Volzhsky or Volzhskiy ( rus, Волжский, p=ˈvolʂskʲɪj) is an industrial town in
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, Volga region of Southern Russia. Its adminis ...
,
Russia
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, located on the east bank of the
Volga River
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...
and its
distributary
A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. Distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributar ...
the
Akhtuba
The Akhtuba (russian: А́хтуба); also transliterated ''Achtuba'' on some maps) is a left distributary of the Volga in southern Russia.
The Akhtuba splits off the Volga above the city Volgograd (at ), and flows toward the Volga Delta and Ca ...
, northeast of
Volgograd
Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...
. Population:
History
There was no indigenous population on the site of the communist settlement of Volzhsky until the 18th century. The first settlers were fugitives who called themselves ''bezrodnye'' (, "without kith or kin") and the village they set up had the name Bezrodnoye. In 1720,
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
, noting the abundance of
mulberry
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forests in the area, ordered building a state-run
silk
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factory there.
Modern Volzhsky was founded in 1951.
It had a population of about 10,000 at that time. In 1954, it was granted city status. Its biggest upsurge of population came for the construction of the
Volga Hydroelectric Station
The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES (russian: Волжская ГЭС) also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station (russian: Сталинградская/Волгоградская ГЭ ...
.
Volzhsky grew around a
hydroelectric power station
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which was built by
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
volunteers and by civil convict labor, who numbered almost 27,000 by 1953.
[Volgograd City Portal]
Волжский мог навсегда остаться деревянным!
/ref> Volzhsky was a city planned in a modern style with courtyard apartment blocks angled to deter hot summer winds off the steppes.
In April 2012, the work settlement of Krasnooktyabrsky, administratively subordinated to Volzhsky, and the rural locality (a settlement) of Uralsky from Sredneakhtubinsky District were merged into Volzhsky.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of oblast significance of Volzhsky—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
.[Law #139-OD] As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Volzhsky is incorporated as Volzhsky Urban Okrug.[Law #1032-OD]
Industry
The main enterprises in the city are '' Volga GES'' (a hydroelectric station), ''Volzhsky Trubny Zavod'' (producing steel pipes), ''Volzhsky Khimvolokno'' (chemical fibers), ''Volzhsky Orgsintez'' (chemical products), ''Volzhskrezinotekhnika'' (rubber products), ''Volzhsky Shinny Zavod'' (tires), ''Volzhsky Podshipnikovy Zavod'' (bearings), and JSC ''Zavod Meteor'' (electronic components).
Twin towns – sister cities
Volzhsky is twinned with:
* Cleveland Heights
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, United States
* Mönchengladbach, Nord-Rhein Westfalia, Deutschland
* Collegno
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It occupies an alluvial plain at the end of the Val di Susa, between Rivoli and Turin, at ...
, Italy
* Lianyungang
Lianyungang () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, China. It borders Yancheng to its southeast, Huai'an and Suqian to its south, Xuzhou to its southwest, and the province of Shandong to its north. Its name derives from ...
, China
* Shaker Heights
Shaker or Shakers may refer to:
Religious groups
* Shakers, a historically significant Christian sect
* Indian Shakers, a smaller Christian denomination
Objects and instruments
* Shaker (musical instrument), an indirect struck idiophone
* Cockta ...
, United States
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Cities and towns in Volgograd Oblast
Populated places on the Volga