Saratov (Сара’тов in Russian) Souvenir Spoon

 Picture bowl enamel spoon.  Metal on spoons is gold-tone bowl shows educational buildings and the top of the spoon is a

Fancy gold scroll of Art Nouveau casting.  Spoon measures 5" long and has a fancy Art Nouveau scroll pattern around the edges of the bowl.

Saratov  (Сара’тов  in Russian) is a city in the southeast of the European part of Russia.  It was founded as a guard fortress to protect the southern borders of the Russian state in 1590, during the reign of Fyodor Ivanovich on the site of the medieval Golden Horde settlement. In the second half of the 18th century, it became a major transit point and center for trade in fish and salt, and since the 19th century, one of the centers for grain trade. Provincial city since 1780. At the beginning of the 20th century, it  was the largest city in terms of population on the Volga. The university has been operating since 1909 .

Saratov is a multifunctional center with numerous industrial, cultural and educational institutions. In the historical center are the city and regional administrations (a complex of buildings built in the late 19th - mid-20th centuries); theaters: opera and ballet (1875), drama (1803), young spectator (1918), conservatory (1912), circus (1876), philharmonic society (1937); museums: the A. N. Radishchev Art Museum in Saratov (1885), the K. A. Fedin Museum  (building of the early 18th century), the museum-estate of Nikolai Chernyshevsky (early 19th century); Trinity Cathedral (late 17th century); a large number of architectural monuments of the late 18th - early 20th centuries of federal and regional significance.

It is a leading center for higher education, research and design activities. In addition to one of the oldest universities in Russia, there are more than two dozen universities. Machine building, oil and chemical industries are developed.

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