Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Volga Federal district, Russia

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Tolyatti (ะขะพะปัŒัฬั‚ั‚ะธ), also known as Togliatti, formerly known as Stavropol (1737โ€“1964), 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 (ะกั‚ะฐฬะฒั€ะพะฟะพะปัŒ) by the Russian statesman Vasily Tatishchev. Informally it was often referred as Stavropol-on-Volga (ะกั‚ะฐฬะฒั€ะพะฟะพะปัŒ-ะฝะฐ-ะ’ะพฬะปะณะต, 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.

Economy 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.

Transport 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

Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Volga Federal district, Russia 

Tolyatti 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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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Tolyatti has links with:

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Flint, USA ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Futian, China ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kazanlak, Bulgaria ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Le Havre, France ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Luoyang, China ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mingachevir, Azerbaijan ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Nagykanizsa, Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Novo Mesto, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Piacenza, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Wolfsburg, Germany
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Antipodal to Tolyatti is: -130.579,-53.509

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