Riverport Volgograd. Volgograd, 2012

Volgograd (Russian: Волгогра́д), formerly Tsaritsyn (Russian: Цари́цын; Russian: [tsɐˈrʲitsɨn]) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (Russian: Сталингра́д; Russian: [stəlʲɪnˈɡrat]) (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population of slightly over one million residents. Volgograd is the sixteenth-largest city by population size in Russia, the second-largest city of the Souther…