Biography of the city of Volgograd

Then he wore another name - Tsaritsyn.

Initially, Tsaritsyn was born as a fortress for the defense of the southern borders of Russian lands. The first stone structure arose in the year. Many times the fortress was attacked by the rebellious peasants. In the year, the first stone church was laid in the city-John-Predechenskaya, which was destroyed at the end of the 19th century and was restored in the 10th years in the same place.

Another interesting historical fact from the history of the city: Pyotr the Great visited here three times. According to one of the historical versions, Peter I himself composed the project of the Tsaritsyn fortress. The tsar gave the townspeople his cane and his cartoon, which to this day are stored in the regional local history museum. As a result of the efforts of Catherine II in the year in Tsaritsyn and in the Tsaritsyn district, foreigners-colonists appear who are provided with a number of benefits.

Thirty kilometers south of Tsaritsyn, at the mouth of the Sarpa speech, the Germans-Hernguters were founded by the sipta-on-Volga. In a short time, it turned into a rich colony, in which a mustard, manufacturing production and other crafts were developed. The construction of the railway line in the direction of Kalach-on-Don in the year and the mud in the year led to an economic upsurge and made Tsaritsyn a knot of transport messages of territories near the Caspian and Black Seas, as well as the Caucasus and Central Russia.

By the year, the county Tsaritsyn in the number of residents - thousands, overtook many provincial cities. It was a period of explosive growth of the construction of residential, production, socially entertainment buildings, hospitals, schools, hotels. In the years of the 20th century, Stalingrad was one of the most rapidly developing cities of the country, whose population was about millennia due to the implementation of the industrialization program of the USSR during the years of pre -war five -year -old Stalingrad became a powerful industrial center of the country.

The city played a large role in the country's economy, the prospects for its further development were also significant. But the war cut off everything. The Battle of Stalingrad was destined to become one of the most difficult pages in the history of the Great Patriotic War and one of the most significant. After the battle, the city looked like ruins, but contrary to all, Stalingrad rebelled from the ruins.

After the battle ended at a meeting of the USSR government, the question was raised about the inappropriateness of the restoration of the city. It was estimated that it was cheaper to build a new city than trying to restore the destroyed. They offered to build Stalingrad 10 kilometers above the Volga, and on the site of the former city to make an open -air museum. But Stalin ordered to restore the city at all costs.

And already in March, restoration work began in the city. Architects sought to reflect the heroic of Stalingrad in the appearance of buildings. Hence the monumentality, the complication of even ordinary residential buildings built in the fifties. The style, whose flourishing fell on the years of post -war construction, went down in history as Stalinist neoclassicism. The abundance and variety of architectural details, decor elements creates a rich emotional background in perception.

Interestingly, the renaming options were different-Heroisk, Boygorodsk, Leningrad-on-Volga and even Khrushchevsk. In the Volgograd Pravda, on November 15, the new name is explained: "The name of the city located by the mighty river, and the name of the river, which stands the hero city, must merge together." Volgograd today Volgograd is a hero city with a rich historical past, and at the same time developing industrial center of the region.

It is an attractive tourist place with unique historical monuments, nature, architectural attractions. The population of the city is more than 1 million. The indigenous population is Russians, Armenians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Azerbanjans and other national minorities also live here. Eight administrative regions of the city extend from north to south along the Volga: Traktorozavodsky, Krasno -Oktyabrsky, Central, Dzerzhinsky, Voroshilovsky, Soviet, Kirovsky, Krasnoarmeysky, the construction of which began in the form of workers in industrial facilities.

The economy and industrial potential of the city plays an important role for the region and the country as a whole. The most developed industries are oil and metal processing, chemical and food industries, machine and shipbuilding. Volgograd is also a large educational center in which six universities and several specialized universities work successfully. Students plays a huge role in the development of the city.

Every year, students of Volgograd become participants in various large -scale educational forums, for example, “Student Spring”, work as volunteers for socially significant events in the CC Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in the year, form youth policy within the framework of the youth parliament.