Volgograd Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Volgograd (English) Волгоград (Russian)
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Counterclockwise: The Motherland Calls, the railway station, Planetarium, The Metrotram, Panorama of the City, Gerhardt Mill, Mamayev Kurgan

Coat of arms	Flag
Anthem	none
City Day	Second Sunday of September
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Volgograd Oblast
Administratively subordinated to	city of oblast significance of Volgograd
Municipal status
Urban okrug	Volgograd Urban Okrug
Head	Alexander Chunakov
Representative body	City Duma
Statistics
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	1,021,215 inhabitants
- Rank in 2010	12th
Time zone	MSK (UTC+04:00)
Founded	1589
City status since	the end of the 18th century
Postal code(s)	400000–400002, 400005–400012, 400015–400017, 400019–400023, 400026, 400029, 400031–400034, 400036, 400038–400040, 400042, 400046, 400048–400055, 400057–400059, 400062–400067, 400069, 400071–400076, 400078–400082, 400084, 400086–400089, 400093, 400094, 400096–400098, 400105, 400107, 400108, 400110–400112, 400117, 400119–400125, 400127, 400131, 400136–400138, 400700, 400880, 400890, 400899, 400921–400942, 400960–400965, 400967, 400970–400979, 400990–400993
Dialing code(s)	+7 8442
Official website: http://www.volgadmin.ru

Volgograd formerly called Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961) is an industrial city of great importance and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80 km long, north to south, on the western bank of the Volga River and has a population of over 1.011 millon people. The city was made famous for its heroic resistance and bloody siege during the Battle of Stalingrad taking place during World War II.

History
International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
Gallery
Images for kids
See also

History

Coat of Arms of Tsaritsyn(1857)

Volgograd developed from 1589 when the fortress of Tsaritsyn was founded at the confluence of the Tsaritsa and Volga Rivers. During the Russian Civil War the city was the scene of heavy fighting. Bolshevik forces occupied it during 1918, but were attacked by White forces. It was renamed as Stalingrad in 1925.

Under Stalin, the city became heavily industrialized as a centre of heavy industry and trans-shipment by rail and river. During World War II, Stalingrad became the center of the Battle of Stalingrad as well as a turning point in the war against Germany. Essentially, the German offensive was checked at Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad lasted from August 21, 1942 to February 2, 1943, where 1.7 million to 2 million Axis and Soviet soldiers were killed, wounded or captured, in addition to over 40,000 civilians killed. The city was reduced to rubble during the fierce fighting, but reconstruction began soon after the Germans were expelled from the city.

Nikita Khrushchev renamed the city in 1961.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

As of 2008, Volgograd has 21 sister cities:

Coventry, England, United Kingdom (1943)
Ostrava, Czech Republic (1948)
Kemi, Finland (1953)
Liège, Belgium (1959)
Dijon, France (1959)
Turin, Italy (1961)
Port Said, Egypt (1962)
Chennai, India (1966)
Hiroshima, Japan (1972)
Cologne, Germany (1988)
Chemnitz, Germany (1988)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States (1990)
Toronto, Canada (1991)
Jilin, China (1994)
Yerevan, Armenia (1998)
Chengdu, China (1998)
Kruševac, Serbia (1999)
Rousse, Bulgaria (2001)
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States (2003)
Orlando, Florida, United States (2008)
Baku, Azerbaijan (2008)

A number of communities in France and Italy have streets or avenues named after Stalingrad, hence Place de Stalingrad in Paris and the Paris Métro station of Stalingrad.

Gallery

Volgograd from Space
Map of Volgograd's City Districts
Underground station of Volgograd metrotram — Lenin's Square
Volgograd State Medical University (left) and New Experimental Theater of Volgograd