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Volgograd

Volgograd
Волгоград
City[1]
Counterclockwise: The Motherland Calls, the railway station, Planetarium, The Metrotram, Panorama of the City, Gerhardt Mill, Mamayev Kurgan
Counterclockwise: The Motherland Calls, the railway station, Planetarium, The Metrotram, Panorama of the City, Gerhardt Mill, Mamayev Kurgan
Flag of Volgograd
Flag
Coat of arms of Volgograd
Coat of arms
Anthem: none[2]
Location of Volgograd
Map
Volgograd is located in Russia
Volgograd
Volgograd
Location of Volgograd
Volgograd is located in Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd (Volgograd Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°42′N 44°31′E / 48.700°N 44.517°E / 48.700; 44.517
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVolgograd Oblast
Founded1589[3]
City status sincethe end of the
18th century[1]
Government
 • BodyCity Duma[4]
 • Head[4]Alexander Chunakov[source?]
Area
 • Total859 km2 (332 sq mi)
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[5]
 • Total1,021,215
 • Estimate 
(2018)[6]
1,013,533 (−0.8%)
 • Rank12th in 2010
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
 • Subordinated tocity of oblast significance of Volgograd
 • Capital ofVolgograd Oblast, city of oblast significance of Volgograd
 • Urban okrugVolgograd Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofVolgograd Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
Postal code(s)[8]
400000–400002, 400005–400012, 400015–400017, 400019–400023, 400026, 400029, 400031–400034, 400036, 400038–400040, 400042, 400046, 400048–400055, 400057–400059, 400062–400067, 400069, 400071–400076, 400078–400082, 400084, 400086–400089, 400093, 400094, 400096–400098, 400105, 400107, 400108, 400110–400112, 400117, 400119–400125, 400127, 400131, 400136–400138, 400700, 400880, 400890, 400899, 400921–400942, 400960–400965, 400967, 400970–400979, 400990–400993
Dialing code(s)+7 8442
OKTMO ID18701000001
City DaySecond Sunday of September[1]
Twin townsCoventry, Ostrava, Kemi, Liège, Dijon, Turin, Port Said, Chennai, Hiroshima, Reinickendorf, Chemnitz, Ruse, Jilin City, Kruševac, Tiraspol, Płońsk, Sandanski, Orlando, Olevano Romano, Cleveland, Toronto, Chengdu, Yerevan, İzmir, Ortona, Cologne, Constanța, Qujing, KyivEdit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.volgadmin.ru

Volgograd, formerly called Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961) is an industrial city of great importance, and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80 km long, north to south, on the western bank of the Volga River and has a population of over 1.011 million people. The city was made famous for its heroic resistance and bloody siege during the Battle of Stalingrad taking place during World War II.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charter of Volgograd, Preamble
  2. ↑ Official website of Volgograd. Конкурс на создание гимна Волгограда будет проведен повторно (in Russian)
  3. ↑ Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. pp. 81–83. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Charter of Volgograd, Article 22
  5. ↑ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)

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