Tolyatti
Tolyatti
Тольятти | |
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Clockwise from top: The Tatishchev Monument, Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, City Hall of Tolyatti, The administration building of AvtoVAZ. | |
Location of Tolyatti | |
| Coordinates: 53°30′32″N 49°25′20″E / 53.50889°N 49.42222°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Samara Oblast |
| Founded | 1737 |
| Government | |
| • Body | City Duma |
| • Mayor | Nikolay Rentz |
| Elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
| • Subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Tolyatti |
| • Capital of | Stavropolsky District, city of oblast significance of Tolyatti |
| • Urban okrug | Tolyatti Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Tolyatti Urban Okrug, Stavropolsky Municipal District |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 ) |
| Postal code(s) | 445xxx |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8482 |
| OKTMO ID | 36740000001 |
| Website | tgl |
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Tolyatti or Togliatti (/tɒlˈjɑːti/ tol-YAH-tee, US also /toʊlˈ-/ tohl-; Russian: Тольятти, IPA: [tɐlʲˈjætʲ(ː)ɪ]), known before 1964 as Stavropol, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which is neither the administrative center of a federal subject, nor the largest city of a subject. Population: 684,709 (2021 Census); 719,632 (2010 Census); 702,879 (2002 Census); 630,543 (1989 Soviet census).
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1897 | 5,969 | — |
| 1926 | 6,473 | +8.4% |
| 1939 | 9,345 | +44.4% |
| 1959 | 61,281 | +555.8% |
| 1970 | 250,853 | +309.3% |
| 1979 | 502,036 | +100.1% |
| 1989 | 630,543 | +25.6% |
| 2002 | 702,879 | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 719,632 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 684,709 | −4.9% |
| Source: Census data | ||
The city is best known as the home of Russia's largest car manufacturer AvtoVAZ (Lada). For this reason, Tolyatti is often dubbed "Russia's motor city" or "Russia's Motown" (in reference to Detroit in the United States—the spiritual home of the American automotive industry). It was renamed after Italian communist politician Palmiro Togliatti in 1964.