Volgograd (formerly Tsaritsyn (to 1925)Stalingrad (1925–61))

48°45N 44°30E, pop (2000e) 1 200 000. Capital city of Volgogradskaya oblast, SE European Russia, on R Volga; E terminus of the Volga–Don Canal; founded 1589; largely destroyed in World War 2; airport; railway; aluminium, oil, oil refining, clothing, footwear, leatherwork, tractors, foodstuffs.

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Mamaev Kurgan, Russia


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