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Tolyatti

Also known as Togliatti, Stavropol, Stavropol-on-Volga, Tol'yatti

Tolyatti or Togliatti, known before 1964 as Stavropol, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which is neither the administrative center of a federal subject, nor the largest city of a subject. Population: The city is best known as the home of Russia's largest car manufacturer AvtoVAZ (Lada). For this reason, Tolyatti is often dubbed "'''Russia's motor city" or "Russia's Motown'''" (in reference to Detroit in the United States—the spiritual home of the American automotive industry). It was renamed after Italian communist politician Palmiro Togliatti in 1964, upon

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Tolyatti is a city in Russia's Samara Oblast that has become synonymous with the country's automotive industry, serving as the home of AvtoVAZ, Russia's largest car manufacturer. The city, which was renamed in 1964 after Italian communist politician Palmiro Togliatti, is often called "Russia's motor city" or "Russia's Motown" because of its dominant role in Russian car production.

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Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Tolyatti
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Тольятти
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia Samara Oblast#European Russia#Europe
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Togliatti.svg
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: File:Coat of Arms of Togliattil.svg
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Samara Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_inhabloc_jur: city of oblast significance of Tolyatti
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Stavropolsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: city of oblast significance of Tolyatti
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: City
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Tolyatti Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Tolyatti Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Stavropolsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.representative_body: City Duma
Russian inhabited locality.pop_latest: 662,683
Russian inhabited locality.pop_latest_date: 2019
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes: 445xxx
Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes: 8482

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Official website

Администрация городского округа Тольятти

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Тольятти
Population: 662683
Area: 230
Elevation: 90
Official website: www.tgl.ru
Image: Komsomolsky district, Tolyatti, Russia.JPG
Households: 494
Dialing code: 8482

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Commons category: Tolyatti
postal code: 445000–445999
inception: 1737-06-20
native label: Тольятти
number of houses: 1505

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Education
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Religion
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October 2007 bomb attack
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Twin towns – sister cities
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Notable people
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Tolyatti or Togliatti, known before 1964 as Stavropol, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which is neither the administrative center of a federal subject, nor the largest city of a subject. Population: The city is best known as the home of Russia's largest car manufacturer AvtoVAZ (Lada). For this reason, Tolyatti is often dubbed "'''Russia's motor city" or "Russia's Motown" (in reference to Detroit in the United States—the spiritual home of the American automotive industry). It was renamed after Italian communist politician Palmiro Togliatti in 1964, upon his death in the Soviet Union.

==History== Stavropol was founded as a fortress in 1737 by the Russian statesman Vasily Tatishchev. It was often informally referred to as Stavropol-on-Volga' to distinguish it from Stavropol, a larger city in southwest Russia, although Stavropol-on-Volga was never its official name.