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unusual facts about Volgograd


Lebia cyanocephala

The species are native to Volgograd, Russia, where they were first photographed in 2006 by Konstantin Makarov.


Alesya Alexandrova

Alexandrova was born in Volgograd, Russia where she graduated with her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Economics and Finances.

Aluminium in Russia

In the 1950s, the Kandalaksha (1951), Nadvoitsy (1954) and Volgograd (1959) smelters were commissioned, as well as the Belaya Kalitva metals production facility (1954) which specialises in aluminium alloy-based products.

Danilovsky

Danilovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Volgograd Oblast

Dmitri Ivanov

Dmitri Alekseyevich Ivanov (b. 1970), Russian footballer with FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Rotor Volgograd, FC Uralan Elista, FC Rostov and FC Rubin Kazan

Kalachevsky

Kalachevskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of district significance of Kalach-na-Donu in Kalachyovsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia is incorporated as

Konstantin Koroteev

He participated in battles with the White Guards near Lugansk, Millerovo, Belaya Kalitva and Tsaritsyn (later Stalingrad, now Volgograd).

Kotelnikovsky

Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of district significance of Kotelnikovo in Kotelnikovsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia is incorporated as

Nestor von Henko

In the arid steppes of the Samara, Volgograd and Voronezh governorate, some 13 thousands hectares of protective forest belts II-7 had been planted by 1902.

Oleg Smirnov

Oleg Aleksandrovich Smirnov (b. 1964), Soviet and Russian footballer with FC Spartak Moscow, FC Rotor Volgograd and FC Shinnik Yaroslavl

Povorino

A junction of railroads and motorways, the town is situated between Tambov and Volgograd on European route E119 from Moscow to Astara, Azerbaijan.

Russia–South Korea relations

There are also large Korean communities in southern Russia (around Volgograd), the Caucasus, and southern Ukraine.

Victory Square, Minsk

On 1 July 1984 granite blocks were mounted with capsules containing soil from Soviet Hero Cities: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Volgograd, Kiev, Odessa, Sevastopol, Kerch, Novorossiysk, Tula, Brest Fortress.


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