Volgograd floating landing () is one of the places of interest in
Volgograd region
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 populatio ...
that is not related to
Stalingrad battle.
Wooden two-storied floating dock is located on the left bank of Volga in the Volga-Akhtuba's floodplain, to the north from the town Kransnoslobodsk, across
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; ) ...
.
It was built in 1954 on a shipbuilding yard in Gorodets in Gorky region.
First it was used as a river boat station of the town
Kamyshin
Kamyshin (russian: Камы́шин) is a city in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volgograd Reservoir of the Volga River, in the estuary of the Kamyshinka River. Its population was Past populations for Kamyshin include ...
.
In 1966 the floating landing was moved to
Srednyaya Akhtuba
Srednyaya Akhtuba (russian: Сре́дняя Ахту́ба) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Sredneakhtubinsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is ...
region to Denezhnoe lake, and it served well as a rowing base of Dinamo sports society.
It became widely known due to an attempt of demolition at the end of spring - beginning of summer 2013.
Volgograd floating land was recognised as an identified object of
cultural heritage on June 4, 2013.
External links
{{Commons category, Volgograd wharfboats
34fleet.blogspot.ru- Volgograd floating landing (in Russian)
Tourist attractions in Volgograd Oblast
Buildings and structures in Volgograd Oblast
Cultural heritage monuments in Volgograd Oblast