Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast
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Volzhsky (Russian: Во́лжский) is an industrial city in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is located on the east bank of the Volga River and its distributary the Akhtuba, twenty kilometers to the northeast of Volgograd, at . Population: 313,169 (2002 Census).
There was no indigenous population on the site of the modern city of Volzhsky until the 18th century. The first settlers were fugitives who called themselves bezrodnye (безродные, "without kith or kin") and the village they set up had the name Bezrodnoye. In 1720, Peter the Great, noting the abundance of mulberry forests in the area, ordered the setting up of a state silk factory there.
The settlement of Volzhsky was registered in 1952. It had a population of about 10,000 at that time. In 1954 the settlement was reorganized into the city of Volzhsky.
The main enterprises in the city are Volzhsky GES (a hydroelectric station), Volzhsky Trubny Zavod (producing steel pipes), Volzhsky Khimvolokno (chemical fibers), Volzhsky Orgsynthese (chemical products), Volzhskrezinotekhnika (resin products), Volzhsky Shinny Zavod (tires), Volzhsky Podshipnikovy Zavod (bearings).
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Cities and towns in Volgograd Oblast |  |
| Administrative center: Volgograd Dubovka | Frolovo | Kalach-na-Donu | Kamyshin | Kotelnikovo | Kotovo | Krasnoslobodsk | Leninsk | Mikhaylovka | Nikolayevsk | Novoanninsky | Pallasovka | Petrov Val | Serafimovich | Surovikino | Uryupinsk | Volzhsky | Zhirnovsk |
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