10 Facts About Volgograd

Volgograd is the fifteenth-largest city by population size in Russia, the second-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga.

Volgograd today is the site of The Motherland Calls, an 85-meter high statue dedicated to the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, which is the tallest statue in Europe, as well as the tallest statue of a woman in the world.

Volgograd was one of the host cities of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Volgograd spent most of his time causing infighting and power struggles within the Russian Orthodox Church, fomenting anti-semitic zeal and violence in local populations, attacking the press, denouncing local municipal officials and causing unrest wherever he went.

The large Volgograd Hydroelectric Plant is a short distance to the north of Volgograd.

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Volgograd is a major railway junction served by the Privolzhskaya Railway.

Volgograd Planetarium was a gift from East Germany in honor of what would have been Stalin's 70th birthday.

New church stands in central Volgograd, bounded by Communist Street and Mir Street on the north and south and Volodarsk Street and Gogol Street on the west and east, respectively.

Volgograd was a host city to four matches of the FIFA World Cup in 2018.

Volgograd has a cold semi arid climate with hot summers and cold winters.