Ozinki

The Ozinki country lies on the southern slopes of the Common Syrt, in the steppe between the Volga and the Ural. The Altata and other small rivers cross the gently rolling plain, while saline lakes occupy its hollows. This was a landscape of pasture and seasonal watercourses. Its open grasslands formed part of the wide corridor through which pastoral communities moved between the river valleys and the Caspian lowland.