Volgograd

Volgograd (Russian: Волгоград), formerly known as Tsaritsyn, and Stalingrad is the largest city, and an administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and lies on the western bank of the Volga River, covering an area of 860 square kilometers. It's mentioned in XNDUIW for a few reasons, and is the 16th largest city by size in Russia, and the fourth largest city on the Volga itself. It was founded in 1589, and is the birthplace of at least a few staff members of the XNDUIW community itself. It's one of the minor regions within the community, and became an important river-port and commercial center entirely prior to the Russian Civil War and the October Revolution, fell briefly to the White Army, but later returned to the Soviets itself, with the city being temporarily renamed to Stalingrad to honor Stalin, but then renamed back to Volgograd after Khrushchev's attempts at de-Stalinization.

Notable characters

 * Anatoly Aparkov