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Volgograd

Волгоград
Top: View o Bolgogradsky Brig athort the Volga, Middle left: Komsomolskaya station o the Volgograd metrotram, Center: Volgograd railroad station, Middle richt: Propylaea on the Central embankment square at the Volga, Bottom: View The Motherland Calls on the Mamayev Kurgan Hill
Top: View o Bolgogradsky Brig athort the Volga, Middle left: Komsomolskaya station o the Volgograd metrotram, Center: Volgograd railroad station, Middle richt: Propylaea on the Central embankment square at the Volga, Bottom: View The Motherland Calls on the Mamayev Kurgan Hill
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Volgograd is located in Roushie
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Location o Volgograd
Volgograd is located in Volgograd Oblast
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Volgograd (Volgograd Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°42′N 44°31′E / 48.700°N 44.517°E / 48.700; 44.517Coordinates: 48°42′N 44°31′E / 48.700°N 44.517°E / 48.700; 44.517
KintraRoushie
Federal subjectVolgograd Oblast[2]
Foondit1589[3]
Govrenment
 • BodiCeety Duma
 • HeadRoman Grebennikov
Area
 • Total859 km2 (332 sq mi)
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 • Total1,021,215
 • Estimate 
(2018)[5]
1,013,533 (−0.8%)
 • Rank12t in 2010
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
 • Subordinatit taeceety o oblast significance o Volgograd[2]
 • Caipital oVolgograd Oblast, ceety o oblast significance o Volgograd[2]
 • Urban okrugVolgograd Urban Okrug[6]
 • Caipital oVolgograd Urban Okrug[6]
Time zoneUTC+3 (Moscow Time Edit this on Wikidata[7])
Postal code(s)[8]
400001..400138
Dialin code(s)+7 8442
Ceety DaySeicont Sunday o September
Twin tounsCoventry, Ostrava, Kemi, Liège, Dijon, Turin, Port Said, Chennai, Hiroshima, Reinickendorf, Chemnitz, Ruse, Jilin Ceety, Kruševac, Tiraspol, Orlando, Olevano Romano, Cleveland, Toronto, Chengdu, Yerevan, İzmir, Ortona, Cologne, Constanța, KyivEdit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID18701000001
Websitewww.volgadmin.ru

Volgograd (Roushie: Aboot this soondВолгоград​ ; IPA: [ˌvɐlɡəˈɡrat]), umwhile cried Tsaritsyn (Roushie: Aboot this soondЦари́цын​ ) (1589–1925) an Stalingrad (Roushie: Aboot this soondСталингра́д​ ) (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 1,021,215 fowk. The ceety wis made famous for its resistance an extensive damage durin the Battle o Stalingrad durin Warld War II.

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Volgograd is twinned wi:[9][10]

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  1. Official website of Volgograd
  2. a b c Law #139-OD
  3. Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. pp. 81–83. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  4. Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 Aw-Roushie Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 Aw-Roushie Population Census] (in Roushie). Federal State Stateestics Service.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  5. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service. Retrieved 23 Januar 2019.
  6. a b Law #1031-OD
  7. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Roushie). 3 Juin 2011. Retrieved 19 Januar 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  8. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Roushie)
  9. Friendly relationship at Official website of Volgograd
  10. "VISIT VOLGOGRAD - RUSSIA - WELCOME TO THE CITY - THE HERO VOLGOGRAD!". www.visitvolgograd.info. Archived frae the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 5 Januar 2010.
  11. "広島市の姉妹・友好都市". City.hiroshima.jp. Archived frae the original on 7 Juin 2009. Retrieved 17 Julie 2009.
  12. "Ruse Municipality - Fraternize Cities". © 2008-2009 Ruse Municipality. Retrieved 6 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)
  13. Executive power of Baku city