Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, Russia uses Europe/Volgograd, currently MSK (UTC+03:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Volzhsky is a city in Russia, with a population of about 323,300. It keeps the same time year-round, with no daylight saving changes.
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Volzhsky lies across the Volga from Volgograd in southern Russia, and was built from scratch in the Soviet period to house workers for the hydroelectric dam. It is a planned city of wide avenues and generous green space, unusually orderly for the region.
The Volga hydroelectric dam, among the largest in Europe, is the reason the city exists and dominates the river here. Volgograd across the water holds the enormous Motherland Calls statue and the Stalingrad battle memorial complex, which are the region's principal destinations.
Buses and a tram line cover the city, and the dam road connects to Volgograd. The layout is spacious, so distances are longer than they appear.
Late spring and early autumn are the most comfortable. Summers on the lower Volga are very hot and dry, and winters are cold with wind off the steppe.
Russia uses the RUB, calling code +7.
Russia uses the rouble, and Russian is the language with little English. International cards do not generally function, so payment arrangements need making in advance.
