Alexandrov Gay (; , ''Alğai'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the

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of Alexandrovo-Gaysky District of

Saratov Oblast Saratov 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 inhabited localities in Russia, city of Saratov. As of the 2021 Russian cens ...

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, located near the Russo- Kazakh

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. Its population was

History

It was founded in 1762.

Economy

Alexandrov Gay is an entry point to Russia for

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trunklines from Central Asia ( Central Asia-Center gas pipeline system) as also for the Russian natural gas export lines ''Soyuz'' and

Orenburg Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the ...

– Novopskov.

Climate

Alexandrov Gay experiences

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(

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: ''BSk'') with cold winters and hot summers. Precipitation is low throughout a year.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Saratov Oblast Populated places established in 1762 Novouzensky Uyezd