Tsaritsin - Stalingrad - Volgograd

      Thanks to unique geographical situation at a crossroads of land and waterways, which link Europe and Asia, the Volgograd Region played and play till now an important role in history of the Moscow Russia, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.

      Many times in its history the Region was at the center of the greatest events of Russian social and government life, was an arena of mighty historical cataclysms.

       Many centuries the steppe between the Volga river and the Don river was the center of cruel battles. The armies of national leaders were here (Stephan Razin, Kandratiy Bulavin, Emelian Pugachev…). This lend, praised by nameless narrators and well-known poets, remembers daring projects of Peter the Great and the toil of ordinary German immigrants, devoid of ostentatious pathos, who had been growing and processing seeds of mustard in Sarepta.

       Even in the times of Peter the Great, taking into account the significance of crossroads of land and waterways between two rivers, it was an attempt to break the channel between the Volga river and the Don river. This national dream was realized in 1952 year by opening the 100 km "Volgo-Donskoy" navigable canal.

       The Volgograd Region has a special importance in Soviet period of Russian history.

 

 

       Among the first cities of Russia Tsaritsin became a stronghold of revolution in the south. The working class of city together with first military troops of regular Red Army prevented Petrograd and Moscow from threat of hunger.

       The remote chief town of a district of the Russian Federation, Tsaritsin, has become a large trade and industrial center of country by the end of previous and at the beginning of current year.

       Here, at the bank of the Volga river in record short terms there were built the first tractor giant factory in the USSA, powerful according to that time thermoelectric power station, large shipyard. There were radically reconstructed metallurgical woodworking productions and the beautiful residential districts.

       In stern 1942 year, during the Stalingrad battle the city turned into a boiling wall of fire. the battle for Stalingrad was lasting 200 day and nights.

       At May 1, 1945 year by the order of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Stalingrad city there was given a honorary title of Hero-City for outstanding services before fatherland, courage and heroism, which were shown by the Soviets in great fight with german-fascism aggressors.

        The feat of Stalingrad rebirth had become a continuation of feat of arms. The whole country had helped to Hero-City to heal the wounds faster and return to a peaceful life. The restoration of destroyed Hero-City, the building of the "Volgo-Donskoy" navigable canal, then the largest in Europe Hydroelectric power station, required from local habitants and migrated specialists of great heroic efforts from all places of the USSA. 

 

 

        In 2001 year the Volgograd Region has three anniversaries at the same time - 80 years of Tsaritsin province, 65 years of the Stalingrad Region and 40 years of the Volgograd Region. The creation of separated administrative-territorial formation in post-revolutionary years tells about the appreciation of economic and military-strategical potential in our region by government leaders.