Амина Вишневская
08-07-2010 18:00
Volgograd is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80-kilometer north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River. Population: 1,021,244. The city became famous for its resistance, extensive damage, and death toll during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II. Although it is possible the city originated in 1555, it was first mentioned documentally in 1589 as Tsaritsyn, located at the confluence of the Tsaritsa and Volga Rivers. Modern Volgograd remains an important industrial city. Industries include shipbuilding, oil refining, steel and aluminium production, manufacture of machinery and vehicles, and chemical production. Volgograd is a major railway junction serviced by Pri Volga Railway. A memorial complex commemorating the battle of Stalingrad, dominated by an immense allegorical sculpture of Mother Russia, was erected on the Mamayev Kurgan, the hill that saw some of the most intense fighting during the battle.
Гость
Volgograd is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80-kilometer north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River. Population: 1,021,244. The city became famous for its resistance, extensive damage, and death toll during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
Although it is possible the city originated in 1555, it was first mentioned documentally in 1589 as Tsaritsyn, located at the confluence of the Tsaritsa and Volga Rivers.
Modern Volgograd remains an important industrial city. Industries include shipbuilding, oil refining, steel and aluminium production, manufacture of machinery and vehicles, and chemical production.
Volgograd is a major railway junction serviced by Pri Volga Railway.
A memorial complex commemorating the battle of Stalingrad, dominated by an immense allegorical sculpture of Mother Russia, was erected on the Mamayev Kurgan, the hill that saw some of the most intense fighting during the battle.
Volgograd is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80-kilometer north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River. Population: 1,021,244. The city became famous for its resistance, extensive damage, and death toll during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
Although it is possible the city originated in 1555, it was first mentioned documentally in 1589 as Tsaritsyn, located at the confluence of the Tsaritsa and Volga Rivers.
Modern Volgograd remains an important industrial city. Industries include shipbuilding, oil refining, steel and aluminium production, manufacture of machinery and vehicles, and chemical production.
Volgograd is a major railway junction serviced by Pri Volga Railway.
A memorial complex commemorating the battle of Stalingrad, dominated by an immense allegorical sculpture of Mother Russia, was erected on the Mamayev Kurgan, the hill that saw some of the most intense fighting during the battle.
Volgograd is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80-kilometer north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River. Population: 1,021,244. The city became famous for its resistance, extensive damage, and death toll during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
Although it is possible the city originated in 1555, it was first mentioned documentally in 1589 as Tsaritsyn, located at the confluence of the Tsaritsa and Volga Rivers.
Modern Volgograd remains an important industrial city. Industries include shipbuilding, oil refining, steel and aluminium production, manufacture of machinery and vehicles, and chemical production.
Volgograd is a major railway junction serviced by Pri Volga Railway.
A memorial complex commemorating the battle of Stalingrad, dominated by an immense allegorical sculpture of Mother Russia, was erected on the Mamayev Kurgan, the hill that saw some of the most intense fighting during the battle.
Volgograd is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80-kilometer north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River. Population: 1,021,244. The city became famous for its resistance, extensive damage, and death toll during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
Although it is possible the city originated in 1555, it was first mentioned documentally in 1589 as Tsaritsyn, located at the confluence of the Tsaritsa and Volga Rivers.
Modern Volgograd remains an important industrial city. Industries include shipbuilding, oil refining, steel and aluminium production, manufacture of machinery and vehicles, and chemical production.
Volgograd is a major railway junction serviced by Pri Volga Railway.
A memorial complex commemorating the battle of Stalingrad, dominated by an immense allegorical sculpture of Mother Russia, was erected on the Mamayev Kurgan, the hill that saw some of the most intense fighting during the battle.