Astrakhan Governorate

Astrakhan (, ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, from the Caspian Sea, with a population of 475,629 residents at the 2021 Census. At an elevation of below sea level, it is the lowest city in Russia.

governorate of the Russian Empire

human settlement in Chernoyarsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

former khanate

territory centered on the middle and lower Volga river