Perelyub

The country around Perelyub lies in the open steppe of the Great Irgiz basin, east of the Volga. The Irgiz and its tributaries cross a landscape of broad pastures and shallow valleys. In the eighteenth century Old Believer communities established villages and hermitages along the river farther west, while the steppe beyond remained a region of pastoral movement. Perelyub itself was founded after this era, taking its place among the later settlements of the Irgiz country.