Arkadak is a town and the administrative center of Arkadaksky District

Arkadaksky District

Arkadaksky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 38 in Saratov Oblast, Russia....

 of Saratov Oblast

Saratov Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Bolshoy Arkadak River near its confluence

Confluence

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 with the Khopyor

Khopyor River

Khopyor is a river in European Russia, the biggest left tributary of the Don River. Length 979 km, watershed: 61,100 km², mouth width: 300m.Navigable up to 323 km...

, 248 kilometres (154.1 mi) west of Saratov

Saratov

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. Population:

It was founded in 1721 as a village. Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

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status was granted to it in 1939; town status was granted in 1963.

Ardak museum is a feature of the town.