A large number of Volga Tatars live in Astrakhan Oblast and differences between them have been disappearing.

(Volga Bulgars had trade colonies in modern Astrakhan and Volgograd oblasts of Russia.)

[5] To 1917, the Astrakhan - one of the major centers of Tatar cultural and social life.

The newspaper "Azat Halyk" (1917-1919), "Irek" (1917), "Islah" (1907), "tartysh" (1917-1919), "Idel" (1907 - 1914, renewed in 1991).

Parallel works "Center of preservation and development of the Tatar culture" at the nonprofit Partnership Tatar business center (NP TDC)[citation needed]