I was born in Tolyatti and, despite the fact that I have been living in Moscow for several years, I miss hometown and I go there often.
Togliatti is located in Russia, no matter how obvious it sounds, but I’m sure it’s worth mentioning this, since in Moscow people often, having learned that I was from Togliatti, decided that I had come from Italy. The city was indeed renamed in honor of the Italian communist, before that it had a completely Russian name.

Location of Tolyatti

So Togliatti is located on left bank of the Volga 70 kilometers from the city. it Volga federal district . Moscow is separated from Tolyatti by 1000 km. They can be overcome by plane (1.5 hours), by car (15 hours) or by train (1 night).

Climate

The climate is not much different from Moscow, Cold winter and slightly warmer summers. On weekends, citizens come to swim in the Volga, which is getting dirtier every year.

What is the city famous for

Tolyatti is the most Big City country that is not a municipal center. And he is famous for many facts:

1. In is AvtoVAZ, an automobile center that produces all these “viburnums” and “priors”, which the inhabitants of our country love to make fun of, but still buy them with pleasure.
2. Near Togliatti is located Samarskaya Luka- the pride of our country, a place of amazing beauty, where centuries-old forests grow, many rare animals, and the Zhiguli Mountains are also located. The place remains in excellent condition due to the underdeveloped tourist infrastructure.
3. Our city is also infamous gang warfare. I studied at one of the best schools in Togliatti, where there were many children of influential figures. And at one time, almost every day, we comforted one or the other child, whose father was killed during a gang war.

Cultural life

The city, of course, has a cultural life: cinemas, theaters, nightclubs, restaurants that are in no way inferior to Moscow, and even one museum. But this is not enough for entertainment, and residents try to start a family as soon as possible or move, otherwise you risk going crazy with boredom.

Population

About 800,000 people live in Togliatti, they are much nicer and more responsive than Muscovites, they move and speak more slowly. Generally Life is going it’s much slower in the city, it’s not customary to spend less than an hour for lunch, and everyone’s work ends at 6.

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Once on a train I met a very interesting and talkative neighbor. The elderly man turned out to be from Tolyatti. He told me a lot of interesting things about this city on the Volga. It was clear that he loved his city very much. Before that, I knew where Togliatti was located, because I had already visited this city several times, but I heard some facts for the first time.

Tolyatti is located on the left bank of the Volga

My interlocutor made a special emphasis on the fact that Togliatti is located on the left bank of the Volga directly opposite the Zhiguli Mountains (they are on the right bank of the river).

Despite the fact that there are 1,000 kilometers from Moscow to Togliatti, many residents believe that their city is located in the center of the country.

And I have long known the fact that the city is located on the M-5 federal highway, and therefore is considered an important transport point on the way from Central Russia to the Urals and further to the East.

How to get to Tolyatti

You can get to Tolyatti different ways.

Several trains pass through the city, so you can get there by railway possible without problems. If there is no direct train to Tolyatti, then a lot of trains go through Samara, and from there it's about an hour's drive.

By car, you can also easily get into the city along the M-5 highway. You can drive from the following cities:

• Penza;
• Sizran;
• Saratov;
• Samara;

There are a lot of buses from nearby cities. The easiest way to get by bus is from Samara, from there buses run almost every 20 minutes.

And 70 kilometers from the city there is the Kurumoch airport, so that you can easily get to Togliatti by air.

A few interesting facts to note

The Zhiguli Mountains are located on the opposite bank of the Volga River from the city. The nature there is very beautiful, and the view of the Volga and Tolyatti is simply amazing.

The city is famous, first of all, for its automotive industry. Even in Soviet times, the production of the famous Zhiguli cars was established here.

The criminal situation in the city is far from the best, this fact is known far beyond the borders of Tolyatti. So, I personally would not risk walking around the city alone at night.

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Togliatti for the majority is the birthplace of the Zhiguli, but for me it is dear to my heart memories of my childhood that passed on the Middle Volga. There sky high, hills scorched by the scorching sun, dense forests, bitter frosts.

Where is Togliatti

Togliatti is located on the left flat bank of the Volga. On the contrary, on the right bank, there are beautiful Zhiguli Mountains. They are the main attraction for those who decide to visit these places.

Overgrown with deciduous and pine forests, Zhiguli are young mountains, they are "only" about 7 million years old. However, they can be called mountains with a big stretch, because their highest peak, the Observer, rises only 381 meters above sea level. But it is from the Zhiguli that the most beautiful and unforgettable views of the Volga open up. Views from the Zhiguli Mountains in art:

• "Volga at the Zhiguli Mountains" by Ivan Aivazovsky;
• "Barge haulers on the Volga" by Ilya Repin;
• "View of the Volga. Barges by Fyodor Vasiliev

Attractions Tolyatti

The city of Togliatti itself is quite young. It was rebuilt in the 60s on the site of the ancient town of Stavropol, founded by an associate of Peter I, Vasily Tatishchev. When the Kuibyshev hydroelectric power station was being built, it was flooded. Only the building of the zemstvo hospital, standing on a hillock, has survived to this day. He was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church. Now at this place is the Holy Resurrection Monastery.

Tolyatti was built as a city of a bright future - with wide avenues and boulevards. Now the socialist realist landscape with correctly lined blocks and concrete nine-story buildings looks rather boring. But in recent times it is "revived" by new sights:

• a monument to the founder of the city Vasily Tatishchev;
• one of the largest churches in Russia - the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior;
• sculptural composition "Sorrowful Angel", created in memory of the victims political repression;
• Monument of Devotion - a bronze statue of a dog, Togliatti Hachiko.

So Tolyatti is not only AvtoVAZ.

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I happened to visit Togliatti only once. I can't say that I really liked it here. There are not very many sights in Togliatti, some interesting architecture also not observed. I can only single out the AvtoVAZ museum, it is really interesting here.

Togliatti is located in Middle Volga

This city is located on the left bank of the great Russian river Volga. The area of ​​​​Togliatti is three hundred and fifteen square kilometers, it is eight times smaller than Moscow. Seven hundred twenty thousand people live here. Localities that are nearby:

• Samara;
• Saratov;
• Sizran;
• Naberezhnye Chelny;

Also, two hundred and twenty kilometers from Togliatti is located national park"Buzuluk Bor". And our capital is almost a thousand kilometers from here, and they live here according to Moscow time.

About the climate and ecology of Tolyatti

The climate in this city is temperate continental. To call Togliatti winters mild will not turn your tongue. The average January temperature is minus eleven degrees. The absolute minimum that was recorded here is forty-three degrees with a minus sign, of course. But that was almost thirty years ago.

Residents of the city are used to being equal to Moscow, if it gets colder in the capital, then frost will soon arrive in Togliatti. Well, the summer is warm. On average, in July it is plus twenty-one degrees.

Not the best in Tolyatti ecological situation in our country. There are many industrial enterprises here, AvtoVAZ is the city-forming one.

A little about urban infrastructure

Tolyatti has not bypassed the eternal problem of roads, they are very bad here, period (pit on pit). City transport is represented by trolleybuses, minibuses, buses. For example, a taxi ride will cost you twenty-five rubles (they plan to raise prices a little more this year). There are no trams here and never have been.

The city has a railway station, two bus stations, a river port. The international airport is located seventy kilometers from Tolyatti (in fact, it is attached to Samara). It is called "Kurumoch".

Tolyatti is a city Russian Federation located in Samara region, is administrative center Stavropol region.
The city is located on the left side of the Volga River opposite the mountains called Zhiguli. The population of the district of the city, if we take the data for January 1, 2013, is just over 719 thousand inhabitants. It is worth saying that the city is the largest in the Russian Federation, which is not its subject.
Tolyatti holds the 18th place in terms of population in the Russian Federation. Looking at the ethnic composition, it is clear that Russians predominate, Tatars, Ukrainians, Mordovians, Chuvashs, and other nationalities also live.
Togliatti is located in the forest-steppe zone, the climate there is temperate continental, summer is usually dry. Moscow time zone.
Togliatti has a very developed sports infrastructure, and the athletes and clubs of the city are known for their achievements beyond its limits.

Story

The construction of the city was in 1737 and was conceived as a fortress city, the construction was led by Vasily Tatishchev. At that time, the name of the fortress was Stavropol, it was built to protect the lands from the raids of nomadic tribes and from the resettlement of Kalmyks who were baptized.
From the beginning of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century, the population in the city remained almost unchanged: no more than 6 thousand inhabitants could be counted in the entire settlement. Truth in those days Stavropol was considered a medium-sized city. And in the surrounding villages adjacent to it, there were more than 250 thousand inhabitants. There were six in the whole district. educational institutions, two hotels, one hospital, six plants and factories, four windmills and one watermill. In 1924, due to its economic insignificance, it was transformed into a rural settlement. The status of the city was returned back in 1946.
With the advent of the 1950s. population increaser to 12 thousand inhabitants.

Education

Residents of Togliatti have a fairly high level of education.
The city's secondary education is represented by 92 municipal schools with 68,900 students. In addition, in Tolyatti there are 3 special boarding schools, several music schools and many youth sports facilities. Vocational education in the education system of the city of Togliatti is represented by a number of educational institutions of different levels and specialized training: one school of primary vocational education and twenty-three institutions of secondary vocational education. In the city of Togliatti there are a number of universities of different types and different directions.

Higher educational institutions of the city:

• Togliatti Institute of Arts
• Togliatti State University
• Volga State University of Service
• Volga University named after V.N. Tatishchev
• Togliatti Academy of Management

The population of Togliatti for 2017 and 2018. Number of inhabitants of Togliatti

The data on the number of city residents are taken from the federal state statistics service. The official website of the Rosstat service www.gks.ru. Also, the data were taken from the unified interdepartmental information and statistical system, the official website of the EMISS www.fedstat.ru. The site published data on the number of inhabitants of Togliatti. The table shows the distribution of the number of Togliatti residents by years, the graph below shows the demographic trend in different years.

Graph of change in the population of Togliatti:

Tolyatti photo of the city. Photo of Tolyatti

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Tolyatti appeared on the map of Russia not so long ago - in 1964, but in fact the city founded next year turns 280 years old. From 1737 it was called Stavropol-on-Volga. Its history is unique: having fallen into the flood zone during the construction of the Zhiguli hydroelectric power station (1953-1955), it completely changed its location. Where it is today and what it is, you can find out by reading this article.

Middle Volga

Its southern part, called the Middle Volga region, stands out in the composition. On both sides of the longest river in Europe are the Penza, Ulyanovsk, Saratov and Samara regions, as well as the Republic of Tatarstan. It is here that Tolyatti is located. What region sheltered a modern industrial city on the left bank of the Volga? Despite the 18th place in the country in terms of population (more than 712 thousand people) and the area occupied (more than 315 square kilometers), Togliatti is not a regional administrative center.

The Middle Volga region is a densely populated and economically developed territory with a favorable geographical position and developed infrastructure. Convenient transport interchanges favorably affect the development of machine-building, oil refining, gas and chemical industries, which the region is famous for. 74% of the population lives in cities. The territory is located in the temperate continental climate zone, where hot summers (+25 °С) and little snowy winters with sub-zero temperatures are clearly distinguished (average values ​​are 12-15 degrees below zero). But there are frosts down to -30 ° C. The border with the Lower Volga region runs along the Zhigulevskaya hydroelectric power station, where Tolyatti is located.

What region has the Volga city in its composition?

Samara region bordering on Tatarstan, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk and Saratov regions, is located in the southeast of the East European Plain. It consists of 11 cities and 23 villages united into 27 districts. Tolyatti is the administrative center of the Stavropol district in the north-west of the region, 59 km away from the regional capital. The distance between the cities along the highway is 88 km and is overcome in about 2 hours. Residents of the region do not have a question about how to get to Tolyatti, where a magnificent recreation area is located. Shuttle buses run every half an hour from all stations in the city.

Located at the junction of three zones - forest-steppe, steppe and forest - the Samara region has a forest cover of only 12.6%. Broad-leaved trees are located in the north of the region, including in the Stavropol district, where residents of the regional capital rush during the holidays.

Samarskaya Luka

It is located in the middle reaches of the Volga River, where the length coastline at 230 km, the largest bend (meander) was formed, called the Samarskaya Luka. It stretches for 60 km from west to east and for 30 km from north to south, from the village of Usolye to the city of Syzran. In fact, Samarskaya Luka is washed by the waters of two reservoirs - Saratov and Kuibyshev - and a small river Usa. The answer to the question about Togliatti: "Which region has it in its composition?" - Most Russians are known precisely because the city is located on the banks of the Kuibyshev reservoir. Kuibyshev - the name of the city of Samara until 1991.

The most picturesque section of the Samarskaya Luka is the distance from Samara to the locks of the Zhiguli hydroelectric power station, the crown of which is the Zhiguli Mountains (height - 375 meters). The river in this place is not wide, and tourists can clearly see how the hill abruptly breaks off towards the Volga. Hydroelectric power stations and mountains are located on the right bank of the river, where the city of Zhigulevsk is located. On the left, at the junction of the lowland and forest-steppe Zavolzhye and Samarskaya Luka, Togliatti stretches (a photo of the city and Samarskaya Luka is presented in the article).

Geographical position

It is located 70 km higher along the Volga River relative to the capital of the Samara Region. The length of the borders is 149 km. The city is not part of the Stavropol region and, in addition to it, borders on Zhigulevsky. The issue of connecting these two cities has been discussed for a long time, but so far this is only a project. From the south, the city merges with the dam of the Kuibyshev reservoir, from the east it is surrounded by forests, and from the northwest - by agricultural land.

Togliatti on the map of Russia can be found at the following coordinates:

• 53° 31" north latitude;
• 49° 25" East.

The city is located in the Samara time zone. Its offset relative to Moscow time is +1 hour. Daylight saving time is in effect in the region, which results in an offset from UTC as well.

A bit of history

06/20/1737, after the return of the Orenburg expedition led by Tatishchev, Anna Ioannovna granted a charter on the founding of the city to Princess Anna Taishina for the construction of a fortress in order to gather all the baptized Kalmyks at this place. This date is considered the founding day of the settlement. There is an opinion that during the history the city of Tolyatti was born three times. What region at that time existed on the site of Samara? In the 50s (moving from the flooded lowland area), the city was part of the Kuibyshev region, which launched the construction of the hydroelectric power station. Lenin (the old name of Zhigulevskaya). The created base of grandiose construction was later used to found chemical enterprises (KuibyshevAzot, TogliattiKauchuk, TogliattiAzot) and the Volga Automobile Plant. The decision to build AvtoVAZ was the city's third birth date, because it caused a huge influx of young people and contributed to a significant population growth.

In 1964, by decision of the federal authorities, the city of Stavropol was renamed Togliatti in honor of Palmiro Togliatti, who headed the Italian Communist Party. He died the day before, while in the USSR. The Italian politician had nothing to do with the city that bears his name for 82 years, so the issue of returning the original name is widely discussed by the public.

Territory, administrative unit

Today Tolyatti, whose photo you can see on the page, covers an area of ​​​​about 315 square meters. km, 25.5% of it is urban forests. This is the most green City in the Samara region. There are significant distances between its three administrative regions, stretched along the Volga for 40 km. 36% of the city territory is occupied by the Avtozavodskoy district, where the AvtoVAZ premises are located. It is separated from the Central by 3 km of forests. Komsomolsky district is removed for another 5-7 km. In terms of area, it, like the Central one, occupies 32% of the entire territory of the city.

Since its founding, the city has had its coat of arms in the form of a fortress with a cross in the middle. head executive power is the mayor, today this post is occupied by S.I. Andreev. Legislative power is concentrated in the hands of the Togliatti City Duma, which consists of 35 deputies. In October 2015, Tolyatti (Samara Region) received the status of a single-industry town, since the social well-being of the majority of residents depends on the situation at the region's main enterprise, AvtoVAZ.

Avtozavodskoy district

Between themselves, residents distinguish the territory of the New and Old City. The first includes Avtozavodskoy district, the population of which significantly exceeds total in the other two and is more than 436 thousand inhabitants. He takes western part city ​​overlooking the banks of the Volga. According to its structure, it is divided into 28 quarters, inside which parks and boulevards are divided. The main roads separate the quarters from each other. But such development is not typical for the whole of Tolyatti, the map of which gives an idea of ​​the features of each administrative region. In addition to AvtoVAZ, it is on the territory of the New City that enterprises are located light industry famous in the region: a factory of champagne wines, a dairy and a garment factory.

This is the youngest area, the housing stock of which began to be built simultaneously with the construction of an automobile plant. And the only one where the birth rate exceeds the death rate. New houses are being erected right in the forest zone, expanding the boundaries of the city.

Komsomolsky district

About 120 thousand people live on the territory of the eastern region located directly on the banks of the Volga downstream. It adjoins the dam and goes directly to the federal highway M5. It is here that the river port of the city is located, where tourists traveling along the Volga stop. The most beautiful embankment is the real pride of the area, whose production facilities are located at a considerable distance from residential buildings: TogliattiAzot, AvtoVAZagregat, VAZINTERSERVICE.

Previously, the village of Kuneevka was located on the territory of the district, therefore long time the private sector and buildings of the 50s are preserved. Despite the excellent location of the area, real estate here is not in great demand. Residents prefer to spend 20 to 60 minutes on the road, but live in more comfortable houses. This part of Togliatti (the map of the city gives an idea of ​​the area) belongs to the historical values ​​of the metropolis. Temples of the 19th century are located here: St. Tikhonovsky and Annunciation Skete. Gateway microdistrict ( former settlement) is called mini-Petersburg due to buildings in the style of classicism.

central District

The name itself suggests that the location of the area is central part city ​​with about 160,000 inhabitants. It is he who bears the unofficial name Old city, which testifies primarily to the state of the housing stock. Houses were built here during the reign of Khrushchev and Stalin. The map of Tolyatti with the streets clearly demonstrates that the principle of development differs from the "square-nested" one in the Avtozavodsky district. In the center there is a park, which has the status of a city, and a central square, from which the streets go in radii to different ends of the district, although the system of names by quarters is preserved.

Residents of the Old City in everyday life are considered more intelligent and are compared with residents of the city on the Neva, who are different from Muscovites. Here the private sector is significantly represented, where class stratification is obvious. Along with small dilapidated houses, elite cottages are being built, guarded by a pack of dogs. On the Volga coast there is the Portovy microdistrict, which is considered a real paradise town in Tolyatti (Samara region).

Population

The city is rightfully considered young, because its population is young. According to the latest census, the average age of Togliatti residents slightly exceeds 39 years (39.2). In order to keep the youth, more than 20 higher educational institutions were opened in the city, although in Soviet times there was only Togliatti Polytechnical Institute and military school(now Military Technical Institute). The main population is people of working age, only 150 thousand people are pensioners. The nineties entered the history of the city with sad events: the growth of drug addiction and HIV infection among young people. Today the situation has somewhat stabilized.

More than half of the inhabitants are women. Togliatti, the map of the city of which does not give an idea of national composition of the population, 83.2% is populated by Russians. Among other nationalities are Tatars, Ukrainians, Mordovians, Chuvashs.

Attractions. How to get there?

The city attracts tourists due to its proximity Every year, on the first Sunday of July, lovers of author's songs gather in the vicinity of Tolyatti for the Grushinsky Festival (the new name is "Platform"). Hundreds of thousands of participants gather at the Mastryukovsky Lakes, where in memory of the deceased Valery Grushin, songs of talented performers from all over Russia are heard. Therefore, many people have a question: "Where is Togliatti, what region of Russia organizes a bard song festival?"

Most convenient way to get to the city is an air flight. International is 50 km away, from where regular buses and taxis run. It is important to decide which part of the city a person needs to get to: New or Old, because these are completely different routes. AT summer period it is easy to get to the city by water, having made a fascinating walk along the Volga. You can also get there by rail, but the main railway junction is not in Tolyatti. The map will help you decide on the train to Samara, the capital of the region, from where there are regular buses, intercity minibuses and taxis.

Tolyatti(until 1964 Stavropol, from Greek. Σταυρούπολη lit. "City of the Cross"; found unofficial name Stavropol-on-Volga or Stavropol Volzhsky listen)) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of . Included in the Samara-Togliatti agglomeration.

Located on the left bank of the Volga opposite the Zhiguli. Population 718,127 (2014) the largest city in Russia that is not the capital of a subject of the Federation.

It was founded in 1737 by Vasily Tatishchev as a fortified city of Stavrool to protect Russian lands from nomads and to resettle baptized Kalmyks. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was known in Russia as an affordable climatic health resort and koumiss clinic. In 1953-1955 he was moved to a higher place, since when creating former city was flooded. Since 1964, it has been named after the Italian communist Palmiro Togliatti. In the 1970s, there was a sharp increase in population due to construction, which is still a city-forming enterprise today.

A large center for the automotive (, GM-AvtoVAZ) and chemical industries (TogliattiAzot, KuibyshevAzot,), as well as rail, river and road transport (highway M5E 30 crosses the Volga along the dam and passes through the city for 2 km). Nearest airport (50 km). The city stretches along the Volga for about 30 km and consists of three districts Avtozavodskoy, Central and Komsomolsky.

There are five universities in Togliatti, the oldest of which is Togliatti State University. There are several research institutes. There are museums, theaters, a city symphony orchestra, a philharmonic society. City Day is celebrated on the first weekend of summer. In the vicinity of Tolyatti, the Grushinsky Festival is held annually, gathering tens of thousands of participants.

In terms of population, Togliatti ranks 18th in Russia. The ethnic composition is dominated by Russians (83.2%), Tatars (3.8%), Ukrainians (2.8%), Mordovians (2.0%), Chuvashs (1.8%) live, other nationalities make up 6.4% (2002).

There are proposals to annex a satellite city to Togliatti (despite negative attitude in the latter), as well as part of the Stavropol region.

It is located in the forest-steppe zone, the climate is temperate continental, the summer is often dry. Moscow time zone.

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The city of Tolyatti, formerly called Stavropol, is located in the Samara region of the Russian Federation. The city is located along the left bank of the Volga, opposite the Zhiguli. More than 718 thousand people live in Togliatti, it is the largest city in the country that is not the center of a federal subject. The territory of Togliatti covers an area of ​​318 square kilometers.

On the south side, the city is adjacent to the dam areas of the Kuibyshev reservoir, on the north and west sides there are agricultural lands. On the east side, as well as in the city center, you can see woodlands.

The climate of Tolyatti can be described as temperate continental. It usually has hot summers and quite frosty and cold winters. But the nearby Kuibyshev reservoir, as well as forest areas within the city and on its east side, soften the heat and frost.

The time difference with Moscow near Togliatti is 1 hour, and the distance to the capital is 986 kilometers by road.

The history of Tolyatti dates back to 1737, when Vasily Tatishchev founded the fortress city of Stavropol here, designed to protect the Russian land from nomadic raids, as well as to resettle Kalmyks who had undergone the rite of baptism. During the period from the beginning of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century, the city practically did not change, only about 6 thousand inhabitants lived here, and continued to live. One zemstvo hospital, several educational institutions, 2 hotels, several factories and mills worked here.

From 1924 to 1946 it was even a rural settlement. By the beginning of the 1950s, the number local population reached the mark of 12 thousand inhabitants. In the middle of the last century, during construction work at the Zhigulevskaya hydroelectric power station, Togliatti fell into the flood zone. The city was almost completely moved to a new location. In 1957, the Volga hydroelectric power station was completed, as well as the Volgotsemmash plants, an electrical engineering plant, and several chemical enterprises. In 1964 the city received its current name- Tolyatti.

Today, Tolyatti is a major industrial and economic center, which plays an important role in the economy not only of the region, but in Russia as a whole. This city, according to the RBC.ru portal, is considered one of the most attractive in the country for doing business. In the ranking of the 250 largest industrial centers of Russia in 2013, Tolyatti took 11th place.

OJSC Avtovaz is rightfully considered the main industrial enterprise of the city; there are also many enterprises engaged in the production of auto components and additional materials. City enterprises, as well as residential buildings, are provided with heat and electricity by the Togliatti CHPP and the CHPP of the Volga Automobile Plant. The city also has a well-developed chemical industry. It is here that the world's largest TogliattiAzot, engaged in the production of ammonia, KuibyshevAzot, engaged in the production of mineral fertilizers, and Togliattikauchuk, are located. There are also many light and food industries in the city. The infrastructure of the service sector and public catering is well developed.

In Tolyatti, of course, there is something to see for tourists and guests of the city. The sights of Togliatti, although not numerous, are quite interesting. This city will certainly leave its mark on the memories of the people who visited it.

In the very center of the city, on Freedom Square is located. This is a monument with classic shape, made in the form of a tetrahedral stele. In November 1978, the Eternal Flame was lit next to the monument.

In October 2005, in the Central Park of Togliatti, on the Alley of Veterans, a monument was erected dedicated to the victims of political repression. The memorial complex is made in the form of a square, along the perimeter of which granite panels are placed. Near one of the sides you can see the figure of an angel, with an open book in his hands.

In 2003, as part of the events dedicated to the celebration of the city's day, it was installed in Togliatti, this is in honor of the dog that lived at the site of the death of its owners for almost 7 years, waiting for their return. Nobody knew the dog's nickname, people used to call him "Faithful" or "Kostik". During this time, many people tried to take the dog to themselves, to give him shelter, however, he did not want to leave his unchanged place. In 2002, Kostya died, and in memory of him, a memorial shield was erected on the side of the road with the inscription "To the dog who taught us love and devotion." Today the Monument to the Dog in without fail visited by newlyweds entering into marriage, it is believed to find happiness in family life, you need to rub the dog's nose.

On Revolutionary Street you can see those who died in the line of military duty.

And of course, one cannot fail to mention the monument to the founder of the city - V.N. Tatishchev, which stands on the shore of the reservoir.

It will be interesting to visit in Tolyatti, the creation of which was initiated in 1998 by K.G. Sakharov. Already on September 1, 2000, the open-air museum was opened. Here you can see samples of weapons from both world wars of the last century, including bastion guns, tanks T-34, IS-3, T-70, Katyusha, and much more. Special attention it is worth paying attention to the submarine B-307, which was brought here safe and sound from the place of service.

Guests of Tolyatti should also pay attention to the architectural appearance of the city. Of course, standard new buildings do not arouse any interest, but it is worth stopping by and you immediately get the feeling that you are in Little Petersburg.

Due to various features in the Zhiguli mountains, unusual natural communities have formed, including not only forest-steppe, but also taiga, steppe, and also Asian species of plants and animals. To preserve this unique biocomplex, a national park was also created. In 2006, they were included by UNESCO in the Middle Volga Complex Biosphere Reserve.

Attractions and interesting places Tolyatti can be listed for a long time, however, it is better to visit here at least once. This city is unlike any other, its unique atmosphere and energy captivates and enchants. Local residents are distinguished by great cordiality, hospitality, kindness and friendliness. Welcome to Togliatti, ladies and gentlemen!

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General information and history of Togliatti

Tolyatti is the administrative center of the Stavropol region and one of the largest cities Samara region, located directly opposite the most picturesque Zhiguli mountains.

This left-bank Volga city had every chance of becoming a typical representative of quiet provincial "settlements", known, perhaps, to its indigenous inhabitants. However, today Tolyatti is known not only in Russia, but also abroad. And there are several reasons for this.

The first is AvtoVAZ, which, despite many jokes and jokes, to this day remains one of the largest automobile plants in Russia and allows Togliatti to bear the proud name of the automobile capital.

The second is the population (according to statistics, Togliatti is the largest non-capital city in Russia - the so-called sub-millionaire city, which today has more than 700,000 inhabitants).

The third one is the talented people of Togliatti (mostly athletes) who brought the city world fame (Alexey Nemov, Vitaly Groysman, Ilya Bryzgalov, Alexander Gerunov).

And, finally, the fourth is a rich history, covered with many secrets and legends. Let's open the veil of secrecy and begin our acquaintance with the City of the Holy Cross (another unofficial name of Togliatti).

First there was a fortress built by Vasily Tatishchev in 1737 and called Stavropol. Until the 20th century, Stavropol was a very, very modest (even by the standards of that time) settlement with 6,000 inhabitants, one hospital, two hotels and 4 windmills. Therefore, the decision to transform Stavropol into a rural settlement due to economic insolvency, adopted in 1924, seems quite logical. The Stavropol residents regained the right to be called citizens only 22 years later - in 1946.

The city experienced its second birth in the early 1950s, when the Council of Ministers of the USSR decided to build a hydroelectric complex (Zhigulevskaya HPP) on the Volga. Saving the city from burial under the thickness of the "artificial" sea, Stavropol is transferred to a new place and given to him new life dynamically developing industrial city. The Volga HPP named after Lenin, an electrical plant, the Volgocemmach plant, a number of chemical enterprises, the Volga Automobile Plant - all this is being built in record time, attracting thousands of young people from all over the country to the "new" Volga city.

Just 20 years after moving to a new location, the population has increased 20 times (12,000 inhabitants in the early 1950s and 251,000 citizens in 1970). Then, in the mid-1970s, it was decided to rename Stavropol to Tolyatti. Apparently, the name of the Italian communist Palmiro Togliatti seemed to the then leadership of the country more euphonious than Stavropol (translated from Greek - "city of the cross").

Ecology and climate of Tolyatti

In general, the climate of Tolyatti can be defined as a pronounced continental climate. And this means that it is hot here in summer (+21 on average), and quite cold in winter (again, on average -11). Favorable (mitigating) influence on the climate is provided by the proximity of the Kuibyshev reservoir and forests separating the districts of the city.

For a long time, Togliatti residents (especially older people) determined the weather “in Moscow” (and, I must say, very successfully). For example, if Moscow announced today cold snap, then in 2 days it's time to get warmer clothes for the residents of the automobile capital. However, in the last 2-3 years, this regularity is increasingly failing. And the weather both in Tolyatti and in the entire Samara region, in most cases, is determined by southern regions our vast country.

The ecological situation of the city leaves much to be desired. And if earlier the main culprits here were the largest industrial enterprises, enveloping the city in a gray haze of atmospheric emissions (the residents of the Central District suffer especially), today the main source of air pollution is transport (cars account for about 70% harmful substances released into the atmosphere). According to statistics, every third Togliatti resident is a car owner. Along with vital oxygen, through the lungs of Togliatti residents (to a greater or lesser lesser degree- depends on the place of residence) dust, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds pass daily.

Rescues such a disastrous situation by the introduction into production of modern treatment facilities(thanks to them industrial pollution in the city has halved over the past 10 years), as well as vast areas of green space within the city and forest areas outside it.

Population of Tolyatti

In terms of the number of people living in the city, Togliatti occupies an honorable 19th place in Russia (707,408 people as of January 1, 2018). Among non-regional cities, it does come first.

Particularly noteworthy is the Avtozavodsky district of the city, which is the most densely populated area in the Volga region. More than 440 thousand people live on its territory, which is more than 50 percent of the total population of the city. For example, in Central region more than 157 people live, and in Komsomolskoye there are 120,000 at all.

Such an imbalance is caused by the fact that it is in the Avtozavodsky district that the famous AvtoVAZ, which produces Lada cars, is located in the whole of Russia. Most of The able-bodied population of the area works at this plant.

Tolyatti is unique city. The fact is that it is the only city in the Samara province in which natural population growth has been recorded over the past years. In 2013, in Tolyatti, the number of joyful occasions associated with the birth of a child exceeded the number of mourning events associated with the burial of the dead by about 1 thousand.

The main cause of death in Togliatti residents are diseases of the circulatory system. Per last year this disease accounted for 52.4% of deaths. The average age of the deceased was 70.5 years. At the age of 65, Togliatti residents most often die from malignant neoplasms (17.2%), and at 42, the most common cause of death is injury and poisoning (10%).

Of the nearly 708,000 people living in Togliatti, about 455,000 people are able to work. 113 thousand citizens have not yet reached the age to earn pocket money. The remaining population enjoys a well-deserved right to rest after several decades of labor exploits. More precisely, they have the right to rest in retirement, but often continue to work even after reaching retirement age. So what to do? After all, the size of the average pension does not inspire optimism.

As far as gender distribution is concerned, Togliatti presents a classic picture that is very common not only in Russia but all over the world – there are more women than men. According to the latest data, almost 388 thousand representatives of the weaker sex and 320 thousand representatives of the stronger sex live in the city.

To date, the average age of a Togliatti citizen is 38.4 years, which is slightly lower than this figure for the Samara region (40 years) or Russia (39 years). That is why the slogan “Togliatti is a city of the young!”, which appeared a couple of years ago in the local media, seems to be quite justified.

The next most important factor that determines the "face" of the city is the level of education of the population. Even some 20 years ago, almost 85% of Togliatti residents could boast of diplomas of graduation from secondary specialized or higher educational institutions. Fortunately, at that time the city had a sufficient number of educational institutions of various levels.

Paradoxically, despite the fact that today the number of schools has increased to 123, and there are about 20 universities, the average Togliatti citizen has become less educated. The main problem is that all universities today operate on a commercial basis, and an ordinary factory worker with a salary of 15,000 rubles a month can hardly afford to pay 70,000 rubles a year for the education of his child. Of course, there are budget places, but getting into them is extremely difficult (either getting to know the right people or getting a 100-point result in the Unified State Examination will help).

Districts and real estate of Tolyatti

Until recently (namely, 2006), the city of Togliatti included three large districts: Avtozavodsky, Central and Komsomolsky. However, in the summer of 2006, it was decided to include a number of nearby settlements into the city. We are talking about the village of Novomatyushkino, the urban-type settlements of Fedorovka and Povolzhsky, as well as the village of Zagorodny.

In the spring of 2009, the structure of the administrative-geographical division of Togliatti became even "slenderer", after the above-mentioned suburban settlements included in three large areas, having received the status of microdistricts.

Despite the fact that all three areas are within reach (a trip from one to another takes from 20 minutes to an hour, depending on the route chosen), each of them has its own face, character and peculiarities inherent only to it. To verify this, we propose to make virtual tour along the streets and back streets of each of them.

The first on our list is the Avtozavodsky district (more often referred to by Togliatti residents as " New town”, “Novik” or “Avtograd”), the administrative separation of which took place in 1972. The Avtozavodsky district includes 26 residential quarters, located in the so-called "square-nested way", i.e. All streets intersect at right angles. In terms of population, the Avtozavodsky district is the undisputed leader not only within Togliatti, but throughout the entire Volga region. Today, about 442,000 inhabitants live here.

The face of the new city is the factory workers. Young people aged 25-35 who have devoted their lives to the Russian auto industry and every morning at 7 am crowding at city stops waiting for factory routes. Most of them are not burdened with higher education, and therefore they prefer to spend their well-deserved weekends not in libraries, theaters and museums (of which there are about 100 in Tolyatti), but in city parks of culture and recreation or on intra-quarter alleys. The main condition for a successful evening is a comfortable bench and a couple of bottles of your favorite beer.

In order to "cultivate" modern "proletarians" visit cinemas from time to time (fortunately, their number in the city has grown significantly recently - there are separate halls in every major shopping center). Boys and girls who are not burdened with families are not averse to marking the end working week in a nightclub (there are 17 of them in the city), while married couples prefer a quiet family holiday in the cafe.

Being almost the same age as its inhabitants, Avtozavodsky district boasts an excellent housing stock. More than 1300 1,2 and 3-room apartments in relatively new panel and brick houses are waiting for their new owner. Here you can also find economy-class housing on the secondary market, where the cost per square meter is about 35,000 rubles, and purchase a completely “fresh” apartment in a new building, the square meter of which ranges from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles.

The central district (or "Old Town" - by analogy with the "new") is located directly in the central part of the city (hence the name). In the west, its neighbor is Avtozavodsky district, and in the east - Komsomolsky. Despite this, it would seem, territorially vantage point, The central district is much smaller than Avtozavodskoy. About 158,000 people permanently live in it. However, it is it that is considered to be the administrative center of the city.3

On the territory of the Central District there is the building of the City Hall and the Togliatti City Duma, the Togliatti Museum of Local Lore, a monument to the founder of the city V.N. Tatishchev, city museum complex "Heritage", memorial Complex"Creators of the city" and many more interesting cultural and architectural monuments telling about rich history this Volga city.

Fully responsible unofficial name district (Old Town) the state of the local housing stock. Most of the buildings here were built back in the days of Stalin and Khrushchev, and since then they have hardly undergone major repairs. The cost of housing, however, is not particularly affected. Square meter in the secondary housing market it costs an average of 35,000 rubles, in a new building - 45,000 - 47,000.

If the design of the Avtozavodsky district is based on the so-called “square-nested” method, then the Central District was built in accordance with the radial planning system (in the center is the city park and the central square of the Togliatti Palace of Culture, from which streets diverge to different ends of the district).

A significant part of the Central District is occupied by the private sector, in which dilapidated rickety houses of dandelion grandmothers and luxurious comfortable cottages guarded by a pack of fighting dogs coexist in a bizarre way.

It is traditionally believed that the inhabitants of the "old city" are more intelligent than their neighbors from Avtograd. They often visit city theatres, museums and art galleries, often go to the Philharmonic and sometimes even look into libraries (in our age of rapidly developing virtual technologies, this cultural object, unfortunately, has every chance to sink into oblivion). In general, many people get the impression that the people of the old city are more benevolent and differ from the “Novgorodites” in exactly the same way as the inhabitants of the city on the Neva from Muscovites.

A real gem of the Central District is the Portovy microdistrict (also known as Port-settlement or Portgorod) – “Little Switzerland”. Cozyly located on the picturesque bank of the Volga, it is a real decoration of the city and is traditionally considered one of the most prestigious places in Togliatti. Luxurious multi-storey cottages immersed in the lush greenery of the forest, a beautiful wooden church built with the money of parishioners, an equestrian club and the absence of typical high-rise buildings give this place a special charm. A real "paradise"! True, in order to fully appreciate all the charm of living in this protected area (Port Village, representing a monument of the socialist era, claims the status of a historical and architectural reserve), you will have to fork out. The cost of a hundred square meters of land for the construction of a cottage here ranges from 10,000 to 15,000 dollars.

View of the port village. Photo by igormo1973 (https://fotki.yandex.ru/users/igormo1973/)

Komsomolsky district (or Komsa) is the smallest of the administrative districts of Togliatti (only 120,000 inhabitants). Even despite the fact that today it includes 4 microdistricts at once (the settlements of Zhiguli Sea and Shlyuzovoy, as well as the urban-type settlements of Povolzhsky and Fedorovka).

However, the spool is small - but expensive. And its value, first of all, is historical. Initially created on the basis of construction settlements, Komsomolsky District today is an open book telling about the large-scale construction of the Volga Hydroelectric Power Plant in the middle of the 20th century. On its territory there are important industrial and historical objects. The former include TogliattiAzot, AvtoVAZagregat, the Togliatti river port, VAZINTERSERVICE, as well as Komsomolsky Meat Processing Plant CJSC. The latter are represented by St. Tikhon's Church and the Annunciation Skete, built in the middle of the 19th century.

Shluzovoy microdistrict deserves special attention (or rather, one of its quarters, which locals lovingly called "little Petersburg"). It seems that life here stopped many years ago. Instead of noisy highways - narrow streets, instead of high-rise buildings - low-rise Khrushchev and Stalinist buildings, and instead of supermarkets - good old Soviet stores with saleswomen in white caps at the counter. However, despite such an idyllic picture, real estate in the Komsomolsk region is not in high demand. After admiring the wonderful buildings of Soviet classicism, most Togliatti residents are happy to return to their comfortable apartments in new areas.

City infrastructure

Togliatti, as a city that aspires to 1 million inhabitants, has a well-established infrastructure. However, even here it is not without problems.

The main source of headaches is the housing and communal services, which, as in the pre-reform period, continues to amaze the residents of the city with a constant increase in tariffs and no one knows where the amounts indicated in the receipts come from. Today, probably, it is impossible to find a person who is satisfied with the work of housing and communal services. Still fresh memories of the transition period, when people received two receipts for payment utilities, and several months later they were warned of prosecution for non-payment of one of the receipts.

Management companies of Togliatti serve 9,757 residential buildings, in which 219.1 thousand apartments are located with total area 14 482.7 thousand m2. 90% of this housing is privately owned. 88.2% of apartments in apartment buildings privatized.

Most buildings (5,959) are located in the Central District. There are 2,768 buildings in the Komsomolsky district. Despite the fact that the Avtozavodsky district is the largest not only in the city, but in the entire Volga region, “only” 891 buildings are located on its territory.

The vast majority of buildings in Togliatti have 1 or 2 floors (7,378). In second place are 6-, 9- and 10-story buildings. There are 708 of them in the city. Also in Togliatti there are 656 5-storey, 491 3- and 4-storey buildings, 259 12-storey and more high-rise buildings.

Tolyatti has not bypassed the eternal problem of bad roads. Every spring, city roads look like they've been carpet-bombed. The holes are just awesome. Given that storm currents have not been able to cope with their task for many years, the pits hidden under water pose a serious threat to motorists. It is difficult to say what this is connected with, but in 2012 the number of lawsuits against organizations responsible for the condition of the roadway increased sharply. Interestingly, all these claims were satisfied and the affected car owners received the necessary compensation.

Of course, the roads are being repaired, but not like this. rapidly how they wear out. The municipality is trying to deal with potholes with patching, but as the authorities themselves admit, this is just a temporary emergency option that helps to somehow normalize traffic on the road and wait for serious repairs, including the replacement of the entire roadbed.

In addition to the pits, it is also worth noting the road markings, which are washed off the road surface every spring along with melted snow.

The deplorable state of roads, the lack of driving culture among most local drivers and the ever-increasing number of cars often lead to emergencies. Since many roads in Togliatti are simply not designed to handle a large traffic flow, one stalled car is enough to collect a traffic jam several hundred meters long. At rush hour, when people rush home after a hard day's work, such a nuisance can generally paralyze traffic on a single street.

One gets the impression that city architects, creating road junctions and intra-block passages, could not even imagine that in a city where tens of thousands of cars are produced annually, almost every family will someday have cars.

Togliatti residents, who have not yet become owners of their own vehicles, move around the city by public transport. Today in Tolyatti there are 49 bus and 22 trolleybus route. As for fixed-route taxis, it is quite difficult to calculate the exact number of their routes. Today there are about 100 of them. The bus and trolleybus fleet is constantly being updated, and the Gazelles are gradually being replaced by much more comfortable foreign-made minibuses.

The city authorities of Togliatti, with varying success, are struggling not only with such a disaster as bad roads, but also with her eternal companions - "fools". Everyone knows that the theater begins with a hanger, and the struggle for intelligence - with school bench. It so happened historically that Togliatti schools are used as a platform for introducing various innovative ideas and testing the latest developments in the field of secondary school education.

To date, there are about 100 general education schools in Togliatti with 66,117 students. 3,639 teachers are trying to put knowledge into them. And sometimes quite successfully.

Businesses and work in Togliatti

A few years ago, Togliatti was one of the most prosperous countries from an economic point of view. Russian cities. The well-known Forbes magazine, ranking the most attractive Russian cities for business, in 2008 gave Tolyatti a very honorable 5th place, and called the city itself the largest economic and industrial center, which plays an important role not only in the economy of the region, but also in the country as a whole.

Unfortunately, today the situation has changed significantly. And by no means in better side. The global financial crisis badly battered the Togliatti economy. Therefore, once a prosperous city with ambitious plans, today it is once again forced to conquer lost positions.

The city-forming enterprise of Togliatti is the Open Joint Stock Company "AVTOVAZ" - a plant specializing in the production of cars"LADA". Today, more than 66,000 people work here, including about 5,000 temporary workers. A full package of social guarantees, stability, a clearly fixed working day and the opportunity to "swing" from time to time - all this makes the plant still the most attractive workplace for Togliatti residents.

Also on the territory of Togliatti there are several other large enterprises of the machine-building industry. These are GM-AVTOVAZ - an automobile plant, which is the fruit of the joint work of Togliatti and their American colleagues, the POLAD group of companies, which is a large industrial holding specializing in the production of a wide range a variety of products (from automotive to defense), Detalstroykonstruktsiya, Johnson Control Togliatti - a plant for sewing car covers, VazInterService - a company that supplies components to car assembly plants in Russia and abroad, and AvtoVAZagregat.

The list of large industrial facilities of the city is continued by two combined heat and power plants - the CHPP of the Volga Automobile Plant and the Togliatti CHPP - and an impressive group of chemical industry enterprises. The latter is represented by TogliattiAzot, the world's largest ammonia plant, KuibyshevAzot, which specializes in the production of mineral fertilizers, and Togliattikauchuk, a synthetic rubber plant.

It is also worth noting the dynamically developing food industry (the city has its own meat processing plants, milk and bakeries, a distillery, a champagne and cognac plant, a winery), enterprises specializing in the production of electrical equipment, factories producing plastic and rubber products and other types of industrial production.

The banking sector is well developed, many insurance companies are actively involved in economic life Tolyatti. Small business is doing well.

It would seem that a city with so many large industrial facilities is simply doomed to prosperity. However, for the past few years, Togliatti residents have been living in constant fear“What does the coming day have in store for us?” After mass layoffs during the crisis years, the myth about the stability of work "at the machine" was finally dispelled. And salaries still cannot recover from the shock and reach at least the pre-crisis level.

Lively "discussions" are going on in the local press and in large city forums (of course, if this definition can be applied to the dialogue between the statements of the federal authorities and ordinary Togliatti residents). The reason for the indignation of the inhabitants of Avtograd is the greatly inflated official statistics, according to which the average monthly wage in the city is about 20,000 - 21,000 rubles. It is understandable. After all, an ordinary factory worker (and there are most of them at AvtoVAZ) receives an average of 11-13 thousand rubles a month, an employee of Togliattikauchuk - about 12 thousand, teachers - 8-10 thousand rubles, managers of car dealerships and travel agencies - 12,000-15,000 rubles, and sellers, cashiers, operators and other employees of federal retail chains (of which there are a great many in the city) - no more than 15,000. 20 thousand do not even smell ...

And here we must say thanks to the few, but so important for the extras, the leading link, hiding, like secret agents, in cozy offices VAZ "skyscrapers". It is thanks to these fighters of the invisible front with official salaries of several million rubles that the standard of living of Togliatti residents “on average” looks very worthy!

Crime

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Tolyatti became an unspoken criminal capital back in the dashing 90s and still has not lost this dubious fame. It was in Tolyatti that 20 years ago there were fierce wars between organized criminal groups, the victims of which, unfortunately, were not only members of various organized crime groups, but also ordinary people. civilians. And today, guests of the city sometimes specially come to city ​​cemetery to look at the so-called "avenue of heroes", where crime bosses and members of their gangs.

Why was Togliatti attractive for criminal elements of all stripes, and what caused the real massacre that took place in the city in the early 1990s? The answer is simple - this is AvtoVAZ.

It all started back in the 80s with the banal theft of auto parts, which in those days were in great short supply. Of course, this is not about taking out parts in your pants pockets or throwing boxes of spare parts over a factory fence. Kamaz trucks left the factory loaded with stolen parts. After 10 years, organized crime groups, which had already divided the city into spheres of influence, unleashed real war for establishing control over AvtoVAZ. No one could even imagine that the city would have to endure three waves of violence associated with the struggle for criminal supremacy in Tolyatti.

The bandits were well aware that a lot of money was spinning at VAZ, but for the time being, the only thing they managed to do was rob car buyers outside the factory. This was not enough. It all started with the occupation of factory checkpoints and the Zhiguli store, the only official factory store in Togliatti.

In 1992, the bandits began to exercise control over the shipment of vehicles from the factory. This business turned out to be the most profitable. Using the scheme developed by Vladimir Bilichenko, nicknamed "Khokhol", organized criminal groups kicked out about 30 thousand cars annually. This is too tidbit for everything to go quietly and peacefully. The first conflicts began to arise between the groups.

The first Great Racketeer War began. Its initiator was the “Agievskaya” organized criminal group, headed by Vladimir Agiy and Alexander Voronetsky, who decided to take AvtoVAZ under their sole control. To implement their plans, they turned to the gang of Oleg Khoroshev, nicknamed "Gift", which agreed to shoot competitors for a substantial reward.

The first target of the “Agievskaya” group was the former thimbler Vladimir Vdovin, nicknamed “Partner”, who headed the “partner” organized criminal group. By mid-1992, Vdovin had practically taken over the Zhiguli store. Despite all efforts, none of the attempts were successful. After that, the “Agievites” switched their attention to the leaders of the “Kupeevskaya” group, Sergei and Garry Kupeevs. However, the Kupeev brothers were also too tough for them. Khokhol, who did not survive after the assassination attempt, became the next target of the “Agievskys”. From that moment on, bloody showdowns between organized criminal groups began.

The first war lasted over a year. As a result, the criminal world lost such reputable gangsters as Vladimir Bilichenko "Khokhol", Sergey Kupeev, Alexander Maslov, Alexander Voronetsky, Vladimir Dorovskikh "Sivy". Some of the bandits are missing. Instead of Maslov, Dmitry Ruzlyaev, nicknamed "Dima Bolshoi", became the head of the "Volgovskaya" organized criminal group. Vdovin received the maximum benefit from this war, who, remaining the only representative of the "old guard", rose to the very top of the Togliatti criminal hierarchical ladder. Without his participation, not a single serious issue was resolved in the city.

As a result of the next two wars between organized crime groups, almost all reputable bandits were either killed or imprisoned for long periods. In 10 years of conflicts, more than 500 people related to criminal world. The only person who managed to go through all the showdowns and stay alive is Vladimir Vdovin, nicknamed "Partner". Today he retired and lives in one of the European countries.

Attractions Tolyatti

Despite the fact that in 2012 Togliatti residents celebrated the 275th anniversary of the city, its real age is only half a century. The point is that before today"survived" only one house, moved from Stavropol-on-Volga before its flooding. Therefore, there is no point in looking for some ancient sights in Togliatti. Actually, this house-museum of the Starikovs is the oldest monument. The city museum complex "Heritage" operates on its basis.

To get an idea of ​​the most popular sights of Togliatti, it is best to drive around the city on Friday and Saturday at the time when wedding corteges roam the city. Over the years, a tradition has developed, according to which the newlyweds, while walking around Togliatti, visit various memorable places, which would also be of interest to guests of the city.

In the Avtozavodsky district, the Eternal Flame, located in Victory Park, and the Monument of Devotion, erected in honor of the German Shepherd Dog, which waited for 7 years on the side of the road for their owners who died in a car accident, are especially popular. In order for the newlyweds to remain faithful to each other and be happy, they rub the bronze nose of the dog.

Fans of technology can visit the technical museum of JSC "AVTOVAZ". On an area of ​​38 hectares there are about 3,000 small exhibits and over 460 large ones. In the museum you can see weapons from the First and Second World Wars, military equipment, cars and trucks of domestic and foreign production, agricultural, railway and space equipment. The main highlight of the museum exposition is the B-307 diesel submarine. All of Russia followed its movement from the Volga to the museum. On that day, all news releases on the country's central television channels made live broadcasts from the scene.

In the Central District, among the sights, one can single out the monument to the founder of Stavropol Tatishchev, which is located on the embankment in Port Settlement, a complex located near the Zhiguli Hotel and consisting of a monument to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and a belfry

Not far from Central Square there are the Museum of Local Lore and the Togliatti Art Gallery. In the museum of local lore, you can get an idea about the life of fellow countrymen who lived centuries ago, study the local fauna. Within the walls of the art gallery, exhibitions of works by both domestic and foreign artists are constantly held. lovers theatrical performances can visit the well-known throughout Russia theater "Wheel".

In the Komsomolsky district, the most interesting is the embankment, which is a favorite vacation spot for young people, as well as a hydrofoil.

Guests of Tolyatti should also pay attention to the architectural appearance of the city. Of course, typical new buildings do not arouse any interest, but it is worth stopping by the Gateway microdistrict and you will immediately get the feeling that you are in Little Petersburg.

After exploring the local attractions, you will inevitably want to eat. There are two options here. The first is to go to the nearest large shopping center, since there are a great many of them in the city, and order something at the food court that is popularly called fast food. The second option is much nicer. You can go to some cozy restaurant or cafe, which is popular with Togliatti residents, and taste delicious dishes of Russian cuisine (Mary Ivanna and Pelmeshka restaurants), Italian cuisine (La Rotonda restaurant), Japanese cuisine (Yakitoria restaurants, Sushi Boom") and international cuisine (Fusion cafe-bar, Yakuza sushi cafe, Tower and Sugar restaurants).