Volkhov
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Volkhov (Russian: Во́лхов) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated 122 km east of St. Petersburg, on the Volkhov River. Population: 46,596 (2002 Census). Geographic coordinates: .
The town grew up during the industrialization in the first half of the 20th century. Volkhov railway station appeared in 1904 in Zvanka village, as the railway connecting St. Petersburg and Vologda was built. In 1918, construction of the Volkhov hydroelectric dam (the first in the Soviet Union) started at this spot. In 1926, the power plant was opened, and in 1932 the first Soviet aluminium plant was launched nearby. On December 27, 1933 the settlements serving the station, the dam, and the plant were merged together with several adjacent villages to form the town of Volkhovstroy. In 1940 the town was renamed to its present name.
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