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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 ]
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.
Tsaritsyn (Russian: Царицын) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Tsaritsynskoye Rural Settlement, Gorodishchensky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,059 as of 2010. [2] There are 85 streets. [3]
It was founded as a settlement around the Surovikino railway station, which opened in 1900. [citation needed] It was granted town status in 1966.[citation needed]On August 23, 2024, Islamic State militants detained at a penal colony in the town seized control of the prison where they were being held, killing four guards and taking others hostage before being shot by responding FSB forces.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian security forces stormed a prison on Friday to free hostages seized by knife-wielding prisoners who identified themselves as Islamic State militants, according to news ...
Map of Russia with Volgograd Oblast highlighted. This is a list of rural localities in Volgograd Oblast. Volgograd Oblast (Russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, Volgogradskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd.