CONFOEDERATIO,

RESEARCH DIVISION (CRD).

SETTLEMENT GAZETTEER OF THE LOWER VOLGA.

Supplementary Tabular Directory and Settlement Population Histories of the Saratov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, and Kalmyk Steppe Basins (10000BC - 1900AD).

8 November 2026 - Aust Kätzchen | austkaeztchen@confoederatio.org

Overview ​

This supplementary report presents the tabular settlement gazetteer (lower_volga_settlements.json) accompanying the regional demographic review of the Lower Volga (lower_volga_literature_review.pdf). The JSON dataset contains 146 individual settlements across the Volga Delta, Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain, Saratov-Volgograd river corridor, Kalmyk Steppe and Astrakhan-Volgograd Trans-Volga from 10000BC to 1900AD, formatted in the population_Stadester structure (keyed by "<Name>-Russia", with name, other_names, coords, country, key and positive-integer population maps).

Population figures are derived from excavated pit-house floor areas and cemetery cohorts for Mesolithic, Neolithic, Eneolithic, Bronze Age Srubnaya and Sarmatian sites [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11], urban and rural settlement excavations for Khazar Itil, Pre-Mongol Saksin and Golden Horde cities [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] and Russian garrison rolls, Imperial tax revisions (revizii), Volga German colony censuses, Kalmyk and Inner (Bukey) Kazakh Horde records and the 1897 Census [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39].

Prehistoric, Bronze Age, and Sarmatian Settlements (10000BC - 400AD) ​

Medieval Khazar, Pre-Mongol Saksin, and Golden Horde Settlements (750 - 1550AD) ​

Early Modern and Imperial Settlements, Volga German Colonies, and Steppe Centres (1558 - 1900AD) ​

Complete Settlement Gazetteer ​

Sources ​