Saratov Oblast is a federal subject

Federal subjects of Russia

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 of Russia

Russia

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 (an oblast

Oblast

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), located in the Volga Federal District

Volga Federal District

Volga Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. Its population was 29,900,400 according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of...

. Its administrative center is the city 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:

Demographics

Population:

Ethnic groups: Most of the ethnic Germans

Volga German

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 who used to live in the area have been repatriated. The German Consulate in Saratov closed in June 2004, stating that there were only 18,000 ethnic Germans left in the oblast (including 2,000 in the city of Saratov)

There were twenty recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each in Saratov Oblast at the time of the 2002 census. The ethnic composition was reported to be:

• Russians
  Russians
  The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
  
  :(86.37%);
• Kazakhs
  Kazakhs
  The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....
  
  :(2.95%);
• Ukrainians
  Ukrainians
  Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
  
  :(2.53%);
• Tatars
  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,...
  
  :(2.17%);
• Armenians
  Armenians
  Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
  
  :(0.94%);
• Mordovians:(0.62%);
• Azerbaijani
  Azerbaijani people
  The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...
  
  :(0.61%);
• Chuvash
  Chuvash people
  The Chuvash people are a Turkic ethnic group, native to an area stretching from the Volga Region to Siberia. Most of them live in Republic of Chuvashia and surrounding areas, although Chuvash communities may be found throughout all Russia.- Etymology :...
  
  :(0.60%);
• Germans:(0.46%);
• Chechens:(0.32%);
• Lezgins
  Lezgins
  The Lezgians are an ethnic group living predominantly in southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan and who speak the Lezgian language.- Historical concept :While ancient Greek historians, including Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, referred...
  
  :(0.20%);
• Bashkirs
  Bashkirs
  The Bashkirs are a Turkic people indigenous to Bashkortostan extending on both parts of the Ural mountains, on the place where Europe meets Asia. Groups of Bashkirs also live in the republic of Tatarstan, Perm Krai, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Tyumen, Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, Samara and Saratov Oblasts of...
  
  :(0.15%);
• Mari:(0.15%);
• Moldovans
  Moldovans
  Moldovans or Moldavians are the largest population group of Moldova...
  
  :(0.14%);
• Jews
  Jews
  The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
  
  :(0.13%);
• Roma:(0.10%);
• Koreans:(0.10%);
• Kurds:(0.09%);
• Georgians
  Georgians
  The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....
  
  :(0.08%);
• Uzbeks
  Uzbeks
  The Uzbeks are a Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, and large populations can also be found in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Pakistan, Mongolia and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China...
  
  :(0.08%),
• 0.75% others.
• another 0.50% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.

• Births (2008): 27,492 (10.7 per 1000)
• Deaths (2008): 39,291 (15.2 per 1000)

External links

Official website of Saratov Oblast.