Volgograd (rus)

Volgograd

Volgograd ranks 634th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nîmes, Paraguay, and Plymouth. Memorable people born in Volgograd include Vladimir Kryuchkov, Elem Klimov, and Aleksandra Pakhmutova. Memorable people who died in Volgograd include Heinz Körvers, Viktor Pavičić, and Yelena Romanova. Volgograd has been the birth place of many athletes, and handball players and the death place of many athletes, and military personnels. Volgograd is located in Russia.

Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres, with a population of slightly over one million residents. Volgograd is the 16th-largest city by population size in Russia, the third-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga. Read more on Wikipedia