Saratov is a major and distinctive cultural, educational and economic center of the Volga region, located on the right bank of the Volgograd Reservoir on the Volga River. The city was founded in 1590 by Prince Grigory Zasekin and boyar Fyodor Turov as a wooden guard fortress to protect the southern borders of the Russian state.
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Saratov is a major and distinctive cultural, educational and economic center of the Volga region, located on the right bank of the Volgograd Reservoir on the Volga River. The city was founded in 1590 by Prince Grigory Zasekin and boyar Fyodor Turov as a wooden guard fortress to protect the southern borders of the Russian state.