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==History== '''Stavropol''' was founded as a fortress in 1737 by the Russian statesman [[Vasily Tatishchev]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tgl.ru/history|title = История / О Тольятти / Администрация городского округа Тольятти}}</ref> It was often informally referred to as '''Stavropol-on-Volga''' to distinguish it from [[Stavropol]], a larger city in southwest Russia, although ''Stavropol-on-Volga'' was never its official name.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edu-sok.ru/upload/Prokofeva%20E_U.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210221330/http://www.edu-sok.ru/upload/Prokofeva%20E_U.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pravoslavie.ru/arhiv/040423150950.htm|title=Русская семья со шведской фамилией / Православие.Ru|website=www.pravoslavie.ru}}</ref> The construction of the [[Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station|Kuybyshev Dam and Hydroelectric Station]] on the [[Volga River]] in the 1950s created the [[Kuybyshev Reservoir]], which flooded the existing location of the city, and it was completely rebuilt on a new site. In 1964, the city was chosen as the location of the new VAZ automobile plant: a joint venture between [[Fiat]] and the Soviet government. It was then renamed '''Tolyatti''' after [[Palmiro Togliatti]], the longest-serving secretary of the [[Italian Communist Party]], who had been instrumental in setting up the venture with Fiat. Much of the modern city was constructed in the 1960s to house the workers of the factory, and today{{when|date=January 2025}} [[AvtoVAZ]] dominates the economy of the city.<ref>[https://ria.ru/20230210/lada-1851298218.html "АвтоВАЗ" запустил предсерийное производство Lada Vesta NG]</ref>
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