Volgograd
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Volgograd (Russian: Волгоград) used to be called Stalingrad. It lies along the west bank of the Volga River in Southern Russia. It was the scene of one of the most important and bloodiest battles of the Second World War.
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Volgograd is a major railway junction with links to Moscow, the Donbas region of Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Siberia. It stands at the east end of the Volga-Don Canal, opened in 1952 to link the two great rivers of Southern Russia.
European route E40, the longest European route connecting Calais, France with Ridder, Kazakhstan, passes through Volgograd.
Volgograd's public transport system includes a light rail service known as the Volgograd metrotram. Volgograd Metrotram, [1]. Light rail service.
Volgograd International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Волгоград) (IATA: VOG), [2](Russian only).
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- Mamayev Kurgan — the site of one of the twentieth century's most important battles: Battle of Stalingrad. This huge memorial is located on top of a large hill overlooking Volgograd and the Volga River. The name derives from the hill's supposed status as the grave of Mamai, a famous Tatar Khan and general (kurgan is a Tatar word meaning burial mound).
- The Panorama museum, ul. Chuikova. 10-17. The Panorama museum, which is located alongside the Volga river, contains artifacts from World War II. These include a panoramic painting of the battlefield from the location of the monument "Mamayev Kurgan." Here a rifle of the famous sniper Vasily Zaytsev, can also be found. edit
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- Arca
- Grand Cafe
- Grand Pizza
- Volgograd
- Mario
- McDonalds
- Labamba
- Shury-Mury
- Vizantia
- Steak House
- Ole
- Chinar
- Velvet
- Yakitoria
- SV
- Pyramid
- Blindazh
- Bellagio
- Deja Vu
- Sakura
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- Intourist, ul. Mira 14, ☎ 30-23-01, 30-23-02 (volgaint@avtlg.ru, fax: 38-60-00). edit
- Volgograd, ul. Mira 12, ☎ 40-80-30, 40-80-31, 40-80-20 (volgahot@hotelvolgograd.ru, fax: 40-80-33), [3]. edit
- Yuzhnaya, ul. Raboche-Krestyanskaya 18, ☎ 97-50-57, 97-55-46, 97-54-40 (yug-hot@avtlg.ru, fax: 97-54-00). edit
- Kristina, bul. 30 Let Pobedy, 39a, ☎ 31-60-37 (kristina-hotel@yandex.ru, fax: 31-60-37), [4]. edit
- Tourist, ul. Chuikova, 73, ☎ 23-12-43, 23-97-00 (tourkompleks@t-k.ru, fax: 23-98-94). edit
- Hotel Bank, ul. Kommunisticheskaya, 40, ☎ 74-21-74 (hotelbank@vlink.ru, fax: 96-53-37). edit
- Oktyabrskaya, ul. Kommunisticheskaya, 3, ☎ 33-18-41, 33-18-36 (fax: 33-18-41). edit
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