A city in South-East of the European part of Russia, the administrative center of Saratov region and the Saratov area, which is not included as a city of regional significance, forms a municipal Union the City of Saratov with the status of city district. Major cultural, economic and educational center of the Volga region. Included in the twenty largest cities of Russia, not being megacities. The administrative center of Saratov agglomeration.