Volgograd

Volgograd (Template:Audio-ru; Template:IPA-ru), umwhile cried Tsaritsyn (Template:Audio-ru) (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (Template:Audio-ru) (1925–1961) is an important industrial ceety an the admeenistrative centre o Volgograd Oblast, Roushie. It is 80 kilometres (50 mi) lang, north tae sooth, situatit on the wastren bank o the Volga River an haes a population o 1,011,417 fowk. The ceety wis made famous for its resistance an extensive damage durin the Battle o Stalingrad durin Warld War II.

Internaitional relations

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Roushie

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Volgograd is twinned wi:

Coventry, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick (1943) Ostrava, Czech Republic (1948) Kemi, Finland (1953) Liège, Belgium (1959) Dijon, Fraunce (1959) Turin, Italy (1961) Port Said, Egyp (1962)

Madras (Chennai), Indie (1966) Hiroshima, Japan (1972) Cologne, Germany (1988) Chemnitz, Germany (1988) Cleveland, Ohio, Unitit States (1990) Toronto, Canadae (1991) Chengdu, Cheenae (1994)

Jilin Ceety, Cheenae (1994) Yerevan, Armenie (1998) Kruševac, Serbie (1999) Rousse, Bulgarie (2001) Huntingdon, Pennsylvanie, Unitit States (2003) Orlando, Florida, United States (2008) Baku, Azerbaijan (2008)

• A number o communities in Fraunce an Italy hae streets or avenues named efter Stalingrad, hence Place de Stalingrad in Paris an the eponymous Paris Métro station o Stalingrad.

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