Tolyatti

For other uses, see Togliatti.

Tolyatti Тольятти
City
Clockwise from top: The Tatishchev Monument, Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, City Hall of Tolyatti, The administration building of AvtoVAZ.
Flag Coat of arms
Interactive map of Tolyatti
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Coordinates: 53°30′32″N 49°25′20″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Samara Oblast
Founded	1737 (1737)
Government
• Body	City Duma
• Head	Ilya Sukhikh
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population
• Estimate  (2025)	662,683 )
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	city of oblast significance of Tolyatti
• Capital of	Stavropolsky District, city of oblast significance of Tolyatti
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Tolyatti Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Tolyatti Urban Okrug, Stavropolsky Municipal District
Time zone	UTC+4 (MSK+1 )
Postal code	445xxx
Dialing code	+7 8482
OKTMO ID	36740000001
Website	tgl.ru

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Tolyatti or Togliatti, known before 1964 as Stavropol, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which is neither the administrative center of a federal subject, nor the largest city of a subject. Population: 684,709 (2021 census); 719,632 (2010 census); 702,879 (2002 census); 630,543 (1989 Soviet census).

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1897	5,969	—
1926	6,473	+8.4%
1939	9,345	+44.4%
1959	61,281	+555.8%
1970	250,853	+309.3%
1979	502,036	+100.1%
1989	630,543	+25.6%
2002	702,879	+11.5%
2010	719,632	+2.4%
2021	684,709	−4.9%
Source: Census data

The city is best known as the home of Russia's largest car manufacturer AvtoVAZ (Lada). For this reason, Tolyatti is often dubbed "Russia's motor city" or "Russia's Motown" (in reference to Detroit in the United States—the spiritual home of the American automotive industry). It was renamed after Italian communist politician Palmiro Togliatti in 1964, upon his death in the Soviet Union.