Volzhsky or Volzhskiy ( rus, Волжский, p=ˈvolʂskʲɪj) is an industrial town in

Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The populat ...

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, located on the east bank of the

Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catch ...

and its

distributary A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. Distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributar ...

the

Akhtuba The Akhtuba (russian: А́хтуба); also transliterated ''Achtuba'' on some maps) is a left distributary of the Volga in southern Russia. The Akhtuba splits off the Volga above the city Volgograd (at ), and flows toward the Volga Delta and Ca ...

, northeast of

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

. Population:

History

There was no indigenous population on the site of the communist settlement of Volzhsky until the 18th century. The first settlers were fugitives who called themselves ''bezrodnye'' (, "without kith or kin") and the village they set up had the name Bezrodnoye. In 1720,

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

, noting the abundance of

mulberry ''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of diverse species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 ident ...

forests in the area, ordered building a state-run

silk Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known silk is obtained from th ...

factory there. Modern Volzhsky was founded in 1951. It had a population of about 10,000 at that time. In 1954, it was granted city status. Its biggest upsurge of population came for the construction of the

Volga Hydroelectric Station The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES (russian: Волжская ГЭС) also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station (russian: Сталинградская/Волгоградская ГЭ� ...

. Volzhsky grew around a hydroelectric power station which was built by

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...

volunteers and by civil convict labor, who numbered almost 27,000 by 1953.Volgograd City Portal
Волжский мог навсегда остаться деревянным!
/ref> Volzhsky was a city planned in a modern style with courtyard apartment blocks angled to deter hot summer winds off the steppes. In April 2012, the work settlement of Krasnooktyabrsky, administratively subordinated to Volzhsky, and the rural locality (a settlement) of Uralsky from

Sredneakhtubinsky District Sredneakhtubinsky District (russian: Среднеахту́бинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.Law #139-OD As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Srednea ...

were merged into Volzhsky.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of oblast significance of Volzhsky—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

.Law #139-OD As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Volzhsky is incorporated as Volzhsky Urban Okrug.Law #1032-OD

Industry

The main enterprises in the city are '' Volga GES'' (a hydroelectric station), ''Volzhsky Trubny Zavod'' (producing steel pipes), ''Volzhsky Khimvolokno'' (chemical fibers), ''Volzhsky Orgsintez'' (chemical products), ''Volzhskrezinotekhnika'' (rubber products), ''Volzhsky Shinny Zavod'' (tires), ''Volzhsky Podshipnikovy Zavod'' (bearings), and JSC ''Zavod Meteor'' (electronic components). Volzhanin-6270

Twin towns – sister cities

Volzhsky is twinned with: * Cleveland Heights, United States * Mönchengladbach, Nord-Rhein Westfalia, Deutschland *

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, Italy *

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, China * Shaker Heights, United States

References

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Volgograd Oblast Populated places on the Volga