- Known as Stalingrad during much of the Soviet era, Volgograd is now an important industrial city of just over a million people.
- Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station – the largest hydroelectric station in Europe is a short distance to the north of Volgograd.
- The Battle of Stalingrad was won by the Soviet Union against a German offensive that attempted to take the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, Russia)...
- One of the Volgograd region’s crowning achievements was the construction of the Volga Hydroelectric Station, the largest of its kind in Europe.
- One of Volgograd’s main peculiarities is its formidable length: it stretches on the bank of the Volga for 90 km.
- Volgograd is a large city along the west bank of the Volga River in Southern Russia.
- It was located about 18 km north of the historical core of Volgograd and ceased to exist 200-250 years before its foundation.
- Volgograd developed from 1589 when the fortress of Tsaritsyn was founded at the confluence of the Tsaritsa and Volga Rivers.
- Bugün Volgograd topraklarında çeşitli tatil merkezleri vardır. bunların çeşitliliği her tatilcinin en uygun seçeneği seçmesine izin verecektir.
- Originally Tsaritsyn, then Stalingrad, then back to Volgograd, it has a history as turbulent as its name changes.