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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 ]
Volgograd Oblast borders with Saratov, Rostov, Astrakhan, and Voronezh Oblasts, as well as with Kalmykia of Russia and with Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Region). Most of Volgograd oblast is located in the Pontic–Caspian steppe. The Yergeni hills are located to the southeast. Forests cover 4% of the territory. The major rivers are: The Volga River
The Soviet War Memorial in Berlin's Treptower Park, designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich and Yakov Belopolsky. The Battle of Stalingrad was a major conflict between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front of World War II, fought over six months from July 1942 to February 1943. [4]
Marinovka (Russian: Мариновка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Marinovskoye Rural Settlement, Kalachyovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 862 as of 2010. [2] There are 16 streets. [3] The Marinovka Air Base is located to the south west.
English: Volgograd region on the map of Russia. Русский: Волгоградская область на карте ...
The base was home to the 168th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment between 1991 and 1992, [6] and the 296th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment 1993-98. [7]Some Su-34 and Su-24s were redeployed to the air base after a Ukrainian drone strike [when?] on Morozovsk air base.
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The Volga flows through the East European north-western regions to the Central Asian south-western steppe regions in Povolzhyen Russia. Volga delta in Central Asia The Volga Region is almost entirely within the East European Plain , with a notable distinction contrasting the elevated western side featuring the Volga Upland , and the eastern ...