Alexandrov Gay (russian: Алекса́ндров Гай; kk, Алғай, ''Alǵaı'') is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') and the
administrative center
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of
Alexandrovo-Gaysky District
Alexandrovo-Gaysky District (russian: Алекса́ндрово-Га́йский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Saratov Oblast and municipalLaw #78-ZSO district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is locat ...
of
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast (russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, ''Saratovskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the types of ...
,
Russia
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, located near the Russo-
Kazakh border
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. Population:
History
It was founded in 1762.
Economy
It is an entry point to Russia for
natural gas
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trunklines from Central Asia (
Central Asia-Center gas pipeline system
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Directions and generalised locations
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) as also for the Russian natural gas export lines ''Soyuz'' and
Orenburg
Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...
–
Novopskov
Novopskov ( uk, Новопсков, russian: Новопсков) is an urban-type settlement in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the Aidar (river), Aidar, a left tributary of the Donets, in the basin of the Don ( ...
.
Climate
References
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Rural localities in Saratov Oblast
Populated places established in 1762
Novouzensky Uyezd