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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 (the supposedly tallest statue, with a height of 27 meters).now in five sites: "Great Lenin" – Liberty Square (the intersection of Victory Avenue and the streets of the World) "Little Lenin" – the Children's park named after Alexander Pushkin. A monument in the main building of the Volgograd State Technical University.
In 1899 the Gerhardt family of entrepreneurs received permission to build a flour-grinding complex in what is now central Volgograd, overlooking the River Volga. The mill was put into operation, and flour sales began in August 1900. The mill operated until a devastating fire in August 1907 destroyed the complex.
The Barmaley (Russian: Бармалей) is an informal name of a fountain in the city of Volgograd (formerly known as Stalingrad). Its official name is Children's Khorovod (Round Dance). The statue is of a circle of six children dancing the khorovod around a crocodile. While the original fountain was removed in the 1950s, two replicas were ...
Volgograd Oblast's strategic waterways have made it a popular route for shipping and for the generation of hydroelectricity. Volgograd Oblast was the primary site of the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II, regarded as the single bloodiest battle in the history of warfare. [12] [13] [14]
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.
The region is home to a large portion of Russia's population, with the major cities of Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary, Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Tolyatti, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd and Astrakhan all located directly on the Volga River.
Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky (Russian: Кафедральный Собор Александра Невского) this is a cathedral in Volgograd named after Alexander Nevsky. In 1932 it was destroyed, but in 2016, it was decided to rebuild the temple giving it the same name, which met with criticism among the townspeople associated with the ...