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{{Short description|City in Rostov Oblast, Russia}}
{{Infobox Russian cityinhabited locality
|en_name=Volgodonsk
|ru_name=Волгодонск
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|established_date=July&nbsp;27,{{citation needed|date=MayDecember 20102023}} 1950
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'''Volgodonsk''' ({{lang-ruslangx|ru|Волгодонск}}, {{IPA|ru|p=vəlgɐˈdonsk|IPA}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|city]] in [[Rostov Oblast]], [[Russia]], located in the east of the [[oblast]] on the west bank of the [[Tsimlyansk Reservoir]]. Population: {{ru-census2010|170,841|;}} {{ru-census2002|165,994|;}} {{su-census1989|175,593|;}} 28,000 (1970).{{Historical populations|7=1959|8=15710|9=1970|10=28000|11=1979|12=91313|13=1989|14=175593|15=2002|16=165994|17=2010|18=170841|19=2021|20=168048|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}
 
==History==
{{stack|[[File:Volgodonsk 1999.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Aftermath of the 1999 bombing]]|[[File:Мирный атом.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Peaceful atom (Volgodonsk)|Peaceful atom]] monument]]}}
Volgodonsk was founded on July&nbsp;27,{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}in 1950<ref name="gr" /> as a small settlement for the Tsimlyansk [[hydroelectric dam]] maintenance personnel. It grew in size due to the construction of the [[Volga–Don Canal]]. Town status was granted to it in 1956.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}
 
On September 16, 1999, a powerful [[Car bomb|truck bomb]] exploded outside an apartment building, killing 17 people and injuring a further 69. It was the fifthfourth explosion in a series of [[Russian apartment bombings|apartment bombings in Russia]] that killed almostmore than 300 people.
 
==Administrative and municipal status==
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==Economy==
[[File:Мирный атом.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Peaceful atom (Volgodonsk)|Peaceful atom]] monument]]
Volgodonsk is one of the economic leaders of Rostov Oblast. The economy of the city is centered around the nuclear industry. It is home to the [[Atommash]] factory, which manufactures nuclear reactors and related heavy machinery. The plant mainly builds [[Rosatom|Rosatom's]] [[VVER]] type [[pressurized water reactor]]s both for domestic use and export. Four such reactors (VVER-1000 model) generated about 26 600 GWh of electricity at the [[Rostov Nuclear Power Plant|Rostov nuclear power plant]], located just 18&nbsp;km from the city center. Atommash, the power plant, along with the two thermal power stations, are the city's main employers.
 
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== Twin towns ==
 
* {{Flagicon|Hungary}} [[Tamási]]
 
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