Tolyatti or Togliatti is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. Tolyatti's population is 702,879 (2002 Census).

Tolyatti 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.

In 1964, Tolyatti was renamed Togliatti (after Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader). Tolyatti 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.



Tolyatti Lists

	Cities and towns in Samara Oblast
	Settlements on the Volga

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Tags: togliatti, city, samara oblast, russia

Date Added: 08 May '06

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