volgograd

     

Volgogra (Russian: Волгогра́д (help·info)), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: Цари́цын (help·info)) (1598–1925) and Stalingrad (Russian: Сталингра́д (help·info)) (1925–1961) is a city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80 kilometres long, and situated on the west bank of the Volga River.

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  • The city of Tsaritsyn, renamed Stalingrad in 1925, was renamed this in 1961

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