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Volgograd … It is a hive of noise and activity, full of children’s laughter.

Volgograd… This is my native city, I was born here. I love Volgograd. I think that the love for one’s native land begins from the house he lives. The most beloved place for me is KIM street. It is deciphered as the Communist Youth International. Just think of its name! That organization united the progressive young people of different countries. Reading the name of my street you see the internationalism of our city and its residents. They respect other peoples’ culture, they devote to them the names of their streets: Kazakhskaya, Abkhazskaya, Kitayskaya, Koreyskaya, Mongolskaya, Tbilisskaya, Port-Saida Street, Hirosima Street, etc.

What attracts me in my street? It is rather small, very green and quiet street. I like its silent yards, numerous houses, kiosks, shops and, of course, my native school.

My street is beautiful both in the morning and in the evening. I like walking along my street in any season and in any weather. Not far from my house there is the JSC “People Enterprise “CONFIL”, I like the sweet smell of caramel, it puts me in good spirits and gives a lot of energy.

I love my street and my house because it is the only place where I am always waited for by my mum and dad, I am sure they’ll always understand me.I’ll never exchange my city for any other one.

Volgograd is very dear to me. I am proud of my city. I want everybody to know its history and its present.

Volgograd originated with the foundation in 1589 of the fortress of Tsaritsyn at the confluence of the Tsaritsa and Volga Rivers. The fortress, which took its name from the local name Sary Su (Yellow Water/River in the Tatar language), was established to defend the unstable southern border of Tsarist Russia and became the nucleus of a trading settlement. It was captured twice by Cossack rebels, under Stenka Razin in the rebellion of 1670 and Yemelyan Pugachev in 1774. Tsaritsyn became an important river port and commercial centre in the 19th century.

The city was the scene of heavy fighting during the Russian Civil War.Bolshevik forces occupied it during 1918, but were attacked by White forces under Anton Denikin. During the battle for Tsaritsyn the Bolsheviks were pushed back and surrounded at first, and only the actions of Joseph Stalin, then local chairman of the military committee, saved the city for the Bolsheviks. Stalin did so by recalling Zhloba's 'Steel Division' from the Caucasus which attacked the White Forces in the rear. In honor of Stalin's efforts in defending the city, it was renamed Stalingrad in 1925.

Under Stalin, the city became heavily industrialized and was developed as a centre of heavy industry and trans-shipment by rail and river. During World War II, the city of Stalingrad became the center of the Battle of Stalingrad as well as the pivotal turning point in the war against Germany. The battle lasted from August 21,1942 to February 2,1943. The city was reduced to rubble during the fierce fighting, but reconstruction began soon after the Germans were expelled from the city.

The Motherland Calls on the Mamayev Kurgan- the largest statue in the world when erected in 1967.

Stalingrad, midtown, following the battle

For the heroism shown during the battle, Stalingrad was awarded the title Hero City in 1945, and King George VI of the United Kingdom awarded the citizens of Stalingrad a jeweled sword in appreciation of the bravery that they had shown.

The Panorama museum, which is located alongside the Volga river, contains artifacts from World War II. These include a panoramic painting of the battlefield from the location of the monument "Mamayev Kurgan." Here a rifle of the famous sniper Vasily Zaytsev, can also be found.

In 1961, the city's name was changed to Volgograd ("Volga City").

It’s hard to imagine the past when one sees present day Volgograd with its Heroes’ Avenue, the majestic embankment, the crowded Lenin Avenue with its stores, cafes, hotels, movie theatres and a multitude of lights.

The most important sights of the city are

The Motherland Calls on the Mamayev Kurgan- the largest statue in the world when erected in 1967;

The Eternal Flame in the centre of the city – the monument to heroes killed in the Russian Civil War and in the Great Patriotic War;

The Panorama museum;

The Embankment with beautiful white Rotundas.

The most famous theatres are the New Experimental Theatre, The Musical Comedy Theatre, the Theatre for Young Spectators, the Puppet Theatre and others.

Educational institutions include Volgograd State University,Volgograd State Technical University,Volgograd State Medical University,Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Volgograd State Academy of Physical Culture, Volgograd State Academy of Agriculture and Volgograd State Pedagogical University.

Volgograd is a major industrial and cultural center in the south of Russia, which is advantageously situated at the cross of the major transport mains. The city has an international airport and a river port. Federal highway, length about 1000 km, connects Volgograd with Moscow.

To the north of Volgograd there is the largest in Europe the Volga hydroelectric station, capacity 2,5 million kW, it provides a great part of the country with electric power.

The Volgograd enterprises’ output makes up 44,5 % of the Volgograd region enterprises’ output. The Volgograd industry is represented by 181 companies regarded as large and medium-sized enterprises

Industry, major construction work, transport, communication, trade and consumer services, public health services, culture, education and other branches, which meet social and cultural requirements of population have been intensively developed.

The industry of Volgograd is represented by leading enterprises of Russian chemical and petrochemical branches, fuel and energy complex, building materials production, ferrous and non - ferrous metallurgy, machine - building and instrument – making, metal – working industry. Volgograd region is a major agricultural producer, that conditions the availability of food industry enterprises: milk processing and meat processing factories, margarine factory, macaroni factory, fruit and vegetable cannery, the unique in Europe mustard factory, which produces mustard plasters and mustard foodstuffs both. Consumer goods industry, processing, building industry are quite developed. 12 % of the total number of Volgograd population are employed in industry.

Our enterprises’ production is well - known not only in the countries of the former USSR, but also in many other countries abroad. Our tractors, sweets and chocolates, chemical production, boring plants and many other products are worthy of the trade mark "Made in Volgograd", which was instituted by the city administration. Introducing their production at various exhibitions in other Russian cities and abroad, Volgograd enterprises almost always get prizes and diplomas. Many Volgograd enterprises have been awarded to the most prestigious international awards.

At the wholesale industrial "Tsaritsinskaya fair", already hold for the 6-th time, Volgograd enterprises demonstrated their production, which was in a great demand. They proved their ability to compete with import goods once again.

Agreements on economic, scientific and technical cooperation with other cities are important for normalization of industrial process. Together with planned economy regional relations of production also disappeared. With the purpose of their restoring in the beginning of 2000 the division of regional relations, relations with countries of CIS and Baltic countries was established in the structure of the department of foreign, regional relations and external economic activity of Volgograd administration. The agreements with Saratov, Ulyanovsk, Volgodonsk, Moscow, Samara, Kazan, Makhachkala, Yerevan have been already signed. Next in turn - Tbilisi, Baku, Minsk, Odessa. With the help of the trade agency of Russian Federation in Lithuania relations with the Lithuanian enterprises have been established. A number of cultural events was organized together with the local authorities of Kiev, Sevastopol, Odessa, Samara.

The bridge over Volga, metro construction, the completion of the 3-rd Longitudinal road building with an overpass over the Volga - Don channel, construction of an international airport with a take-off and landing strip for all classes of airplanes and other innovation projects in the transport sector raise competitive capacity of the city as an important transport center in the south of Russia and in Transasian air duct.

Volgograd is the city that everyone will remember for its modest beauty and its heroic history. As for me, I always long to my native city wherever I am, I always miss Volgograd, my native street, my school and my friends. I love Volgograd very much. The tongue grows dumb with its greatness and I can’t express all my feelings at my heart. Volgograd is the best city in the world.

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