Volgograd is a first-level division of Russia, in Asia. Its mapped cities centre on 49.7831° N, 44.4810° E.

What is the largest city in Volgograd?

Volgograd is the largest city mapped in Volgograd, with a metropolitan population of about 984,000.

How many cities are in Volgograd?

YearMaps maps 8 cities and towns in Volgograd, with a combined metropolitan population of about 1.61 million. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.

What is the largest lake in Volgograd?

The largest lake mapped in or beside Volgograd is Volgograd Reservoir, at about 1,651 km².

Volgograd Map — Cities & Geography, Russia

Interactive Map of Volgograd

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About Volgograd

Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject (oblast) of Russia, located in the Lower Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The population of the oblast was 2,500,781 in the 2021 Census.

Formerly known as Stalingrad Oblast, it was given its present name in 1961, when the city of Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd as part of the process of de-Stalinization. Volgograd Oblast borders Rostov Oblast in the southwest, Voronezh Oblast in the northwest, Saratov Oblast in the north, Astrakhan Oblast and the Republic of Kalmykia in the southeast, and has an international border with Kazakhstan in the east. The two main rivers in European Russia, the Don and the Volga, run through the oblast and are connected by the Volga–Don Canal. Volgograd Oblast's strategic waterways have made it a popular route for shipping and for the generation of hydroelectricity.

Volgograd Oblast was the primary site of the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II, regarded as the single bloodiest battle in the history of warfare.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Volgograd Oblast (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Volgograd in Depth

History

Since the Middle Ages, the territory was ruled by Khazars, Cumania, the Golden Horde and Russia.

Stalingrad Oblast (Сталинградская область) was established on December 5, 1936 on the territory of former Stalingrad Krai. It was the scene of the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II in 1942–1943. The oblast was given its present name on November 10, 1961.

Geography

Volgograd Oblast borders Saratov, Rostov, Astrakhan, and Voronezh Oblasts, as well as the Russian republic of Kalmykia and Kazakhstan.

Most of Volgograd Oblast is located in the Pontic–Caspian steppe. The Yergeni hills are located to the southeast. Forests cover 4% of the territory.

Economy

Primary branches of economics are agriculture, food production, heavy industry, gas and petroleum refining. The Volga Hydroelectric Station operates on the Volga River.

The largest companies in the region include Volzhsky Pipe Plant, Volgogradenergosbyt (a local electric power distribution company), OJSC Kaustik (caustic soda manufacturer), Volzhsky Orgsintez (a chemical plant).

Demographics

The population of the oblast was 2,500,781 according to the 2021 Russian census, 2,610,161 in the 2010 Russian census, 2,699,223 in the 2002 Russian census, and 2,593,944 in the 1989 Soviet census.

44,541 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.

According to a 2012 survey, 54.5% of the population of Volgograd Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 4% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 2% are Eastern Orthodox Christian believers who don't belong to any church or are members of non-Russian Eastern Orthodox churches, and 3% are Muslims.

Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Volgograd Oblast (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Volgograd: Key Facts

Key facts about Volgograd
Population	2,434,046 (2025)
Area	113,900 km²
Capital	Volgograd
Head of government	Andrei Bocharov
Highest point	Serpokrylovskaya
Established	5 December 1936

Facts from Wikidata Q3819 (CC0).

History of Volgograd: Empires and States

The atlas records 12 polities whose mapped territory included part of Volgograd, from Scythia in 650 BCE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.

Polities that held Volgograd, in chronological order
Polity	Period here
Scythia	650–351 BCE
Khazaria	647–969 CE
Kimek-Kipchak confederation	1072–1235 CE
The Mongol Empire	1236–1293 CE
Golden Horde	1294–1501 CE
Blue Horde	1363–1401 CE
Tsardom of Russia	1556–1720 CE
Don Cossacks	1636–1641 CE
Astrakhan Khanate	1642–1768 CE
The Russian Empire	1721–1916 CE
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	1922–1991 CE
Russian Federation	1992–2024 CE

Historical Maps of Volgograd

Volgograd on the world map in each year one of these states held it:

Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.

Visiting Volgograd

Volgograd Oblast (Russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть vuhl-guh-GRAHT-skee OH-bluhst') is a region in the Lower Volga, bordering Rostov Oblast to the southwest, Voronezh Oblast to the northwest, Saratov Oblast to the north, Kazakhstan to the east, Astrakhan Oblast to the southeast, and Kalmykia to the south.

Travel notes adapted from Wikivoyage: Volgograd Oblast (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Largest Cities in Volgograd

8 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.

Largest Cities in Volgograd
#	Name	Population	Region	Role
1	Volgograd	984,000	Volgograd	Admin-1 capital
2	Volzhskiy	323,293	Volgograd	Populated place
3	Kamyshin	128,626	Volgograd	Populated place
4	Mikhaylovka	58,898	Volgograd	Populated place
5	Uryupinsk	41,644	Volgograd	Populated place
6	Frolovo	40,882	Volgograd	Populated place
7	Pallasovka	17,139	Volgograd	Populated place
8	Nikolayevsk	16,044	Volgograd	Populated place

Major Dams in Volgograd

1 dam mapped. Ranked by structural height. Assigned by the nearest mapped city, so features near the boundary may belong to a neighbouring division.

Major Dams in Volgograd
#	Name	Height	River	Capacity	Completed
1	Volgograd Dam (Volzhskaya HPP)	44 m	Volga	2,671 MW	1961

Largest Lakes in Volgograd

1 lake mapped. Ranked by mapped surface area. A lake on a border is listed under each country it lies in, with the area of the whole lake. Assigned by the nearest mapped city, so features near the boundary may belong to a neighbouring division.

Largest Lakes in Volgograd
#	Name	Surface Area	Type
1	Volgograd Reservoir	1,651 km²	Reservoir

Volgograd: Quick Answers

Where is Volgograd?: Volgograd is a first-level division of Russia, in Asia. Its mapped cities centre on 49.7831° N, 44.4810° E.
What is the largest city in Volgograd?: Volgograd is the largest city mapped in Volgograd, with a metropolitan population of about 984,000.
How many cities are in Volgograd?: YearMaps maps 8 cities and towns in Volgograd, with a combined metropolitan population of about 1.61 million. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.
What is the largest lake in Volgograd?: The largest lake mapped in or beside Volgograd is Volgograd Reservoir, at about 1,651 km².