Sister cities of Volgograd
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Baku →
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Chemnitz ⇄
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Chengdu ⇄
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Chennai ⇄
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Cologne ⇄
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Coventry ⇄
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Dijon ⇄
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Jilin City →
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Kemi ⇄
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Kiev ←
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Kruševac →
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Liège ⇄
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Odessa ←
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Ostrava ⇄
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Ruse, Bulgaria →
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Turin ⇄
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Yerevan ←
Volgograd (Russian: Волгогра́д, IPA: [vəlɡɐˈɡrat]), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: Цари́цын ; 1589–1925) and known as Stalingrad (Russian: Сталингра́д ) from 1925 to 1961, is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80-kilometer (50 mi) long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River. Population: 1,021,215 (2010 Census); 1,011,417 (2002 Census); 1,022,578 (1989 Census).
The city became famous for its resistance, as well as the extensive physical damage and death toll it suffered during the Battle of Stalingrad against the German Army in World War II. Since February 2013, the city's name is to be commemorated as Stalingrad six days each year.
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