Volzhsky or Volzhskiy ( rus, Волжский, p=ˈvoɫʂskʲɪɪ̯) is an industrial town in

Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast ( rus, Волгоградская область, p=vəɫɡɐˈgratskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, lower Volga region of Southern Russia ...

, Russia, located on the east bank of the

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and its

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the

Akhtuba The Akhtuba (); also transliterated ''Achtuba'' on some maps) is a left distributary of the Volga in southern Russia. The Akhtuba splits off the Volga shortly before the city of Volgograd (at ), and flows toward the Volga Delta and Caspian Sea. ...

, northeast of

Volgograd 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 , with a population ...

. Population:

History

Volzhsky was founded in 1951. It had a population of about 10,000 at that time. On July 22, 1954, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the village of Volzhsky became the city of Volzhsky, in connection with the construction of the Stalingrad HPP (1950-1961). Volzhsky grew around a

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which was built by

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volunteers and by civil convict labor, who numbered almost 27,000 by 1953.Volgograd City Portal
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In April 2012, the work settlement of Krasnooktyabrsky, administratively subordinated to Volzhsky, and the rural locality (a settlement) of Uralsky from

Sredneakhtubinsky District Sredneakhtubinsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.Law #139-OD As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sredneakhtubinsky Municipal District.Law #1040-OD It is located in ...

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

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.Law #139-OD As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Volzhsky is incorporated as Volzhsky Urban Okrug.Law #1032-OD

Economy

The city is the site of the

Volga Hydroelectric Station The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES () also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station (), is the largest hydroelectric station in Europe, and the last of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams, imm ...

Twin towns – sister cities

Volzhsky is twinned with: *

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, United States * Mönchengladbach, Nord-Rhein Westfalia, Deutschland *

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, Italy *

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, China *

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Volgograd Oblast Populated places on the Volga