City Details: Volgograd
A few alternate names for Volgograd are: Caricin, Caricyn, Estalingrado, Stalingrad, Stalingrado, Staljingrad, Tsaritsyn, VOG, Valgagrad, Vl'gogradu
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.
General Information
- Official Name: Russian Federation
- Common Name: Russia
- Population: 1013533
- Timezone: Europe/Volgograd
- Coordinates: 48.71939, 44.50183
- Country Code: RUS
- Continent: Europe, Asia
Closest Airports to Volgograd
- 1. Volgograd International Airport (VOG), distance from city center: 13.44 km
- 2. Volgodonsk Airport (VLK), distance from city center: 213.79 km
- 3. Elista Airport (ESL), distance from city center: 261.12 km
Location of Volgograd
Country Details
- Country: Russia
- Official Name: Russian Federation
- Capital: Moscow
- Region: Europe
- Subregion: Eastern Europe
- Population: 144,104,080
- Area: 17,098,242 km²
- Languages: Russian
- Currency: Russian ruble (₽)
- Timezones: UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00
- Flag:
Has borders with:
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- China
- Estonia
- Finland
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Korea (North)
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Mongolia
- Norway
- Poland
- Ukraine
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Museums in Volgograd, Russian Federation
Музей-заповедник «Сталинградская битва»
улица Чуйкова 47, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400005
Coordinates: 48.7156° N, 44.5339° E
Hours: Su, Tu-Th 10:00-18:00 • Fr-Sa 10:00-20:00
Музей Сталина
улица Рокоссовского 102, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400050
Coordinates: 48.7412° N, 44.5327° E
Волгоградский областной краеведческий музей
проспект Ленина 5А, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7049° N, 44.5127° E
Музей-панорама "Сталинградская битва"
улица Чуйкова 47, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7150° N, 44.5328° E
Россия - Моя история
набережная 62-й Армии 1Б, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7003° N, 44.5121° E
Волгоградский областной краеведческий музей
проспект Ленина 7, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7052° N, 44.5131° E
Мемориально-исторический музей
улица Гоголя 10, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7113° N, 44.5147° E
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-17:30
Особняк Репниковой
улица Гоголя 10, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7114° N, 44.5149° E
Железнодорожный музей
улица Милиционера Буханцева 66, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400120
Coordinates: 48.6895° N, 44.4739° E
Память
проспект Ленина 15Б, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7087° N, 44.5168° E
Музей Эйнштейна
Lenina Avenue 70/1, пос. Метизный, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400005
Coordinates: 48.7322° N, 44.5423° E
Музей Изобразительных искусств
проспект Ленина 21, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7114° N, 44.5231° E
Наследие
Mira Street 13, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7117° N, 44.5184° E
Земская управа
проспект Ленина 5А, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7049° N, 44.5126° E
Волжско-Камский банк
проспект Ленина 7, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066
Coordinates: 48.7052° N, 44.5130° E
Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400001
Coordinates: 48.7034° N, 44.5047° E