๐ท๐บ Tolyatti (ะขะพะปััฬััะธ), also known as Togliatti, formerly known as Stavropol (1737โ1964), is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which does not serve as the administrative centre of a federal subject, or to be one's largest city. In 1964, it was renamed after Italian communist politician Palmiro Togliatti.
Internationally, the city is best known as the home of Russia's largest car manufacturer AvtoVAZ (Lada), which was founded in 1966.
Tolyatti was founded in 1737 as a fortress called Stavropol (ะกัะฐฬะฒัะพะฟะพะปั) by the Russian statesman Vasily Tatishchev. Informally it was often referred as Stavropol-on-Volga (ะกัะฐฬะฒัะพะฟะพะปั-ะฝะฐ-ะะพฬะปะณะต, Stavropol-na-Volge) to distinguish from Stavropol, a larger city in south-west Russia, although Stavropol-on-Volga was never its official name.
The construction of the Kuybyshev Dam and Hydroelectric Station on the Volga River in the 1950s created the Kuybyshev Reservoir, which covered the existing location of the city, and it was completely rebuilt on a new site.
In 1964, the city was chosen as the location of the new VAZ automobile plant: a joint venture between Fiat and the Soviet government. It was then renamed Tolyatti (after Palmiro Togliatti, the longest-serving secretary of the Italian Communist Party, who had been instrumental in setting up the venture with Fiat). Much of the modern city was constructed in the 1960s to house the workers of the factory, and today, AvtoVAZ dominates the economy of the city.
1Economy The city's main claim to fame has been automobiles Lada (Zhiguli) manufactured by AvtoVAZ car plant employing some 110,000 people: in cooperation with Italy's Fiat since 1970, with General Motors since 2001 and with the Renault-Nissan Alliance since 2012.
Other industries have moved into Tolyatti because it is close to abundant supplies of electricity and water. Petrochemicals are well represented in the city. Among the significant enterprises based there are "TogliattiAzot" (Russia's biggest ammonia manufacturer headed by Sergei Makhlai) and "KuibyshevAzot" (a nitrogen fertiliser manufacturer and Russia's biggest caprolactam and polyamide producer). Other industries include building materials production, ship repair and electrical equipment and electronics.
In 2011 the Tolyatti Special Economic Zone was launched in order to develop the region further and diversify the economy of the city. Several auto-component producers (German Mubea and Japanese Sanoh among them) have since been registered, as well as large industrial manufacturers (Praxair and Edscha). By November 2012 the value of project investment totalled 10 billion Rubles and around 3000 jobs were being created.
1Transport The transport system is well developed in the city. Public transport includes municipal buses and trolley-buses, and so-called "alternative" (commercial) transport or marshrutkas.
External transport routes are provided by two bus stations, two railway stations and a city harbour. Tolyatti has its airport as well, but it is used by personal aircraft only (the nearest international airport, Kurumoch, is located 40ย km away, towards Samara). The city is linked to
1Tolyatti has a population of over 719,632 people. Tolyatti also forms part of the wider Samara Oblast which has a population of over 3,215,532 people.
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๐ฉ๐ช Wilhelmshaven 53.52
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Doncaster 53.523
๐ต๐ฑ Drawsko Pomorskie 53.533
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Darfield 53.536
๐ฉ๐ช Bremerhaven 53.542
๐ง๐พ Marjina Horka 53.5
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ashton Under Lyne 53.49
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ashton-under-Lyne 53.489
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Tameside 53.483
๐ต๐ฑ Grudziฤ dz 53.483
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Salford 53.483
๐ฎ๐ท Bandar-e Anzali 49.45
Locations Near: Tolyatti 49.4211,53.5088
๐ท๐บ Novokuybyshevsk 49.941,53.094 d: 57.6
๐ท๐บ Samara 50.19,53.201 d: 61.5
๐ท๐บ Syzran 48.479,53.158 d: 73.8
๐ท๐บ Ulyanovsk 48.367,54.317 d: 113.3
๐ท๐บ Balakovo 47.804,52.02 d: 198.1
๐ท๐บ Kazan 49.112,55.796 d: 255.1
๐ท๐บ Zelenodolsk 48.517,55.85 d: 266.7
๐ท๐บ Buzuluk 52.25,52.783 d: 205.2
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ East Grinstead 51.13,51.13 d: 288.9
Antipodal to: Tolyatti -130.579,-53.509
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15691.8
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 14811.6
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14423.9
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14323.7
๐จ๐ฑ Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15615.1
๐จ๐ฑ Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15615.1
๐จ๐ฑ Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 15518.9
๐จ๐ฑ Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 15826.2
๐จ๐ฑ Punta Arenas -70.91,-53.162 d: 16171.6