Volgograd is one of the largest cities in the South of Russia and the administrative center of Volgograd region.
Volgograd The History
From 1589 to 1925, the city was known under the name of Tsaritsyn, and from 1925 till 1961 – as Stalingrad. In 1961, Stalingrad was renamed into Volgograd.
The 2nd of July 1589 is officially considered the date of the city’s foundation: on that day the name of the Tsaritsyn fortress was first mentioned in a document issued by a Tsar.
The fortress in question was situated a little bit to the North from the place where the river Tsaritsa merged with the river Volga, on a high right bank.
In 1607, the inhabitants of the fortress started a riot against the Tsar’s military unit but the riot was suppressed within half a year.
Volgograd Today
Today’s Volgograd is one of the most beautiful cities in Russia. It is a large industrial, transport, scientific and cultural center in the South of Russia.
One of Volgograd’s main peculiarities is its formidable length:
it stretches on the bank of the Volga for 90 km.
The city’s population is over 1 million people. Due to its profitable geographic location, Volgograd is a multifaceted city with an important strategic role in the social and economic development of the South of Russia.
Volgograd is a city through which the legendary Silk Way used to pass.
Today, it is a port of five seas. After the construction of the bridge over the Volga, it became gates to Kazakhstan and China, too. Moreover, it is a transport nod on the Privolzhskaya Railway (the railway along the Volga River), the European route E40 and a federal highway “Caspium” M6.
Interregional and international traffic is managed by the Volgograd River Port, the international airport of Volgograd, an intense railroad nod, the Volga-Don Channel opening into the 9th International Transport Corridor.
The city features all the means of transport characteristic for a megapolis: suburban trains, electro- and auto transport, as well as the only in the world speed underground tram.
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