Volgograd

Volgograd (; ), umwhile cried Tsaritsyn () (1589–1925) an Stalingrad () (1925–1961) is an important industrial ceety an the admeenistrative centre o Volgograd Oblast, Roushie.  It is 80 kilometres (50 mi) lang, north tae sooth, situatit on the wastren bank o the Volga River an haes a population o 1,021,215 fowk.  The ceety wis made famous for its resistance an extensive damage durin the Battle o Stalingrad durin Warld War II.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Volgograd is twinned wi:Friendly relationship at Official website of Volgograd
  Coventry, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick (1943)
  Ostrava, Czech Republic (1948)
  Kemi, Finland (1953)
  Liège, Belgium (1959)
  Dijon, Fraunce (1959)
  Turin, Italy (1961)
  Port Said, Egyp (1962)  Chennai, Indie (1966)
  Hiroshima, Japan (1972)
  Cologne, Germany (1988)
  Chemnitz, Germany (1988)
  Cleveland, Ohio, Unitit States (1990)
  Toronto, Canadae (1991)
  Chengdu, Cheenae (1994)  Jilin Ceety, Cheenae (1994)
  Yerevan, Armenie (1998)
  Kruševac, Serbie (1999)
  Ruse, Bulgarie (2001)
  Huntingdon, Pennsylvanie, Unitit States (2003)
  Orlando, Florida, United States (2008)
  Baku, Azerbaijan (2008) Executive power of Baku city
 A nummer o comminties in Fraunce an Italy hae streets or avenues named efter Stalingrad, hence Place de Stalingrad in Paris an the eponymous Paris Métro station o Stalingrad.

References


Category:Populatit places established in 1589
Category:Ceeties an touns in Volgograd Oblast
Category:Populatit places on the Volga