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Location:
Europe,
Russia, Volgograd
Category:
City View
Description:
View of Volgograd, formerly
Stalingrad, city centre traffic
Location Information:
Volgograd formerly called Tsaritsyn
and Stalingrad is an important
industrial city and the
administrative center of Volgograd
Oblast, Russia. It is 80 kilometres
(50 mi) long, north to south,
situated on the western bank of the
Volga River and has a population of
1.011 million people. The city was
made famous for its resistance and
extensive damage during the Battle
of Stalingrad during World War II.
Modern Volgograd remains an
important industrial city.
Industries include shipbuilding, oil
refining, steel and aluminium
production, manufacture of machinery
and vehicles, and chemical
production. A large Volgograd
Hydroelectric Plant stands a short
distance to the north of Volgograd.
Volgograd is a major railway
junction serviced by Pri Volga
Railway. Rail links include Moscow;
Saratov; Astrakhan; the Donbas
region of Ukraine; the Caucasus and
Siberia. It stands at the east end
of the Volga-Don Canal, opened in
1952 to link the two great rivers of
Southern Russia. European route E40,
the longest European route
connecting Calais, France with
Ridder, Kazakhstan, passes through
Volgograd. The M6 highway between
Moscow and the Caspian Sea also
passes through the city. The
Volgograd Bridge, under construction
since 1995, was inaugurated in
October 2009.[5] The city river
terminal is the centre for local
passenger shipping along the Volga
river.
Volgograd International Airport
provides air links to major Russian
cities as well as Antalya, Yerevan
and Aktau.
Volgograd's public transport system
includes a light rail service known
as the Volgograd metrotram. Local
public transport is provided by
buses, trolleybuses and trams.
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