians - 87.6%
• Tatars - 2.2%
• others - 2.1%

Religion

A 2012 survey showed these are the major religions in the oblast:^[2][3]

Russian Orthodoxy   30% Other Orthodox   1% Other Christians   4.8% Islam   2.4% Hinduism   0.5% Rodnovery and other native faiths   1.1% Spiritual but not religious   38.1% Atheism and irreligion   15.6% Other and undeclared   6.5%

Related pages

• Russia