Volgograd
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| Volgograd (Scots) Волгоград (Roushie) |
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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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.svg) Location o Volgograd Oblast in Roushie |
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| 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 | |
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| Ceety Day | Seicont Sunday o September[citation needit] |
| Admeenistrative status (as o February 2010) | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[2] |
| Admeenistratively subordinatit tae | ceety o oblast significance o Volgograd[2] |
| Admeenistrative center o | Volgograd Oblast,[citation needit] ceety o oblast significance o Volgograd[2] |
| Municipal status (as o March 2010) | |
| Urban okrug | Volgograd Urban Okrug[3] |
| Admeenistrative centre o | Volgograd Urban Okrug[3] |
| Head[citation needit] | Roman Grebennikov[citation needit] |
| Representative body | Ceety Duma[citation needit] |
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| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
1,021,215 inhabitants[4] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 12t |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+04:00)[5] |
| Founded | 1589[6] |
| Previous names | Tsaritsyn (until 1925),[6] Stalingrad (until 1961)[6] |
| Postal code(s) | 400001..400138[citation needit] |
| Dialin code(s) | +7 8442[citation needit] |
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Volgograd (Roushie: 
Волгоград (help·info); IPA: [ˌvɐlɡəˈɡrat]), umwhile cried Tsaritsyn (Roushie: Цари́цын (help·info)) (1589–1925) and 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:[7][8]
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- A number 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
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedRef921 - ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1)]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. pp. 81–83. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Executive power of Baku city
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