Atkarsk
Encyclopedia
Atkarsk is a town in Saratov Oblast
, Russia
, located at the confluence
of the Atkara and Medveditsa Rivers
, 92 kilometres (57.2 mi) northwest of Saratov
. Population:
It was founded in place of a Tatar
settlement at the mouth of the Atkar River. Town status was granted to it in 1781.
Russian pop singer Valeriya
was born here in 1968.
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 at the confluence
Confluence
Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...
of the Atkara and Medveditsa Rivers
Medveditsa River (Don basin)
Medveditsa is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Don River. The name means she-bear, and according to legend alludes to the large population of bears in the area in earlier times...
, 92 kilometres (57.2 mi) northwest of Saratov
Saratov
-Modern Saratov:The Saratov region is highly industrialized, due in part to the rich in natural and industrial resources of the area. The region is also one of the more important and largest cultural and scientific centres in Russia...
. Population:
It was founded in place of a Tatar
Tatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
settlement at the mouth of the Atkar River. Town status was granted to it in 1781.
Russian pop singer Valeriya
Valeriya
Valeriya is a stage name of Alla Yurievna Perfilova , a Russian singer.-Early years:Valeriya was born on the April 17, 1968 in a small town Atkarsk in middle Russia in a family of classical musicians. She studied piano at the only musical school in the town where her father Yuri Ivanovich was a...
was born here in 1968.