Volgograd

Volgograd

City and administrative center of Volgograd Oblast in southern Russia

Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre 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.

Also known as...Stalingrad and Tsaritsyn
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Ukraine Hits Arms Plant Deep in Russia

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