Volgograd

Volgograd (Today, the city's official name is Stalingrad, see text) Волгоград
Ceety
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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Location o Volgograd
Volgograd Location o Volgograd Volgograd Volgograd (Volgograd Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°42′N 44°31′E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal subject	Volgograd Oblast
Foondit	1589
Govrenment
• Bouk	Ceety Duma
• Head	Roman Grebennikov
Aurie
• Total	859 km2 (332 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population (2010 Census)
• Tot	1,021,215
• Estimate (2018)	1,013,533 (-0.8%)
• Rank	12t in 2010
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Admeenistrative status
• Subordinatit tae	ceety o oblast significance o Volgograd
• Caipital o	Volgograd Oblast, ceety o oblast significance o Volgograd
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Volgograd Urban Okrug
• Caipital o	Volgograd Urban Okrug
Time zone	(UTC+4)
Postal code(s)	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.volgadmin.ru

Volgograd (Roushie: Волгоград​ ; IPA: [ˌvɐlɡəˈɡrat]), umwhile cried Tsaritsyn (Roushie: Цари́цын​ ) (1589–1925) an Stalingrad (Roushie: Сталингра́д​ ) (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

See an aa: 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)

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) Ruse, Bulgarie (2001) Huntingdon, Pennsylvanie, Unitit States (2003) Orlando, Florida, United States (2008) Baku, Azerbaijan (2008)

• 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.