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Volgograd Волгоград | |||
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 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 Location o Volgograd  Volgograd Volgograd (Volgograd Oblast) | |||
| Coordinates: 48°42′N 44°31′E / 48.700°N 44.517°ECoordinates: 48°42′N 44°31′E / 48.700°N 44.517°E | |||
| Kintra | Roushie | ||
| Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[2] | ||
| Foondit | 1589[3] | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| • Bodi | Ceety Duma | ||
| • Head | Roman Grebennikov | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 859 km2 (332 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Tot | 1,021,215 | ||
| • Estimate (2018)[5] | 1,013,533 (-0.8%) | ||
| • Rank | 12t in 2010 | ||
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) | ||
| • Subordinatit tae | ceety o oblast significance o Volgograd[2] | ||
| • Caipital o | Volgograd Oblast, ceety o oblast significance o Volgograd[2] | ||
| • Urban okrug | Volgograd Urban Okrug[6] | ||
| • Caipital o | Volgograd Urban Okrug[6] | ||
| Time zone | UTC+4 ([7]) | ||
| Postal code(s)[8] | 400001..400138 | ||
| Dialin code(s) | +7 8442 | ||
| Ceety Day | Seicont Sunday o September | ||
| Twin touns | Coventry, 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, Kiev | ||
| OKTMO ID | 18701000001 | ||
| Wabsteid | www | ||
Volgograd (Roushie: 
Волгоград (help·info); IPA: [ˌvɐlɡəˈɡrat]), umwhile cried Tsaritsyn (Roushie: Цари́цын (help·info)) (1589–1925) an Stalingrad (Roushie: Сталингра́д (help·info)) (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.
Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]
Twin touns — Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Volgograd is twinned wi:[9][10]
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- A nummer o comminties 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.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Official website of Volgograd
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #139-OD
- ↑ Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. pp. 81–83. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service. Retrieved 23 Januar 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Law #1031-OD
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени" [On the calculation of time]. Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Roushie). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Roushie)
- ↑ Friendly relationship at Official website of Volgograd
- ↑ "VISIT VOLGOGRAD - RUSSIA - WELCOME TO THE CITY - THE HERO VOLGOGRAD!". www.visitvolgograd.info. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
- ↑ "広島市の姉妹・友好都市". City.hiroshima.jp. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ "Ruse Municipality - Fraternize Cities". © 2008-2009 Ruse Municipality. Retrieved 2009-07-06. External link in
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