Tolyatti

Tolyatti (?????????) is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. Geographical location {{coor dm|53|29|N|49|31|E|}} It was founded in 1737 as Stavropol-on-Volga (???????????). In the 1950s it fell into the flooding zone of the Kuybyshev dam on the Volga river and was completely rebuilt on a new site.

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Samara Oblast - Russia - 1737 - 1950s - Kuybyshev dam - Volga

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In 1964, the city was renamed Tolyatti (after Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader). As of 2002, it had a population of 701,900. The city is known primarily for the automobile production plants of VAZ (since 1971, in cooperation with the Fiat S.p.A.) and GM-AvtoVAZ (since 2001). It is also the site of one of the largest Orthodox cathedrals in the world.

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1964 - Palmiro Togliatti - VAZ - 1971 - Fiat S.p.A. - GM-AvtoVAZ

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