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 of slightly over one million residents. Volgograd is the 16th-largest city by population size in Russia, the third-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga.

central square of Volgograd