Wolschski

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city Wolzhsky Волжский flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Volgograd Urban district Wolschski mayor Marina Afanasyeva Founded 1951 City since 1954 surface 150  km² population 314,255 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2095 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 8443 Post Code 404100-404133 License Plate 34, 134 OKATO 18 410 Website www.admvol.ru Geographical location Coordinates 48 ° 47 '  N , 44 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '0 "  N , 44 ° 46' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Volgograd Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Wolschski ( Russian Во́лжский ) is a city with 314,255 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in southern Russia in the Volgograd Oblast .

geography

The Lenin Prospect in Volschski

Wolschski is located on the left bank of the Volga at the level of the junction of the Akhtuba River , directly on the dam of the Volgograd reservoir and about 20 km above the regional capital Volgograd . The closest cities are Krasnoslobodsk , which is located about 17 km southwest of Wolschski, and the adjacent Volgograd.

history

The present city was built from 1951; its name is based directly on the Volga (Wolschski = literally "Volga place"). Before the 1950s, the village of Besrodnoye existed on the site of Wolschski ; here there was since the 1720s, and until the 19th century, a government silk factory at the initiative of Tsar Peter I had been established.

The reason for the city's foundation in 1951 was the construction of the Volgograd hydropower plant . Wolschski was originally built as a residential area for the workers who were involved in the construction of the dam. Wolschski received city status on July 22, 1954; at that time its population was around 30,000. Wolschski was able to exceed the limit of 100,000 inhabitants as early as the mid-1960s.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	66,965
1970	142.058
1979	209.150
1989	268,842
2002	313.169
2010	314.255

Note: census data

economy

Today Volschski is next to Volgograd the most important industrial center on the lower Volga. There are several dozen industrial plants in the city, including the Volgograd hydropower plant , which was completed in 1951 , several chemical plants, factories for car tires, warehouses and metal structures. The Wolschanin omnibus factory in Wolschski, which was founded in 1993 and specializes in the production of city and intercity buses, is also well known.

Further educational institutions

• Volzhsky Institute of Humanities (Branch of the Volgograd State University )
• Institute for Civil Engineering Wolschski
• Volzhsky Polytechnic Institute of Volgograd State Technical University
• Branch of the Moscow Energy Institute

sons and daughters of the town

• Yevgeny Seredin (1958-2006), swimmer
• Yevgeny Sadowy (* 1973), swimmer, three-time Olympic champion in 1992
• Jelena Dolgopolowa (* 1980), artistic gymnast
• Anna Tschepelewa (* 1984), artistic gymnast
• Andrei Golubew (* 1987), tennis player
• Nikita Tschernow (* 1996), football player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Wolschski  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Russian)
• Unofficial website (Russian)
• Wolschski on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Bus plant Wolschanin - official website (Russian)