Volgograd Oblast

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Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject of Russia in the lower Volga region, historically significant as the site of the Battle of Stalingrad and home to major industrial, agricultural, and memorial landmarks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal subject of Russia
oblast of Russia
administrativeCenter Volgograd
agriculturalProduct grain
sunflower
vegetables
bordersWith Astrakhan Oblast
Republic of Kalmykia
Rostov Oblast
Saratov Oblast
Ukraine
Voronezh Oblast
capital Volgograd
climate continental climate
contains Kamyshin Reservoir
Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex
surface form: Mamayev Kurgan

The Motherland Calls
Volga Delta
surface form: Volga–Akhtuba floodplain

Volga–Don Canal
Volgograd Reservoir
surface form: Volgograd Hydroelectric Station
country Russia
economySector agriculture
heavy industry
metallurgy
petrochemical industry
established 1936
federalSubjectOf Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
hasMajorCity Kamyshin
Mikhaylovka
Volgograd
Volzhsky
hasMemorial Battle of Stalingrad Panorama Museum
Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex
hasRiverPort Volgograd
Volzhsky
historicallySignificantFor Battle of Stalingrad
language Russian
locatedIn lower Volga region
locatedOn Don River
Volga River
namedAfter city of Volgograd
partOf Southern Federal District
Volga region
surface form: Volga economic region
previousName Volgograd Oblast self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stalingrad Oblast
timeZone Moscow Time
transportInfrastructure Volga–Don Canal
federal highways
railway network

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Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Soviet Stalingrad Front locationOfOperations Volgograd Oblast
this entity surface form: Stalingrad region
Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 location Volgograd Oblast
this entity surface form: Volga region
Volgograd locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd isRegionalCapitalOf Volgograd Oblast
Volga River flowsThrough Volgograd Oblast
Operation Uranus location Volgograd Oblast
Stalingrad partOf Volgograd Oblast
The Motherland Calls locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
The Motherland Calls operator Volgograd Oblast
this entity surface form: authorities of Volgograd Oblast
Don Front locationOfOperations Volgograd Oblast
this entity surface form: Stalingrad region
Hall of Military Glory locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Operation Braunschweig location Volgograd Oblast
this entity surface form: Stalingrad region
Volgograd Oblast previousName Volgograd Oblast self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stalingrad Oblast
Volga–Don Canal locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Metrotram locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Central Embankment of the Volga locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
The Motherland Calls statue locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Volgograd Oblast
subject surface form: The Motherland Calls
FC Rotor Volgograd basedInRegion Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd State University locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd State University regionServed Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd International Airport serves Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd International Airport locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Tsaritsyn locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
this entity surface form: Volgograd Governorate
Volga region containsFederalSubject Volgograd Oblast
Astrakhan Oblast borderedBy Volgograd Oblast
Saratov Oblast hasBorderWith Volgograd Oblast
southern Russia contains Volgograd Oblast
subject surface form: Southern Russia
Republic of Kalmykia borderedBy Volgograd Oblast
Rostov Oblast borderWith Volgograd Oblast
Don River flowsThrough Volgograd Oblast
Shkolnaya station locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Voronezh Oblast bordersWith Volgograd Oblast
Zavod Barrikady station locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Gagarina station locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Khopyor flowsThrough Volgograd Oblast
Dzerzhinskaya station locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Kachinskaya station locatedIn Volgograd Oblast
Volga–Kama cascade of reservoirs endPoint Volgograd Oblast
this entity surface form: Volgograd region
Medveditsa flowsThrough Volgograd Oblast
Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic hasBorderWith Volgograd Oblast
this entity surface form: Stalingrad Oblast (historical predecessor entities)