Volgograd

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Volgograd

Total population

1,025,662

Coordinates48.71°, 44.52°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961), is the administrative centre and largest city of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres, with a population of slightly over one million residents. Volgograd is the 16th-largest city by population size in Russia, the third-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Ivan Lapikov

Soviet and Russian actor (1922–1993)

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Ilya Borodin

Russian footballer

Andrei Bochkov

Russian footballer

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Valeri Burlachenko

Russian footballer

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Artyom Varakin

Russian association football player

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Vladislav Vdovin

Soviet journalist

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Viktor Gerasimov

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Larisa Gorchakova

Russian swimmer

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Aleksandr Gofman

Soviet sociologist

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Ivan Efimovich Denikin

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Vladimir Dobrenkov

Russian sociologist

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Vadim Dolgachyov

Russian actor

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Karp Dombaev

Armenian violinist

Zakhar Dubensky

Russian footballer

Irina Dubtsova

Russian singer

Gennady Yeliseyev

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Volgograd

Volgograd Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide

USA International Business Publications · 2001

Ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡ Volgogradskoĭ oblasti

O. V. Inshakov · 2009

Ent︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡ Volgogradskoĭ oblasti

N. K. Maksi︠u︡ta · 2008

Volgograd Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)

USA International Business Publications · 2000

Regions of the "Red Belt" in the process of internationalization

Sergeĭ V. Golunov · 2001

VOLGOGRADSKAIA OBLAST - ADMINISTRATIVNO-TERRITORIAL'NOE DELENIE NA 1.7.1968 GODA

VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA (PROVINCE). SOVET DEPUTATOV TRUDIASHCHIKHSIA. ISPOLNITEL'NYI KOMITET

Volgogradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ

I͡U. I. Sizov · 2008

Vologodskai︠a︡ oblastʹ

V. A. Kabanov · 2001

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