A documentary exploration of Astrakhan, Russia, covering the city's transformation from a Golden Horde trading hub called Hajji Tarkhan in the 14th century to a Russian fortress established in 1558. The video traces Astrakhan's strategic importance on the Volga River delta and its role as a key intersection of East-West trade routes.
- Duration
- 25 min 33 s
- Route distance
- 18.3 km
- Start
- Lenin Square
- End
- Monument to Kurmangazy Sagyrbayev
- Stops
- 13
- Channel author
- ambient russia
Timestamps and places
- — Lenin Square
- — Monument to Vladimir Lenin
- — Southern Wall of the Astrakhan Kremlin
- — Eastern Wall of the Astrakhan Kremlin
- — Bell Tower of the Astrakhan Kremlin
- — Inside the Astrakhan Kremlin
- — Assumption Cathedral
- — Trinity Cathedral
- — Northern Wall of the Astrakhan Kremlin
- — Monument to Ilya Ulyanov (father of Vladimir Lenin)
- — WWII Heroes Memorial and Eternal Flame
- — Swan Lake of Astrakhan
- — Plosched Lenina Street
- — Fountains of Lenin Square
- — Tatarsky Bridge and Varvatsiy Canal
- — Prince Vladimir Monument and Vladimirsky Cathedral
- — Varvatsiy Canal
- — Astrakhan Opera and Ballet Theatre
- — Selenskiye Isady City Market
- — White Mosque
- — Black Mosque
- — Central Mosque No. 1
- — Triumphal Arch
- — Astrakhan State University
- — Young Spectator’s Theatre (Youth Theatre)
- — Kirov Street
- — Moscow Merchant Court (historical building)
- — Kirov Square and Monument to Sergey Kirov
- — Kilometre Zero
- — Sovetskaya Street
- — Governor’s Residence (historical building)
- — Pushkin Square and Monument to Alexander Pushkin
- — Astrakhan Watermelons (street art)
- — Philharmonic Concert Hall
- — Drama Theatre and State Conservatory
- — House‑Museum of the Artist Boris Kustodiev
- — Natasha Kachuyevskaya Square and Holy Cross
- — Annunciation Convent (Blagoveshchensky Convent)
- — Monument to Kurmangazy Sagyrbayev
- — Bust of Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky
Route on the map
Where The VOLGA River Ends. ASTRAKHAN, Russia (4K)