Volgograd (rus)

Volgograd

Volgograd ranks 569th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Catania, Troyes, and Niigata (city). Memorable people born in Volgograd include Vladimir Kryuchkov, Elem Klimov, and Yelena Isinbayeva. Memorable people who died in Volgograd include Wilm Hosenfeld, Galina Bystrova, and Heinz Körvers. Volgograd has been the birth place of many handball players and athletes 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