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The city of Balakovo was founded in 1762 by the Old Believers (also called schismatics, because of their rejection of the church reform of the 1650s-1660s). Initially, it was a small Volga village inhabited by the Old Believers, whom the Russian tsarina Catherine II "asked" to return from abroad. Thanks to the convenient geographical position between the Bolshoy and Maly Irgiz rivers, the village expanded, and in 1911 the village of Balakovo was given the status of a city. In 1936, Balakovo became part of the Saratov region, and now is the third largest city in the Saratov region with a population of 191 thousand people.undefined
The industry of the city is represented mainly by the energy industry. On its territory are two major power plants - Balakovo NPP and Saratov HPP. In addition, there are about 15 industrial enterprises in Balakovo that somehow pollute the environment. Therefore, the ecology of the city is not as good as it could be.undefined
The climate of Balakovo is moderate, without sharp temperature fluctuations, although there are also exceptions in the form of forty-degree heat and almost the same frost.undefined
The vegetation world of the city and its surroundings is very diverse. So, the surrounding steppes abound with such plants as veronica, elecampane, Goritsky Volgian, sweet potato, bedstraw, yarrow, feather grass (pinnate, narrow-leaved), and tansy. In the meadows and moist soils grow a bloodlet, a bed, a wild rosemary swamp and a ragul.undefined
In Balakovo, flower beds abound with petunias, marigolds, tulips and beautiful, noble roses of almost all colors!