Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast
Volzhsky
Волжский | |
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Location of Volzhsky  | |
  Volzhsky Location of Volzhsky  Volzhsky Volzhsky (Volgograd Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 48°48′20″N 44°44′30″E / 48.80556°N 44.74167°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast |
| Founded | 1951 |
| City status since | 1954 |
| Government | |
| • Head | Igor Voronin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 150 km2 (60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 314,255 |
| • Rank | 58th in 2010 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Volzhsky |
| • Capital of | city of oblast significance of Volzhsky |
| • Urban okrug | Volzhsky Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Volzhsky Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 404100..404133 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8443[4][5] |
| OKTMO ID | 18710000001 |
| Twin towns | Collegno, Olomouc, Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights, Lianyungang |
Volzhsky (Russian: Волжский, IPA: [ˈvolʂskʲɪj]) is an industrial town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is on the east bank of the Volga River and its distributary the Akhtuba. It is 20 kilometers (12 mi) northeast of Volgograd. Population: 321,479 (2021 estimate).[6]
History
[change | change source]Volzhsky was founded in 1951. It had around 10,000 people at the time. It was given city status in 1954. The main reason for its large growth was the making of the Volga Hydroelectric Station.
Twin towns – sister cities
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Cleveland Heights, United States
Mönchengladbach, Germany
Collegno, Italy
Lianyungang, China- Shaker Heights, United States
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ↑ "TELEPHONE CODES OF CITIES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION". Archived from the original on October 27, 2004.
- ↑ "Волгоградская область - Телефонные коды городов".
- ↑ https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx
- ↑ "О Волжском" (in Russian). Volzhsky. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2020-07-12.