Atkarsk

Atkarsk () is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Atkara and Medveditsa Rivers, northwest of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

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Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Atkarsk railway station
Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Atkarsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Аткарск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Railway station Atkarsk.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: bottom
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Atkarsk (Saratov oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Saratov Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: Atkarsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Atkarsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Atkarsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town

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Atkarsk () is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Atkara and Medveditsa Rivers, northwest of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

==History== It was founded in place of a Tatar settlement at the mouth of the Atkara River. Town status was granted to it in 1781.