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Volgograd, Russia

Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961), is the administrative centre and largest city of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. 4 square kilometres, with a population of slightly over one million residents.

Type City

Why go

  • City in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.
  • Served by Volgograd International Airport (VOG).

History

Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961), is the administrative centre and largest city of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres, with a population of slightly over one million residents. Volgograd is the 16th-largest city by population size in Russia, the third-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga.

Restaurants & places to go

Restaurant · Wikipedia: ru:Маяк (ресторан) · 1А набережная 62-й Армии, 400066 · restoran-mayak.ru
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Russian, Pancake, Crepe, Fast Food · Блины и фастфуд Opening hours: Mo-Sa 08:30-23:30 · 34Б проспект Ленина · xn--90aamkcop0a.xn--p1ai
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Italian, Pizza, Restaurant · Ресторан, пиццерия Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-23:00 · 37 улица Циолковского, Волгоград, 400074 · basilico.ru
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Japanese, Sushi, Asian, Fast Food · Суши-бар, быстрое питание Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00 Features: takeaway, delivery, air conditioning · 17 Советская… · xn--80adjkr6adm9b.xn--p1ai
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Vietnamese, Cafe · паназиатская кухня, пиво Opening hours: Mo-Su 14:00-23:00 Features: outdoor seating · 17/1 Советская улица, Волгоград, 400131
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Cafe · Два больших зала и VIP-зона. Мягкие диваны и столики, WiFi, телевизоры, игровые приставки, настольные игры, небольшая библиотека, чай/кофе и сладости,… · anticafeposidelki.ru
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Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:30-00:00 Features: takeaway, delivery, vegetarian options · dodopizza.ru
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Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 07:00-23:00 Features: takeaway · mcdonalds.ru
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Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: 24/7 Features: takeaway · 4 улица Гоголя, Волгоград, 400066 · coffee-like.com
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Sandwich, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Th 10:00-22:00, Fr-Su 10:00-23:00 Features: takeaway, delivery, air conditioning · 17 Советская улица, Волгоград, 400131 · subway.ru
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Ice Cream, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00 · 33pingvina.ru
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German, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-00:00 · bamberg-volgograd.ru
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European, International, Wine, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-24:00 · 1 улица Аллея Героев, Волгоград, 400131 · birchvlg.ru
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Dessert, Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-22:00 Features: takeaway · lisboris.eater.ru
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Beef Bowl, Chicken, Seafood, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 11:00-02:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-03:00 · 7 Краснознаменская улица · foodeon.com
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Georgian, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 00:00-00:00 · saperavivlg.ru
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Asian, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-24:00 · 4 улица Аллея Героев, Волгоград, 400131 · trueasia.rest
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Juice, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00 · vitajuice.ru
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Kebab, Fast Food · Opening hours: 24/7 · instagram.com
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Steak House, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-00:00 · 19 улица Чуйкова, Волгоград · v-d34.ru
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Shawarma, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00 Features: delivery · 13А улица 7-й Гвардейской Дивизии, Волгоград, 400005 · instagram.com
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Chicken, Pizza, American, Regional, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-23:00 Features: takeaway, step-free access, air conditioning · 3А проспект Ленина,… · zharpizza.ru
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Chinese, Asian, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-24:00 · 63А улица Пархоменко, Волгоград, 400050 · drakon34.ru
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Regional, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-23:00 · volgaintour.ru
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Indian, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00 Features: outdoor seating, step-free access
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Teahouse, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00 · 28 Советская улица, Волгоград, 400005
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Breakfast, Pancake, Ice Cream, Crepe, Chicken, Tea, Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Su-Th 10:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-00:00
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африканская, европейская, авторская, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-23:00 Features: outdoor seating, step-free access · 11А улица Порт-Саида, Волгоград
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кофе, десерты, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-22:00 · 15 проспект Ленина, Волгоград
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Fast Food · Opening hours: 24/7 · aikbistro.ru
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хорошая, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:30 · 8/2 Баррикадная улица, Волгоград, 400074
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шашлык, Cafe · шашлык cafe · 26А улица Константина Симонова, 400137
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Sushi, Fast Food · Sushi fast food
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Pancake, Fast Food · Pancake fast food
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Turkish, Fast Food · Turkish fast food
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Biergarten · biergarten
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Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-23:00 · 78Б проспект им. В.И. Ленина, Волгоград · taplink.cc
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Russian, Pancake, Fast Food · Блины, завтраки, закуски, кофе Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:00-21:00 Features: takeaway, delivery, air conditioning · 17 Советская… · xn--90aamkcop0a.xn--p1ai
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Italian, Russian, европейская, Cafe · Opening hours: Su-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-00:00 Features: outdoor seating · 5Б набережная 62-й Армии, Волгоград,… · onegincafe.inmykitchen.ru
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Japanese, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00 Features: step-free access · xn--80adjkr6adm9b.xn--p1ai
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Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:00-21:00 Features: vegan options · angelcakes.ru
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Pizza, Italian, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-23:00 · 1 улица Аллея Героев, Волгоград, 400131 · pinzeriavlg.ru
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Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00 Features: takeaway · burgerkingrus.ru
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Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-21:00; Sa-Su 09:00-21:00 · bagginscoffee.com
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Sandwich, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-24:00 Features: outdoor seating · 17/1 Советская улица, Волгоград, 400131
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Airports

Volgograd International Airport (VOG) 19 km to the centre
Volgograd, VGG, RU — You board from the indoor waiting area — no need to plan for the weather. ✈ 6 airlines (Svyaz Rossiya, Uzbekistan Airways, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Fly Dubai…) · direct flights to 10 destinations incl. Dubai, Dushanbe, Krasnodar, Moscow, Moscow… (OpenFlights route data).
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 6 airlines, 10 direct destinations

Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.

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Kapustin Yar Airfield 89 km to the centre
Znamensk, AST, RU — Indoor waiting areas, but some gates board by bus or on foot across the apron — plan for the weather on the day.
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Srednyaya Akhtuba Airfield 26 km to the centre
Srednyaya Akhtuba, AST, RU
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Getting there by ferry

Островная
Ferry terminal · 2.3 km from the centre
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Volgograd
Ferry terminal · 3.9 km from the centre
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Щучий проран
Ferry terminal · 4.8 km from the centre · ОАО "Пассажирский порт Волгоград"
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Краснослободск
Ferry terminal · 5 km from the centre
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Хутор Бобыли
Ferry terminal · 5.1 km from the centre · волгоградский речной порт
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Культбаза
Ferry terminal · 5.6 km from the centre
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Волгоград - Островная
Ferry route
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Волгоград - Щучий проран - Культбаза
Ferry route
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Обувная фабрика - Сарпинский (Бобыли)
Ferry route
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Бекетовка - Сарпинский
Ferry route
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Руднева - Сарпинский
Ferry route
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Where to stay

Leninskaya Ulitsa, 33/1, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400111 · parkhotelbobry.ru
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Kommunisticheskaya Ulitsa, 5а, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400005 · apart34.ru
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Kozlovskaya Ulitsa, 33/1, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400074 · leonvlg.ru
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Elektrolesovskaya Ulitsa, 74, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400011 · 7kings.ru
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Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Ulitsa, 46, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400074 · estelhotel.ru
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Prospekt Imeni V.i. Lenina, 56a, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400005 · hgivolgograd.ru
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Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Ulitsa, 18, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400074 · hotelug.ru
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Ulitsa Novorossiyskaya, 2, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400131 · dynamo-vlg.ru
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Ulitsa Imeni Marshala Rokossovskogo, 7, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400012 · gallery-park34.ru
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Ulitsa Lenina, дом 9 к1, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400066 · kapsula-vremeni.ru
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2-я Пятилетка, Krasnoslobodsk, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 404162 · zclub-olympia.ru
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Ulitsa Mira, 14, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400052 · volgaintour.ru
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Profsoyuznaya Ulitsa, 34, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400001 · hotel-marton.ru
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Krasnoznamenskaya Ulitsa, 25б, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400131 · hotel-ring.ru
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Ulitsa Imeni Chapayeva, 9, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400087 · litehotel.ru
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Ulitsa Novouzenskaya, 2/1, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400120 · plaza-vlg.ru
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Ulitsa Sovetskaya, 5, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400098 · hotel.volgoprof.ru
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Profsoyuznaya Ulitsa, 13, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400001 · hilton.com
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Privokzal'naya Ploshchad', 1, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400087 · hotel-smart.ru
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Ulitsa Mikhaila Balonina, 7, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400087 · radissonhotels.com
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Ulitsa Imeni Marshala V.i. Chuykova, 47, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400053
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Ulitsa Mira, 12, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400131
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Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Ulitsa, 52-а, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400074
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Kirgizskaya Ulitsa, 157, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400119 · tulaka.navse360.ru
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Where things are

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When to go

Tourist season
May – September

The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.

Shoulder season
April, October

Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.

Worth avoiding
Deep winter

Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.

Getting there & around

Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Volgograd International Airport (VOG); 4 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By air: VOG has direct flights to 10 destinations on 6 airlines (incl. Dubai, Dushanbe, Krasnodar, Moscow, Moscow…). By water: 6 ferry terminals within 20 km (nearest: Островная, 2.3 km); routes include Волгоград - Островная, Волгоград - Щучий проран - Культбаза, Обувная фабрика - Сарпинский (Бобыли).

Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Volgograd, Russia. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.

Private aviation

On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.

Broker · Any aircraft via operators worldwide · Global charter broker with 30+ offices; private jets, group charters and cargo.
FBO, charter, management · Managed fleet · FBO network and management across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Fractional, jet card · Embraer Praetor, Bombardier Challenger & Global, Gulfstream · Fractional ownership and jet cards in North America and Europe.
Charter, management · Large-cabin & VIP airliners · Geneva-based operator known for large-cabin and VIP airliner charters.
Charter, management, FBO, MRO · Managed fleet worldwide · General Dynamics company: charter, completions and FBOs in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US.