Aleksandrov Gai

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Aleksandrov Gai

 

an urban-type settlement in Novouzensk Raion, Saratov Oblast, RSFSR. Located in the far southeast of the oblast, on the Bol’shoi Uzen’ River. Aleksandrov Gai is the last stop on a branch of the Saratov-Astrakhan railroad line. In 1968 its population was 10,300. Its industry consists of a creamery and a grain mill. The Middle Asia-Center gas pipeline runs 2 km southeast of Aleksandrov Gai.

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