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Tolyatti – a comfortable

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CONTENTS

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1. General information, maps…………………………………………….....3

2. City environment……………………………………………………...……8

• Building Renault in Tolyatti……………………………18

3. Nature………..……………………………………………………….……..26

• Kuibushevskoe reservoir………………………………27

• National Park Samarskaya Luka……………………...40

4. Climate………..…………………………………………………………….48

5. Sport………………………………………..……………………………….53

6. Culture……………………………………………..……………………….65

7. Outside the town………………………………...………………………..71

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Tolyatti

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Tolyatti is situated in the European part of Russia, in Samara region

The distance between:

Moscow – Tolyatti: 1 025 km

Paris – Tolyatti: 3 700 km

Paris- Moscow: 2 450 km

The flight from Moscow to Tolyatti takes about 1 hour

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Tolyatti Samara• Togliatti is situated on the river Volga, on it’s left border, 95 km from Samara (the administrative capital of Samara region)

• After Samara, Tolyatti is the most important city of the region

•Tolyatti has the population of 720 000 people

•It occupies the 17th place in the list of the biggest Russian cities

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Time Zone

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Tolyatti time:

•Moscow time + 1h

• Paris time + 3h

Only 2 regions in Russia have 1 hour

difference with Moscow. Samara region is one of

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Tolyatti 720,000 inh.

Syzran 179,000 inh.Zhigulevsk 57,000 inh.Samara 1135,000 inh.

Novokuybyshevsk 111,000 inh.Chapaevsk 73,000 inh.

Map of Samara-Tolyatti agglomeration

Samara-Tolyatti agglomeration is the third in size in Russia (2,5 million inhabitants)

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City environment

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Tolyatti

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Jigulevskoe

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• Tolyatti is situated on the Volga – the biggest river in the European part of Russia

•The width of Volga near Tolyatti is 10 km

• The reservoir, on which board Tolyatti is situated, is so large, that it is called

“Jigulevskoe sea”, by the name of the mountains Jiguly, located on the opposite side

Volga river

Jiguli mountains

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Avtozavodskii

District

(“New Town”, 440 ths. inh. in 2009)

Central District

(“Old Town”, 161 ths. inh. in 2009)

Komsomolskii

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(119 ths inh. in 2009)

Kuibushevskoe reservoir

Jiguli montains

• All the three Tolyatti districts are stretched along Volga throughout 40km, and are

divided from each other by forest areas

• Out of 315 sq km of total city area, 80 sq km are covered by forests

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City “lungs” – the forest,

dividing two districts of

the city

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Central Square

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In the recent time several trade & entertainment centers of “global” appearance were created:

Shopping mall “Park House”

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Shopping Center “Rus’”

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Trade and Entertainment Centers are mostly concentrated In Avtozavodskyi and Central Districts

Avtozavodskyi District

Central District

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The Cathedral of Our Saviour’s Transfiguration is a powerful visual and symbolical dominant of Avtozavodskii District and probably of the whole city

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AvtoVAZ headquarters

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Avtozavodskii district

Building AvtoVAZ

Building Renault

Building RENAULT in Tolyatti

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Building Renault

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Administrative zone

Central entry and parking Offices

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Conference hall

Kitchen Canteen

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Rooms Rooms

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Nature surrounding

the city is really beautiful –

green forests and the blue surface of

Volga

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Rainbow over the city

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The monument Tatishev – the founder of Tolyatti, Russian historian and statesman

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NATURE

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Tolyatti is situated on the bank of Kuibushevskoe reservoir, which provides a beautiful view and a lot of opportunities for leisure, spending

spare time and sports

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Sunset on Jigulevskoe sea: citizens enjoying bicycles

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Jigulevskoe sea – unusual colors

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In summer the citizens of Tolyatti can enjoy swimming and sun bathing on the beaches along the the reservoir

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The Volga quay is a great place to admire nature in the evening

after the working day

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Citizens enjoy fishing on the reservoir even in winter

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On the reservoir the Russian Open Championship of winter wind surfing and snow kite surfing is held

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The wind over the reservoir let the different leisure and sport activities develop

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Forest that divides the districts of the city is beautiful during each season:

WINTER

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Autumn

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Tolyatti is a very green town

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On the opposite side of the reservoir National park “Samarskaya Luka” is situated

This is a unique territory, shaped by the turning of biggest European river

Volga

National park “Samarskaya Luka”

Tolyatti

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The landscapes of Samarskaya Luka are really amazing

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In the National park you can admire unique wild nature weather by yourself, or during organised excursions

• Ecological trail “Molodeckii kurgan”

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Camel mountain andUsinskii Kurgan - – viewing points for tourists

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The symblol of the National park on Mogutova mountain

“Devichya” mountain

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Jiguli mountains

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A very interesting place to visit in Jiguli mountains –

natural caves

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In the centre of Jiguli mountains there is a place called Stone Cup, famous through the springs going out of the mountains there

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CLIMATE

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The city is situated on the frontier of the forest and forest-stepp zones and enjoys all the advantages of its location:

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Average month temperature in Tolyatti (in comparison with Moscow and Paris)

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The climate of Tolyatty is softened by Kubushevskoe reservoir Summer in Tolyatti is a very nice time, from May to August the average

temperature is above 20 °C Eight months a year the average temperature is above zero

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• The sum of precipitations is fairly low. In Tolyatti the sum of precipitations per year is 560 mm, in Paris – 640 mm, in Moscow- 705 mm

• Toyatti is a very sunny town: the number of sunny days is about 285 per year

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Sometimes Tolyatti is compared with Montreal (Canada), where the climate is considered like one of the most comfortable ones for living

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SPORT

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Speedway is one of the most popular and spectacular sport in Tolyatti

• Starting from 2005 competitions of European and international range are led

here

• The speedway team of Tolyatti, called “Mega-LADA” 9 times became champion of

different competitions

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The stadium for speedway meets the highest European standards and can host 15 000 spectators

Starting from 2006 a free state speedway school for children is

organised

In the centre of the track the only specialised 130m track for

children in Russia is organised

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The city posses the needed equipment for the development of HANDBALL

The women’s handball team of

Tolyatti represent the town in the European league of Champions, among 8 best team of

the continent (European)

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Citizens of Tolyatti say that “Tolyatti without HOCKEY is like Moscow without Kremlin”

The city team “Lada” won the Continental Cup (European) in 2006

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Yachting is also highly developed in Tolyatti: different competitions or regional and country level are held here

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Auto-racing is a very popular sport in Tolyatti

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Every winter a Christmas synchronic race is held.This country-level competition is really popular and well loved among

the citizens

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You can enjoy winter sports in sport park “Spin Sport”

Ski lift

Track for tubing

Track for snowmobiles

Free ride

Foot path

Auto-road

Resting place

Length of the piste

Elevation

Ski-rump

Place for picnic

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Spin sport

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Carting

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CULTURE

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During 12 years TOLYATTI PHILHARMONIC HALL developed from the regional affiliate to autonomous organisation

The philharmonic Hall possesses a modern hall for 650 spectators.

Except the concerts that are held every weekend, several big events and festivals are held here yearly:

• city traditional festival “Tolyatti musical autumn”

• international festival “JAZZ-spring in Tolyatti”

• International festival “Viva, accordion!

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The orchestras of Tolyatti Philharmonic Hall

JAZZ orchestraSymphony orchestra

Russian orchestra Chamber chorus “Harmony”

Folk ensemble “Jiguli”

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Festival “Rock above volga”

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Art festival “Holiday of light”

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Festival “Drums of the world”,

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OUTSIDE THE TOWN

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In sport complex “”Lovchii plus” you can do sporting and trap shooting

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You can not only go for a day, but also stay in a comfortable hotel

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Here you can do skidoo in winter and quad bike in summer

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Not far from Tolyatti a rest complex “Voljskii Utes” is situated. Here you can take a rest and enjoy Fishing, horse riding and other

sports