Khvalynsk is a river port town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located by the Volga River. Population: 13,094 ; 13,752 ; 14,948 ; 16,000. It is located on the right bank of the Volga, at the foot of the Kh

Poltavka culture was an early to middle Bronze Age archaeological culture which flourished on the Volga-Ural steppe and the forest steppe in 2800–2100 BCE.