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Volgograd
city and administrative center of Volgograd Oblast in southern Russia
Details
- Instance of
- big city, city or town, City of oblast significance, architectural landmark, million city, million city, million city, million city
- Inception
- 1589
- Located in
- Volgograd Oblast, Volgograd Urban Okrug, Stalingrad Krai, Lower Volga Krai, Tsaritsynsky Uyezd
- Country
- Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia
- Capital of
- Volgograd Oblast, Volgograd Urban Okrug, Tsaritsynsky Uyezd, Stalingrad Krai, Lower Volga Krai, Tsaritsyn Governorate, Stalingradsky district
- Founded by
- Zasekin, Roman Vasilevich Alferev, Ivan Nashchokin
- Population
- 1016137, 1021215, 981909, 999000, 999000, 1000000, 1002000, 1004000, 1005000, 998000, 100800, 100000
- Area
- 859
- Elevation
- 80 m
- appears in the heritage monument list
- list of cultural heritage sites in Volgograd (Russia)
- category for honorary citizens of entity
- Q14330551
- category for maps or plans
- Category:Maps of Volgograd
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Volgograd, Q18665444, Q18665556
- category for people buried here
- Q7975432
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Volgograd
- category for the view of the item
- Category:Views of Volgograd
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Volgograd
- contains the administrative territorial entity
- Traktorozavodsky District, Krasnooktyabrsky District, Tsentralny District, Dzerzhinskiy District, Voroshilovskiy District, Volgograd, Sovetsky District, Kirovsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District
- demonym
- волгоградец, волгоградка, волгоградцы, валгаградзец, валгаградка, валгаградцы, volgogradenc, volgogradenca
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- economy of topic
- economy of Volgograd
- head of government
- Irina Guseva, Andrej Kosolapov
- heritage designation
- cultural heritage site in Russia
- history of topic
- Q4204578
- local dialing code
- 8442
- located in or next to body of water
- Volga
- named after
- Tsaritsa, Joseph Stalin, Volga
- native label
- Волгоград, Сталинград
- nickname
- Волжская твердыня
- official name
- Царицын, Сталинград, Волгоград, Tsaritsyn, Stalingrad, Volgograd, Царыцын, Сталінград, Валгаград, Caricin, Sztálingrád, Volgográd
- patron saint
- Alexander Nevsky
- postal code
- 400001–400138
- significant event
- Battle of Stalingrad
- time of earliest written record
- 1579
- topic's main category
- Category:Volgograd
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