Srednyaya Akhtuba (Russian: Сре́дняя Ахту́ба) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Sredneakhtubinsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. Population: 14,431 (2010 Census); 13,856 (2002 Census); 11,445 (1989 Census).
Population: 13,887
Latitude: 48° 42' 35.93" N
Longitude: 44° 52' 2.06" E
The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia, on the eastern boun…
The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт! Rodina-Mat' zovyot!), also called Homeland-Mother, Homeland-Mother Is Calling, simply The Motherland, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Ba…
Pavlov's House (Russian: дом Павлова dom Pavlova) was a fortified apartment building in which Red Army defenders held for 60 days against a heavy Wehrmacht offensive during the Battle of Stalingrad. The siege lasted from 27 September to 25 November …
Operation Uranus (Russian: Операция «Уран», romanised: Operatsiya "Uran") was the codename of the Soviet 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation in World War II which led to the encirclement of the German Sixth Army, the Third and Fourth Romanian ar…
Mamayev Kurgan (Russian: Мамаев Курган) is a dominant height overlooking the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in Southern Russia.
Central Stadium (Russian: Центральный стадион, Tsentralnyi Stadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to FC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120, after the reconstruction will be 45,015 in time for the 2…
Volgograd International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Волгоград) (IATA: VOG, ICAO: URWW) is an airport in Russia located 15 km northwest of Volgograd. It comprises a civilian airport built on top of an older military runway (3300 m), now …
The Pitomnik airfield (Russian: питомник, lit. plant nursery) was an airfield in Russia.
Volgograd Bridge (Russian: Волгоградский мост) is a concrete girder bridge over the Volga River in the city of Volgograd, Russia. The bridge and adjacent flyovers are 7,110 m (4.42 mi) long. The bridge, which was inaugurated October 10, 2009 after 1…
The Akhtuba River (Russian: А́хтуба); also transliterated Achtuba on some maps) is a left distributary of the Volga River.
Leninsk (Russian: Ле́нинск) is a town and the administrative center of Leninsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Akhtuba River, 78 kilometers (48 mi) east of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast.
…Krasnoslobodsk (Russian: Краснослобо́дск) is a town in Sredneakhtubinsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the east bank of the Volga River across from Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast.
The HVDC Volgograd–Donbass is a 475 kilometres (295 mi) long bipolar ±400 kV high voltage direct current powerline used for transmitting electric power from Volga Hydroelectric Station at Volgograd in Russia to Donbass in eastern Ukraine and vice ve…
The Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering is one of the major Universities in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad).
Srednyaya Akhtuba (Russian: Сре́дняя Ахту́ба) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Sredneakhtubinsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. Population: 14,431 (2010 Census); 13,856 (2002 Census); 11,445 (1989 Cens…