Volgograd
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Volgograd (Roushie: Волгоград (help·info); IPA: [ˌvɐlɡəˈɡrat]), umwhile cried Tsaritsyn (Roushie: Цари́цын (help·info)) (1589–1925) an Stalingrad (Roushie: Сталингра́д (help·info)) (1925–1961) is an important industrial ceety an the admeenistrative centre o Volgograd Oblast, Roushie. It is 80 kilometres (50 mi) lang, north tae sooth, situatit on the wastren bank o the Volga River an haes a population o 1,021,215 fowk. The ceety wis made famous for its resistance an extensive damage durin the Battle o Stalingrad durin Warld War II.
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Volgograd Волгоград | |
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Coordinates: 48°42′N 44°31′E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[2] |
Foondit | 1589[3] |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Ceety Duma |
• Head | Roman Grebennikov |
Area | |
• Total | 859 km2 (332 sq mi) |
Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,021,215 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 1,013,533 (−0.8%) |
• Rank | 12t in 2010 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
Admeenistrative status | |
• Subordinatit tae | ceety o oblast significance o Volgograd[2] |
• Caipital o | Volgograd Oblast, ceety o oblast significance o Volgograd[2] |
Municipal status | |
• Urban okrug | Volgograd Urban Okrug[6] |
• Caipital o | Volgograd Urban Okrug[6] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time [7]) |
Postal code(s)[8] | 400001..400138 |
Dialin code(s) | +7 8442 |
Ceety Day | Seicont Sunday o September |
Twin touns | Coventry, Ostrava, Kemi, Liège, Dijon, Turin, Port Said, Chennai, Hiroshima, Reinickendorf, Chemnitz, Ruse, Jilin Ceety, Kruševac, Tiraspol, Orlando, Olevano Romano, Cleveland, Toronto, Chengdu, Yerevan, İzmir, Ortona, Cologne, Constanța, Kyiv |
OKTMO ID | 18701000001 |
Website | www |
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