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Volgograd Oblast is a region in southwestern Russia that serves as one of Russia's federal administrative divisions. It matters as an important area for agriculture, industry, and transportation along the Volga River, one of Europe's largest waterways.
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- Instance of
- federal subject of Russia
- Part of
- Southern Military District
- Official name
- Сталінградська область
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Volgograd
- Population
- 2434046
- Area
- 113900
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Head of government
- Andrei Bocharov
- Shares border with
- West Kazakhstan Region
- Official website
- www.volgograd.ru
- Image
- Volgograd Oblast border.JPG
- Licence plate code
- 134
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- Volgograd Oblast
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- Category:Volgograd Oblast
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Volgograd Oblast
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Volgograd Oblast
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Volgograd Oblast
- inception
- 1936-12-05
- owner of
- Volgograd Arena
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Encyclopedic overview
Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject (oblast) of Russia, located in the Lower Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The population of the oblast was 2,500,781 in the 2021 Census.
Formerly known as Stalingrad Oblast, it was given its present name in 1961, when the city of Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd as part of the process of de-Stalinization. Volgograd Oblast borders Rostov Oblast in the southwest, Voronezh Oblast in the northwest, Saratov Oblast in the north, Astrakhan Oblast and the Republic of Kalmykia in the southeast, and has an international border with Kazakhstan in the east. The two main rivers in European Russia, the Don and the Volga, run through the oblast and are connected by the Volga–Don Canal. Volgograd Oblast's strategic waterways have made it a popular route for shipping and for the generation of hydroelectricity.
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