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Volgograd, [a] formerly Tsaritsyn [b] (1589–1925) and Stalingrad [c] (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia.The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres (331.8 square miles), with a population of slightly over one million residents. [11]
Kazan [a] is the largest city and capital of Tatarstan, Russia.The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of 425.3 square kilometres (164.2 square miles), with a population of over 1.3 million residents, [14] and up to nearly 2 million residents in the greater metropolitan area.
The Volga (Russian: Волга, pronounced ⓘ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of 3,531 km (2,194 mi), and a catchment area of 1,360,000 km 2 (530,000 sq mi). [1]
The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, [15] up to roughly 1.7 million residents in the urban agglomeration. [16] Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, the second-most populous city on the
This is a list of cities and towns in Russia. According to the data of 2010 Russian Census , there are 1,117 cities and towns in Russia. After the Census, Innopolis , a town in the Republic of Tatarstan , was established in 2012 and granted town status in 2015.
Major cities located on tributaries of the Volga's tributaries include Moscow, the largest city and capital of Russia, on the Moskva River, a tributary of the Oka River. Kirov is located on the Vyatka River , and Ufa , Sterlitamak and Salavat are located on the Belaya River, both tributaries of the Kama River.
(Reuters) -Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russia overnight and attacked the Saratov region, causing a major fire in the city of Engels, the local governor said on Wednesday. The region hosts ...
Samara, [a] formerly known as Kuybyshev during Soviet rule, is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia.The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million residents, [15] up to 1.22 million residents in the urban agglomeration, not including Novokuybyshevsk, which is not conurbated.