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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 Volgograd Tractor Plant (Russian: Волгоградский тракторный завод, Volgogradski traktorni zavod, or ВгТЗ, VgTZ), formerly the Dzerzhinskiy Tractor Factory or the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, is a heavy equipment factory located in Volgograd, Russia.
In February 1952, construction of a new oil refinery plant near Volgograd began, which was completed by December 1957 and began operations soon after. [1] [2] In the following years, the refinery significantly expanded its production capacity and range.
Volgograd International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Волгоград) (IATA: VOG, ICAO: URWW) is an airport located 15 km northwest of the city of Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, in Russia. It comprises a civilian airport built on top of an older military runway (3300 m), now demolished.
Volgograd Oblast South 107,927 119,565 −9.73%: Yevpatoria [b] Евпатория Republic of Crimea South 107,877 105,915 +1.85%: Murom: Муром Vladimir Oblast Central 107,497 116,075 −7.39%: Khanty-Mansiysk: Ханты-Мансийск Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Ural 107,473 80,151 +34.09%: Novy Urengoy: Новый Уренгой
The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт!, romanised: Rodina-mat' zovyot!) is a colossal neoclassicist and socialist realist war memorial sculpture on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia.
The Volgograd Reservoir (Russian: Волгоградское водохранилище) is a reservoir on the Volga river in the Russian oblasts of Volgograd and Saratov. The reservoir's water level is maintained by the dam of the Volga Hydroelectric Station , built from 1958 to 1961.