Saratov Oblast

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

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.

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%

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

• Russia

1. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine 2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
2. ↑ Arena - Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia. Sreda.org
3. ↑ 2012 Survey Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Archived version Retrieved 15-01-2018.