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Volgograd (rus)

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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 Wilm Hosenfeld, Viktor Pavičić, and Galina Bystrova. Volgograd has been the birth place of many athletes, and handball players and the death place of many athletes, and politicians. 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 second-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1999, Volgograd was the birth place of 28 globally memorable people, including Vladimir Kryuchkov, Elem Klimov, and Aleksandra Pakhmutova. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Volgograd including Wilm Hosenfeld, Viktor Pavičić, and Galina Bystrova.

People Born in Volgograd

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People Deceased in Volgograd

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Volgograd were athletes (8), handball players (6), swimmers (3), politicians (2), and tennis players (2),  while most who died were athletes (3), politicians (1), military personnels (1), and handball players (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Volgograd, including Yelena Isinbayeva, Yelena Slesarenko, and Olga Kucherenko. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Volgograd, including Yelena Isinbayeva, Yelena Slesarenko, and Olga Kucherenko.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Volgograd since 1700.