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Volgograd
(Tsaritsyn, Stalingrad) is a regional center, a port on the
Volga River and an important railway junction; it stretches
70km along the right bank of the Volga at its lower reaches.
The climate is sharply continental with a mean January temperature
of 5C below zero and a July temperature of +24 C.
Volgograd was founded in 1589 as the Tsaritsyn forte outpost
set to guard the Volga trade route form nomad attacks. In
the 17th and 18th centuries it frequently became the center
of popular uprisings against the tsarist autocracy. By the
mid 10th century Tsaritsyn had become a fairly important economic
centre of the Lower Volga region with developed iron and steel
industry.
The first Soviet tractor was built here in 1930, and the city
rapidly became as major industrial centre Today Volgograd
is a city of large-scale industries |
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| It has over 130 factories, mills, plants
and works producing building materials, tractors, boring machinery,
tankers, oil products, steel, rolled metal, river vessels,
medical equipment and other goods that are widely used in
the domestic economy and exported to dozens of foreign states.
Nowadays Volgorad has six higher educational establishments,
more than 140 general schools and four theatres, Volgograd
is a part of many routes for foreign tourists. Visitors can
fly form Moscow in 1 hour 30 minutes flying time, distance
of 930 km. |
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It is connected by air with St. Peterburg, Kiev, Tbilist, Sochi, Odessa and
many other tourist centers. There is also a rail link with
Moscow, distance 1,073 km, journey time some 20 hours.
The city is also part of the cruise starting in Kazan and
culminating at Rostov-on-Don. |
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