Geographical location of the city of Volgograd

Volgograd is located very well. The regional center unites a region that covers the southeast of the European Russian Federation. The area runs in the direction from north to south and from west to east. The total length of the borders of the region under consideration is 221.9 km. There is contact with the borders of the following regions:

1. Saratov region is the northern border (approximately 30% contiguous).
2. Voronezh region - northwestern section (common border more than 11%);
3. Rostov region - western and southwestern perimeter (combines 27% of the common border);
4. Astrakhan region - southern and south-eastern direction (more than 11% of the total border);
5. Republic of Kalmykia – southern part (combines 11% of the border);
6. Kazakhstan – eastern section (10% of the border connected).

Volgograd serves as the administrative center of the region. The total area of ​​the hero city is 859 square kilometers.

Flag of Volgograd: heraldry today and history

The region has an advantageous location in terms of geography. On the one hand, the region allows access to the southern part of the Russian Federation. As a result, access to the border zone of neighboring states, namely Iran, the Caucasus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, is opened. On the other side is the center of the Russian Federation and the Volga region. The perimeter in question crosses an important body of water. The Volga-Don Canal is based on two key reservoirs - the Volga and Don, respectively. This arrangement opens up new perspectives. There is access to several water resources, namely the Caspian, White, Baltic, Black and Azov seas.

The total perimeter of the region is approximately 113,000 square kilometers. About 78% of this area is in the agricultural sector.

Climatic conditions

Volgograd and the region are located in the continental climate zone. An arid atmosphere prevails in the region. The northwestern section is occupied by forest-steppe, and the east belongs to the semi-desert region, which in some places borders on the category of complete desert. For almost the entire month of January, average temperatures are 8-12 degrees below zero. In July, the air temperature rises to 23-25 ​​degrees above zero.

In the northwestern part, about 500 mm of precipitation falls, and in the southeast this figure is less than 300 mm. The maximum air temperature can reach +44 degrees. Most often, an abnormal increase in the indicator occurs in July-August. Minimum temperatures can reach -42 degrees. Such cold weather occurs in January-February.

Winter precipitation in the region occurs within 90-110 days. During this time, up to 22 cm of snow may fall. For many years, researchers have been monitoring the stability of snow cover.

As a result, it was possible to find out that in the North and South, winter precipitation lasts for different periods of time. For the northern part, this indicator falls on December 11-17, and in the south – on December 20-25.

On the territory of Volgograd and the region, the winter period most often begins in December. It lasts 70-90 days. Spring is quite short. It starts in March-April. Sometimes there are frosts in May. This phenomenon causes significant damage to agricultural vegetation and local gardens.

The actual onset of summer generally occurs in May, but there are times when the final warmth begins in June. Summer lasts approximately 3.5 months. Autumn is quite big. It begins in the second part of September and lasts until the first half of December. Situations are often observed when frosts begin to form in October.

Story

On May 13, 2000, in accordance with the order of the President of the Russian Federation No. 849, the North Caucasus Federal District was formed.

The North Caucasus Federal District includes: the Republic of Adygea (Adygea), the Republic of Dagestan, the Republic of Ingushetia, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, the Republic of Kalmykia, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, the Chechen Republic, the Krasnodar Territory, the Stavropol Territory, the Astrakhan region, Volgograd region, Rostov region. The center of the federal district is the city of Rostov-on-Don.

On June 21, 2000, in accordance with the order of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1149, the North Caucasus Federal District was renamed the Southern Federal District.

On January 19, 2010, in accordance with the order of the President of the Russian Federation No. 82, changes were made to the “List of Federal Districts” and the North Caucasus Federal District was separated from the Southern Federal District.

The Southern Federal District includes: the Republic of Adygea (Adygea), the Republic of Kalmykia, Krasnodar Territory, Astrakhan Region, Volgograd Region, Rostov Region.

On July 28, 2016, the President of the Russian Federation signed a decree (No. 375) “On the Southern Federal District,” according to which the Southern Federal District and the Crimean Federal District are being transformed into the Southern Federal District “in order to increase the efficiency of government bodies.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine protested in connection with the inclusion of Crimea in the Southern Federal District, sending a note of protest to the Russian side, and also appealed to the UN Security Council with a request to condemn the inclusion of the peninsula in the Southern Federal District. However, the Russian delegation to the UN Security Council blocked Ukraine's draft press statement, which condemns the inclusion of Crimea in the Southern Federal District.

The Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the rights of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev, called on Western countries to impose sanctions for the entire Southern Federal District.

Culture

Church of All Saints Volgograd Synagogue (1911), Port Said Street
Memorial complex dedicated to the Battle of Stalingrad, with a huge allegorical sculpture. The Motherland is calling

, erected on Mamayev Kurgan, a hill on which some of the fiercest fighting took place during the battle.

The Panorama Museum

located on the Volga contains artifacts from the Second World War. These include a panoramic picture of the battlefield from the location of the monument on Mamayev Kurgan. A rifle of the famous sniper Vasily Zaitsev is also on display.

The Museum of Musical Instruments is a branch of the Volgograd Regional Museum of Local Lore.

Content

• 1 History 1.1 Tsaritsyn
• 1.2 Stalingrad 1.2.1 Battle of Stalingrad

Notes:

1. List of federal districts (approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 13, 2000 N 849) // Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 05/14/2000.
2. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 21, 2000 N 1149 “Issues of ensuring the activities of the offices of plenipotentiary representatives of the President of the Russian Federation in federal districts.”
3. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated January 19, 2010 “On introducing amendments to the list of federal districts approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 13, 2000 N 849, and to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 12, 2008 N 724 “Issues of the system and structure of federal executive authorities"" // Official Internet portal of legal information of the Russian Federation, 01/19/2010.
4. The Crimean Federal District was formed on March 21, 2014 after the annexation of Crimea to Russia. It included the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol: Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the formation of the Crimean Federal District” No. 168 // Official website of the President of the Russian Federation, 03.21.2014; The Territories of the Russian Federation 2015. L., NY, 2015. P. 308-320.
5. The Decree on the Southern Federal District was signed // Official website of the President of the Russian Federation, 07.28.2016; I. Preobrazhensky. Comment: Why did Putin leak Crimea? // DW, 01.08.2016.
6. Kyiv was outraged by the inclusion of Crimea in the Southern Federal District // Lenta.ru, 07.28.2016.
7. Ukraine: Russia blocked the statement on Crimea in the UN Security Council // DW, 07.29.2016; Russia blocked the Ukrainian project for the sake of UN Security for the sake of Crime // UKR Mission to UN, twitter.com.
8. Dzhemilev on the need for sanctions for the entire Southern Federal District // YouTube, 07.28.2016; Official page of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Ukraine for the rights of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev on Facebook, 08/01/2016.
9. Territory area of ​​the Russian Federation by constituent entities of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2015 // Federal State Statistics Service. Moscow, 2015. P. 5.
10. Population estimate as of January 1, 2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
11. Republic of Crimea // Official website of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation; 26,081 sq. km – according to the Information and Referral Service of Ukraine: Territory of Ukraine // Information and research site “Ukraine”.
12. Sevastopol // Official website of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation; 864 sq. km – according to the Information and Referral Service of Ukraine: Territory of Ukraine // Information and research site “Ukraine”.
13. Population estimate as of January 1, 2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
14. Population estimate as of January 1, 2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
15. Astrakhan region. Estimation of the resident population as of January 1, 2015 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2015.
16. Volgograd region. Estimation of the resident population as of January 1, 2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
17. Krasnodar region. Estimation of the resident population as of January 1, 2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
18. Rostov region. Estimation of the resident population as of January 1, 2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
19. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
20. Kalmykia. Estimation of the resident population as of January 1, 2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
21. Number of permanent population in municipalities of the Republic of Crimea as of 01/01/2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
22. Population estimate as of January 1, 2016 // Federal State Statistics Service, 01/01/2016.
23. Ustinov Viktor Vladimirovich. Biography // Southern Federal District. Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District.

Map of federal districts

For convenient familiarization with the territory occupied by the federal districts, appropriate geographical maps have been developed. You can find them in special atlases or on online resources. Among the latter, a good option is the site https://geostudy.ru/fo.html.

The convenience of maps lies in the fact that in addition to boundaries and occupied area, you can see the location of cities and other settlements, as well as geographical features - the location of reservoirs, forests, mountains, agricultural land, and so on.

Where to stay in Volgograd

If you want to get acquainted with the sights of the city, monuments of military history and museums telling about them, you should consider housing options in the vicinity of the beginning of Lenin Street. It is there that the Battle of Stalingrad Museum, the Central Staircase to the 62nd Army Embankment and the ruins of the Gerhardt Mill are located. There are several hotels here, the rest are located higher up, behind the railway line. There are more offers for apartments, almost all of which, thanks to good competition, maintain a decent level of hospitality and service.

When deciding to explore housing in other areas, keep in mind that Volgograd is one of the longest cities in Russia. Pay close attention to the location and transport accessibility. An interesting option for the summer are park hotels and bases on the Krasnoslobodsk side near the spacious sandy beaches on the Volga. The famous Dancing Bridge leads there, and it’s very close to interesting places.

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Arch of the first lock of the Volga-Don Shipping Canal Photo: © Alexander Smirnov

Regions and administrative centers of the Volga Federal District

What is this

There is no definition of the concept in the Constitution, that is, they are not part of the administrative-territorial division of the state. The creation took place according to the principle of the formation of military districts and economic regions, but does not coincide with them either in number or composition. We can say that the federal district is a large territory, which includes several subjects of the state.