Volsk

• En Name — Volsk • Ru Name — Вольск • Federal Subject — Saratov Oblast • Adm City Jur — town of oblast significance of Volsk • Adm Ctr Of1 — Volsky District • Adm Ctr Of2 — town of oblast significance of Volsk • Inhabloc Cat — Town • Mun District Jur — Volsky Municipal District • Urban Settlement Jur — Volsk Urban Settlement • Mun Admctr Of1 — Volsky Municipal District • Mun Admctr Of2 — Volsk Urban Settlement • Pop 2010census — 66508 • Pop 2010census Rank — 234th • Established Date — 1699 • Current Cat Date — 1780 • Postal Codes — 412900–412906, 412909, 412911, 412913, 412916, 412918, 412919, 412921 • Dialing Codes — 84593

• Title — Volsk population • Label1 — 2010 Census • Data1 — 66,508 • Label2 — 2002 Census • Data2 — 71,124 • Label3 — 1989 Census • Data3 — 65,683 • Label4 — 1979 Census • Data4 — 65,749 Volsk is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, opposite the mouth of the Bolshoy Irgiz (a tributary of the Volga), 147 km northeast from Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 55,035.

It was founded in 1699 as the sloboda of Malykovka (Малыковка) and was granted town status and renamed Volgsk (Волгск) in 1780. In the 19th century, the name gradually changed to a more pronounceable "Volsk". After the October Revolution of 1917, Volsk became a major center of cement production.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Volsk serves as the administrative center of Volsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the work settlement of Kleny and three rural localities, incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Volsk —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Volsk is incorporated within Volsky Municipal District as Volsk Urban Settlement.