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Volgodonsk ( rus, Волгодонск, p=vəlgɐˈdonsk) is a
city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in Rostov Oblast,
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, located in the east of the
oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of ...
on the west bank of the
Tsimlyansk Reservoir Tsimlyansk Reservoir or Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir (russian: Цимля́нское водохрани́лище) is an artificial lake on the Don River in the territories of Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts at . Completed in 1952, the reservoir ...
. Population: 28,000 (1970).


History

Volgodonsk was founded in 1950 as a small settlement for the Tsimlyansk
hydroelectric dam Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...
maintenance personnel. It grew in size due to the construction of the
Volga–Don Canal Lenin Volga–Don Shipping Canal (Russian:Волго-Донской судоходный канал имени, ''В. И. Ленина, Volga-Donskoy soudokhodniy kanal imeni V. I. Lenina'', abbreviated ВДСК, ''VDSK'') is a ship canal in Rus ...
. On September 16, 1999 a powerful
truck bomb A car bomb, bus bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles. Car bombs can be roughly divided ...
exploded outside an apartment building, killing 17 people and injuring a further 69. It was the fifth explosion in a series of apartment bombings in Russia that killed more than 300 people.


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Volgodonsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #340-ZS As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.Law #186-ZS


Economy

Volgodonsk is one of the economic leaders of Rostov Oblast. The economy of the city is centered around the nuclear industry. It is home to the
Atommash Atommash (russian: «Атоммаш») is a multidisciplinary engineering company located in Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It was established in 1976 as a nuclear engineering corporation. Following privatization and bankruptcy in 1999, t ...
factory, which manufactures nuclear reactors and related heavy machinery. The plant mainly builds Rosatom's
VVER The water-water energetic reactor (WWER), or VVER (from russian: водо-водяной энергетический реактор; transliterates as ; ''water-water power reactor'') is a series of pressurized water reactor designs originally de ...
type
pressurized water reactor A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor. PWRs constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (with notable exceptions being the UK, Japan and Canada). In a PWR, the primary coolant (water) i ...
s both for domestic use and export. Four such reactors (VVER-1000 model) generated about 26 600 GWh of electricity at the
Rostov nuclear power plant Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (russian: Ростовская АЭС []), also known as Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant (russian: Волгодонская АЭС []), is a Russian nuclear power plant located on the left bank of the Tsimlyansk reservoir ...
, located just 18 km from the city center. Atommash, the power plant, along with the two thermal power stations, are the city's main employers.


Transportation

The city is a regional transport hub on the Volga–Don Canal. A railway and M4 highway pass nearby. Bus routes were launched in 1954. There are presently thirty bus routes. Trolleybuses have been running since 1977. There are currently six trolleybus routes in the city. Volgodonsk port has a strategic importance as access to major ports of different countries.


Culture

Volgodonsk is one of the major cultural centers of Rostov Oblast. There are six art schools, two museums, seventeen historical and cultural sites, and three buildings recognized as architectural monuments of regional importance. The Cathedral of the Nativity is also situated in Volgodonsk.


Notable people

* Oleh Drozdov (born 1966), Ukrainian architect, artist, and teacher *
Vitali Kazantsev Vitali Vasilyevich Kazantsev (russian: Виталий Васильевич Казанцев; born 4 July 1981) is a Russian football coach and former player. As of 2016, he works as an assistant coach at Smolevichi-STI. External links * Refe ...
(born 1981), Russian football coach and former player *
Aleksei Germashov Aleksei Nikolayevich Germashov (russian: Алексей Николаевич Гермашов; born 28 September 1982) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Club career He played seven seasons in the Russian Football Na ...
(born 1982), Russian professional football player * Aleksandr Omelchenko (born 1983), Russian professional footballer *
Olga Beliaeva Olga Beliaeva or Olga Fomicheva (born 18 March 1985) is a Russian water polo player. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Russia women's national water polo team in the women's event. She is tall. She won the gol ...
(born 1985), Russian water polo player *
Nikita Borisoglebsky Nikita Arkadievich Boriso-Glebsky (russian: Никита Аркадьевич Борисоглебский, link=no; born 30 August 1985) is a Russian violinist, soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, and winner of international music contest ...
(born 1985), Russian violinist * Dmitry Kudryashov (born 1985), Russian professional boxer and the current WBA International cruiserweight champion * Anna Grineva (born 1988), Russian water polo player * Anna Ustyukhina (born 1989), Russian water polo goalkeeper *
Ekaterina Prokofyeva Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva (russian: Екатерина Валерьевна Прокофьева; born March 13, 1991) is a Russian water polo player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Russia women's national water polo team, ...
(born 1991), Russian water polo player *
Yuliya Yefimova Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова, also romanized Efimova; born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She is the Russian record holder in the 200 metre individual medley (short course), ...
(born 1992), Russian swimmer * Pavel Filatyev (born 1988), former soldier in Russia's invasion of Ukraine


Twin towns

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Rostov Oblast Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1950 1950 establishments in Russia