Alexandrov Gay
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Alexandrov Gay is a village (selo) and the administrative center of Alexandrovo-Gaysky District
Alexandrovo-Gaysky District
Alexandrovo-Gaysky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 38 in Saratov Oblast, Russia....

 of Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. Population: -Demographics:Population:...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located near the Russo-Kazakh
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 border. Population:

The village was founded in 1762.

It is an entry point to Russia for natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

 trunklines from Central Asia (Central Asia-Center gas pipeline system
Central Asia-Center gas pipeline system
The Central Asia – Center gas pipeline system is a Gazprom controlled system of natural gas pipelines, which run from Turkmenistan via Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to Russia. The eastern branch includes the Central Asia - Center 1, 2, 4 and 5 pipelines, which start from the south-eastern gas fields...

) as also for the Russian natural gas export lines Soyuz and Orenburg
Orenburg
Orenburg is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies southeast of Moscow, very close to the border with Kazakhstan. Population: 546,987 ; 549,361 ; Highest point: 154.4 m...

–Novopskov.
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