Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The...
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Volgograd Oblast (Russian: Волгоградская область, IPA: [vəɫɡɐˈgratskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the lower Volga...
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SC Rotor Volgograd (Russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad)...
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The Motherland Calls (redirect from Volgograd monument)
neoclassicist and socialist realist war memorial sculpture on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia. Designed primarily by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich with assistance...
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Surovikino penal colony hostage crisis (redirect from Hostage-taking in a penal colony in Volgograd)
attacked the guards of the IK-19 Surovikino penal colony in Surovikino, in Volgograd Oblast of southern Russia and took hostages. Unconfirmed reports said...
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Volgograd, Russia. 1589 – Tsaritsyn founded. 1606 - Tsaritsyn took part in the rising in favour...
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Moscow Time (redirect from Volgograd Time)
Moscow Time (MSK, Russian: моско́вское вре́мя, romanized: moskovskoye vremya) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia, and most of western Russia...
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The Volgograd Metrotram (Skorostnoy Tramvay, ST) is a light rail surface/subway line operating in Volgograd, Russia. It was inaugurated on 5 November...
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The HVDC Volgograd–Donbass is a 475 kilometres (295 mi) long bipolar ±400 kV high voltage direct current powerline used for transmitting electric power...
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The Volgograd Arena (Russian: «Волгоград Арена») is a football stadium in Volgograd, Russia. The stadium was one of the venues for the 2018 FIFA World...
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Battle of Stalingrad (redirect from Battle of Volgograd)
Soviet Union for control over the Soviet city of Stalingrad (now known as Volgograd) in southern Russia. The battle was characterized by fierce close-quarters...
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The Volgograd Tractor Plant (Russian: Волгоградский тракторный завод, Volgogradski traktorni zavod, or ВгТЗ, VgTZ), formerly the Dzerzhinskiy Tractor...
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Volgograd is a city in Russia. Volgograd may also refer to: Volgograd Oblast, a federal subject of Russia Volgograd International Airport, an airport...
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Volgograd International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Волгоград) (IATA: VOG, ICAO: URWW) is an airport located 15 km northwest of the city...
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Rostov-on-Don, the largest city in Southern Russia Ufa Krasnoyarsk Voronezh Perm Volgograd Moscow Saint Petersburg Novosibirsk Yekaterinburg Kazan Nizhny Novgorod...
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Volgograd-Glavny (Russian: Волгоград-Главный) is a major junction railway station of Volgograd in Russia. It is located in the Central District of the...
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Volga Hydroelectric Station (redirect from Volgograd Hydroelectric Plant)
Волжская ГЭС) also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station (Russian: Сталинградская/Волгоградская ГЭС...
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bombings a day apart targeted mass transportation in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia, killing 34 people overall,[citation...
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The Volgograd Refinery (Russian: Лукойл-Волгограднефтепереработка) is an oil refinery plant in the Russian city of Volgograd, one of the largest in the...
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afternoon of August 10, 2020, a large explosion occurred at a gas station in Volgograd, Russia. The explosion caused 13 injuries and could be felt thousands...
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Volgograd State Medical University is located in Volgograd which is situated in the southern part of Russia on the west bank of the Volga River. It started...
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FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup. Volgograd: Volgograd Arena (new). The main Volgograd arena was built on the demolished Central Stadium...
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The October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on 21 October 2013 in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern...
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Below is a list of office-holders: Duma website...
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Perm Krai 1,026,908 6 Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk Krai 1,205,473 16 Volgograd Volgograd Oblast 1,018,898 7 Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 1,204,985...
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Volgograd State University (VolSU, Russian: Волгоградский государственный университет) is a public university and one of the leading institutions of higher...
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Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the east bank of the Volga River and its distributary the Akhtuba, 20 kilometers (12 mi) northeast of Volgograd....
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райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Gorodishchensky...
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The Volgograd Reservoir (Russian: Волгоградское водохранилище) is a reservoir on the Volga river in the Russian oblasts of Volgograd and Saratov. The reservoir's...
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Dinamo Volgograd (Russian: Динамо Волгоград) is a Russian women's handball club from Volgograd. Founded in 1972 as Burevestnik Volgograd, it represented...
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