Information about the city of Volgograd
Status: center of Volgograd region
Phone code: +7 8442******
Volgograd is situated at the bend of the Volga river downstream, in 1073 km. to
the south-east from Moscow and stretches for 100 kilometers along the
river right bank.
Economy.
Leading industries and enterprises:
- Electrical power engineering
- Fuel industry ("Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka" JSC)
- Ferrous metallurgy (metallurgical plant "Krasny Oktyabr" CJSC , "VEST-MD" OJSC)
- Non-ferrous metallurgy ("Volgograd Aluminium Plant" OJSC)
- Chemical and petrochemical ("Khimprom" OJSC, "Kaustic" OJSC, "Plastcard" OJSC, "Plant of Technical Carbon (Volgograd)" JSC,
"Volgograd Oxigen Plant" OJSC)
- Mechanical engineering and metalworking ("Volgograd Plant of Drilling Equipment" JSC (VZBT), "Volgogradneftemash" OJSC, "Volgograd Shipbuilding Plant" OJSC,
"Krasnoarmeisky Shipbuilding Plant" OJSC, "Volgogradsky Motorbuilding Plant" OJSC,
"Tractor Company "BgТЗ"" OJSC, "Volgograd Plant of Tractor Parts and Standards" (VZTDiN) OJSC,
federal state unitary enterprise "Barrikady", "Volgometiz" JSC, "Volgograd
Plant of Transport Machinebuilding" CJSC, Volgograd Foundry-Mechanical Plant,
branch of "ELTEZA" OJSC, industrial holding - "VEMZ" OJSC/"Jugzheldormash" JSC)
- Electronic industry ("Plant "Akhtuba"" OJSC, "Avrora-ELMA" JSC)
- Timber and woodworking industry ("Volgogradmebel" CJSC, "VEKAF" OJSC)
- Production of building materials ("Volgograd Plant of Reinforced Concrete
№ 1" OJSC, "Volgograd Ceramic Plant" OJSC, "Volgograd Plant of Reinforced
Concrete" OJSC, "Reinforced Concrete Plant № 6" OJSC, industrial association
"Plant of Limestone Brick" CJSC, "Thermosteps" OJSC, "Promstroyconstruction"
OJSC, Volgograd Alabaster Plant)
- Light industry ("Aora" CJSC, "Viktoria" OJSC, "Factory "Tsaritsa" OJSC)
- Food industry (tobacco factory "Reemtsma-Volga" JSC, "Konfil" CJSC,
"Volgomyasmoltorg" OJSC, dairy plant № 3 "Volgogradsky" OJSC, "Pivovar" OJSC,
state unitary distillery "Volgogradsky", Volgogradsky Mastard and Oil-Pressing
Plant "Sapenta" OJSC, "Krasnoarmeisky Meat Processing Plant" CJSC, winery "
Agro Invest")
Hard sorts of wheat, vegetables and curcurbit crops are cultivated.
Beef and dairy animal husbandry is developed as well as poultry breeding, bee keeping, goat breeding.
Culture.
Theatres: Don Cossack Theatre, New Experimental Theatre, Children Musical Experimental Theatre, Puppet Theatre, Young Viewer's Theatre.
Philarmonics. Circus. Symphony orchestra. Organistic music hall. Planetarium. Children's railroad.
Museums: Panorama "Stalingrad battle", Tsaritsyn's defence, Local Lore Museum, Museum of Musical Instruments, Memorial-Chistorical Museum,
Historical, Ethnographical and Architectural Museum-Resort "Staraya Sarepta".
Monuments of the Great Patriotic War: Mamaev Mound, panorama "Defeat of German-Fascist Troops in Stalingrad", ruins of the old mill, "House of Sodier's Fame" ("Pavlov's House"),
Herous Alleys.
Historical monuments: Square of the Fallen Soldiers, Square n.a. F.E.Dzerzhinsky.
Arcitectural monuments: Nobles Assembly House of Tsaritsyn city, at present - Volgograd Local Lore Museum; Watchtower of the Central Fire Fighting Station of Tsaritsyn city; hotel buildong
"Stolichnye Nomera", at present - hotel "Volgograd".
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