Togliatti is one of the largest construction projects in the history of the USSR. In just a few decades, an ordinary provincial town turned into an advanced industrial city with a population of over half a million people. Togliatti was strikingly different from other Soviet cities: wide avenues and a well-developed social infrastructure make it attractive for internal migration to this day.
Togliatti is a large industrial city located on the left bank of the Volga in the European part of Russia at a distance of 980 kilometers from Moscow.
The population of the city of Togliatti exceeds 700,000 people. Thus, Togliatti is the largest city in Russia, which is not the center of the subject in which it is located.
Togliatti is the center of the Stavropol district of the Samara region, and the city itself is 88 kilometers away from Samara. The district, the center of which is Togliatti, is not accidentally named Stavropol. The thing is that until 1964 Togliatti bore the name Stavropol. Thus, until 1964, there were two cities in Russia with this name: Stavropol-on-Volga (Togliatti) and Stavropol on the southern border of Russia, which today is the center of the Stavropol Territory. Togliatti is located in the Moscow time zone. Other cities close to Togliatti will be Kazan (350 km), Ulyanovsk (230 km) and Penza (360 km).
Where is Togliatti and what this city can be proud of
Of all the many attractions of the city, the great Russian Volga River can be especially distinguished. Within the city limits there is a municipal beach and an extensive recreation area. Guests of the city can buy tickets for an exciting cruise to Samara and back. During the journey, you can admire the gorgeous Volga panoramas, the Zhigulevsky mountains and the forests of nature reserves. A traveler who has arrived in Togliatti should definitely go to the Molodetsky Kurgan. An excellent view of the Zhigulevskoe Sea and Usinsky Bay opens up from the hill. Here you can walk through the relict forest, meeting more than 200 plants of rare species. A large number of yacht clubs have sprung up around the city, where you can rent a boat or speedboat at a reasonable price. And of course, do not forget that it is in Togliatti that the largest automobile plant in Russia and Eastern Europe, AvtoVAZ, is located, which has its own museum. The Technical Museum is named after K. G. Sakharov and has more than 460 exhibits: from artillery weapons and tanks to the world's largest diesel submarine B-307.
The city of Togliatti is divided into several districts between which there are large forests. Thanks to this fact, Togliatti has very clean and fresh air, which has a beneficial effect on the health of the townspeople.
Transport infrastructure Togliatti
The nearest airport to the city is Kurumoch Airport, at a distance of 61 kilometers. Kurumoch is a large aviation hub where planes arrive from many cities in Russia. There are regular flights to Kurumoch from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Kazan, Perm, Saratov and other cities. The charter service covers almost half the world. The major highway M-5 (Moscow-Chelyabinsk) passes through Togliatti, and having reached Samara, you can reach federal highways leading to almost anywhere in the country and to the countries of Central Asia.
