Tolyatti
| Tolyatti (English) Тольятти (Russian) |
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| Administrative status (as of December 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Samara Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Tolyatti |
| Administrative center of | Stavropolsky District, city of oblast significance of Tolyatti |
| Municipal status (as of December 2004) | |
| Urban okrug | Tolyatti Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Tolyatti Urban Okrug, Stavropolsky Municipal District |
| Mayor | Sergey Andreyev |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 719,632 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 18th |
| Time zone | SAMT (UTC+04:00) |
| Founded | 1737 |
| Previous names | Stavropol-on-Volga (until 1964) |
| Postal code(s) | 445xxx |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8482 |
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Tolyatti (Russian: Толья́тти; IPA: [tɐˈlʲjætʲɪ]), also known in English as Togliatti, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. Population: 719,632 (2010 Census);702,879 (2002 Census);630,543 (1989 Census). It is the largest city in Russia which does not serve as the administrative center of a federal subject.
Internationally, the city is best known as the home of Russia's largest car manufacturer AvtoVAZ (Lada), which was founded in the late 1960s.
It was founded in 1737 as a fortress called Stavropol (Ста́врополь) by the Russian statesman Vasily Tatishchev. Informally it was often referred as Stavropol-on-Volga (Ста́врополь-на-Во́лге, Stavropol-na-Volge) to distinguish from Stavropol, a large city in southwest Russia.
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 renamed Tolyatti (after Palmiro Togliatti, the longest-serving secretary of the Italian Communist Party).
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