Tolyatti (English) Тольятти (Russian)
-  City[citation needed]  -
Komsomolsky District of Tolyatti
Location of Samara Oblast in Russia
Tolyatti Location of Tolyatti in Samara Oblast
Coordinates: 53°29′N 49°31′E / 53.483°N 49.517°E / 53.483; 49.517Coordinates: 53°29′N 49°31′E / 53.483°N 49.517°E / 53.483; 49.517
Coat of arms	Flag
Administrative status (as of December 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Samara Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to	city of oblast significance of Tolyatti[1]
Administrative center of	city of oblast significance of Tolyatti[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2004)
Urban okrug	Tolyatti Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of	Tolyatti Urban Okrug[2]
Mayor[citation needed]	Sergey Andreyev[citation needed]
Representative body	City Duma[citation needed]
Statistics
Area	314.8 km2 (121.5 sq mi)[citation needed]
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	719,514 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010	18th
Population (2002 Census)	702,879 inhabitants[4]
- Rank in 2002	17th
Density	2,286 /km2 (5,920 /sq mi)[5]
Time zone	MSK (UTC+04:00)[6]
Founded	1737[citation needed]
Previous names	Stavropol-on-Volga (until 1964)[7]
Postal code(s)	445xxx[citation needed]
Dialing code(s)	+7 8482[8]
Official website
Tolyatti on WikiCommons

Tolyatti (Russian: Толья́тти; IPA: [tɐˈlʲjætʲɪ]), also known in English as Togliatti, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. Population: 719,514 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[3] 702,879 (2002 Census);^[4] It is the largest city in Russia which does not serve as an administrative center of a federal subject.^[3]

History[link]

It was founded in 1737 as a fortress called Stavropol (Ста́врополь) by the Russian statesman Vasily Tatishchev.^{[citation needed]} Informally it was often referred as Stavropol-on-Volga (Ста́врополь-на-Во́лге, Stavropol-na-Volge) to distinguish from Stavropol, a large city in southwest Russia.

The construction of the Kuybyshev Dam and Hydroelectric Station on the Volga River in the 1950s created the Kuybyshev Reservoir, which covered the existing location of the city, and it was completely rebuilt on a new site. In 1964, the city was renamed Tolyatti (after Palmiro Togliatti, the longest-serving secretary of the Italian Communist Party).

Administrative and municipal status[link]

Tolyatti serves as the administrative center of Stavropolsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it. Administratively, along with two rural localities, it is incorporated as the city of oblast significance of Tolyatti—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] Municipally, the city of oblast significance of Tolyatti is incorporated as Tolyatti Urban Okrug.^[2]

City divisions[link]

Housing in Tolyatti

There are three districts in the city:

• Avtozavodsky (Автозаво́дский), also called Novy Gorod (lit. New City), is the most modern; it was designed to host the workers of the city's AvtoVAZ factory, home of the Lada car;
• Tsentralny (Центра́льный), also called Stary Gorod (lit. Old City), home of the city government and industrial center;
• Komsomolsky (Комсомо́льский), the oldest district, built to house Hydroelectrical Plant builders.

Economy[link]

The city's main claim to fame has been automobile manufacturing by AvtoVAZ's Lada (Zhiguli) car plants, employing some 110,000 people: in cooperation with Italy's Fiat since 1970 and with General Motors since 2001.^[9]

Other industries have moved into Tolyatti because it is close to abundant supplies of electricity and water. Petrochemicals are well represented in the city. Among the significant enterprises based there are "TogliattiAzot" (Russia's biggest ammonia manufacturer) and "KuybyshevAzot" (a nitrogen fertilizer producer). Other industries include building materials production, ship repair and electrical equipment and electronics.

Transportation[link]

Transport system is well-developed in the city. Public transport includes municipal buses and trolley-buses, and so-called "alternative" (commercial) transport or marshrutkas.

External transport routes are provided by two bus stations, two railway stations, and a city harbor. Tolyatti has its airport as well, but it is used by personal aircraft only (nearest international airport, "Kurumoch", is located 40 km away, towards Samara). The city is linked to federal road network by M5 "Ural" highway.

As one of Russia's "motor cities", Tolyatti's car population had been booming and traffic jams are common during morning and evening rush hours — Samara Oblast was one of the first regions to receive an additional license plate code because its existing code did not have enough numbers for all its residents' cars.

Culture, education, and sports[link]

Olimp Sport Palace

The creation of the Kuybyshev Reservoir in the 1950s destroyed much of the city's history, so almost all the city's cultural points of interest — such as the Obelisk of Glory (1958) and Victory Park in Avtozavodsky City District (site of the Victory Monument (1985)) — date from the Soviet period, but the city administration has continued to build new monuments and cathedrals. A recent notable event was the 1998 opening of the great Tatishchev Monument near the Volga. The Transfiguration Cathedral was completed in 2002.

Education[link]

Education is represented by over one hundred public and ten private schools, as well as several higher education institutions. Most notable ones include:

• Togliatti State University (Тольяттинский государственный университет ТГУ)
• Volga Region State University of Service (Поволжский государственный университет сервиса ПВГУС)
• Tatishchev University of Volga (Волжский университет имени В. Н. Татищева ВУиТ)
• Togliatti Academy of Management (Тольяттинская академия управления ТАУ)

Sports[link]

In eyes of the Soviet leaders, Tolyatti was a perfect Soviet city (since most population migrated here during the construction of AvtoVAZ factories) – many sports facilities appeared so that the "perfect Soviet person" could be healthy. The city has high-quality sports facilities: gymnasiums, swimming pools, ice arenas, association football and racing stadiums — as a result, many athletes, including Olympic Champion Alexei Nemov, Stanley Cup winners Alexei Kovalev and Ilya Bryzgalov had moved to Tolyatti. Former Washington Capitals winger Viktor Kozlov and defenseman Alexei Tezikov were born there.

Tolyatti is represented in almost every kind of team sports. Tolyatti's Lada-sponsored Ice Hockey Club broke the Moscow teams' domination of the game. The Lada women's football team has won the Russian championship several times — and the Lada women's handball team, who are the Russian and European Champions, is the core for Russian national women's handball. Men's football (FC Lada Togliatti and FC Togliatti), basketball, speedway and handball teams also take part in national championships.

Media[link]

There are a number of local newspapers published in Tolyatti: Ploshad Svobody (Площадь Свободы), Togliatti Review also known as Togliatti Observer (Тольяттинское обозрение), Volny Gorod (Вольный город), Gorodskiye Vedomosti (Городские ведомости) and few others. In the end of 1990's, Togliatti Review published a series of articles on a local crime group. The stories drew attention to the group's connections with the local police.^[10][11] Subsequently, Togliatti Review saw two of its editors (Valery Ivanov and Alexei Sidorov) killed in 2002-2003.^{[12][13][14][15]}

The only local-born FM-band radio station is Radio August (Радио Август) at 70.64 and 102.3 MHz.

Crime[link]

October 2007 bomb attack[link]

River port on the Volga

During the morning rush hour of 31 October 2007, a bomb exploded on a passenger bus in the city, killing at least eight people and injuring about 50 in what Irina Doroshenko, a spokeswoman for the investigative wing of the local prosecutor’s office, said could be a terrorist attack.^[16] At the beginning of the investigation, it was believed to be the work of terrorists from the North Caucasus.^[17] Early reports indicated possible involvement of Chechen terrorist Doku Umarov.^[18] However, the officials later named a 21-year-old Evgeny Vakhrushev, who also died in the blast, as the only person to be responsible for the tragedy.^[19]

Organized crime[link]

The city also has a reputation for gang violence between groups vying for control of the car business.^[20][21]

Violent crimes[link]

The city has witnessed a mafia killing spree - there have been 550 commissioned killings in Togliatti over 1998-2004, five of those murdered were journalists.^[22]

Three chief architects of Togliatti were victims of violent crimes: Valery Lopatin was shot to death on 7 July 2004, Mikhail Syardin and Aleksander Kiryakov were also injured in violent attacks.^[23]

A former city mayor (1994–2000), Sergey Zhilkin (Сергей Жилкин), was murdered on 15 November 2008.^[24]

On December 13, 2008, Anatoly Stepanov, a vice-speaker of Duma of Samara Oblast, a former head of administration at the Tsentralny district of Togliatti in 1991-1997 and Togliatti mayor candidate in 2004, was attacked on a street in Togliatti (his hometown) and left with serious head injuries. He died in a hospital on 24 February 2009.^[25]

Corruption[link]

The city's mayor in 2000-2007, Nikolay Utkin (Николай Уткин), was sentenced to seven years in prison on corruption charges.^[26][27]

Local government[link]

Mayor Sergey Andreyev was elected in 2012.

International relations[link]

Twin towns and sister cities[link]

Tolyatti is twinned with:

• Kazanlak, Bulgaria^[28]
• Wolfsburg, Germany^[29]
• Flint, Michigan, United States
• Luoyang, China
• Piacenza, Italy^[30]

Partner cities[link]

• Colmar, France
• Nagykanizsa, Hungary

References[link]

Notes[link]

Sources[link]

• Самарская Губернская Дума. №179-ГД 18 декабря 2006 г. «Устав Самарской области», в ред. Закона №138-ГД от 7 декабря 2011 г «О внесении изменения в статью 76 Устава Самарской области». Вступил в силу с 1 января 2007 г.. Опубликован: "Волжская коммуна", №237 (25790), 20 декабря 2006 г. (Samara Governorate Duma. #179-GD December 18, 2006 Charter of Samara Oblast, as amended by the Law #138-GD of December 7, 2011 On Amending Article 76 of the Charter of Samara Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2007.).
• Самарская Губернская Дума. Закон №189-ГД от 28 декабря 2004 г. «О наделении статусом городского округа и муниципального района муниципальных образований в Самарской области». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Волжская коммуна", №247, 31 декабря 2004 г. (Samara Governorate Duma. Law #189-GD of December 28, 2004 On Granting the Status of Urban Okrug and Municipal District to the Municipal Formations in Samara Oblast. Effective as of after ten days from the day of the official publication.).

External links[link]

v t e Cities and towns in Samara Oblast Administrative center: Samara Chapayevsk Kinel Neftegorsk Novokuybyshevsk Oktyabrsk Otradny Pokhvistnevo Samara Syzran Tolyatti Zhigulyovsk

Roman Miroshnichenko
Background information
Born	(1977-06-04) June 4, 1977 (age 35) Dniprodzerzhynsk, USSR
Genres	Jazz rock Fusion World Music Latin Jazz
Occupations	composer, guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Melodiya, Self Produced
Associated acts	Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin
Website	www.romanmiroshnichenko.com
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul Ovation Custom Legend Abraham Wechter Florentine Custom Made PRS Guitars

Roman Miroshnichenko (Russian: Роман Мирошниченко) (born June 4, 1977) - is one of the most prominent virtuosos of contemporary jazz^[1] on ex-USSR territory. Roman is a phenomenal guitarist who has his own and highly individual touch and stamp on the guitar,^[2] improvisation flight and melodic tunes all captured in his well-mixed recordings and enthralling live performances. Improvisational thinking and stylistic flexibility allow him to easily to flow into any project and even record very complex guitar parts impromptu in studio. Roman Miroshnichenko has performed, recorded or cooperated with Al Di Meola,^[3] Larry Coryell,^[4] Frank Colon, Dominique Di Piazza, Daniel Piazzolla, João Donato, Djivan Gasparyan, Milcho Leviev, Marco Mendoza, Augusto Enriquez, Saskia Laroo, among many others... Roman is an official Ovation Guitars,^[5] PRS Guitars ^[6] and D'Addario strings artist.^[7] Roman is the founder and the leader of RMProject. He and his band often tour CIS and Europe and Roman is a frequent visitor and headliner to the most prestigious jazz festivals.

Biography[link]

• 1977, on June, 4 - Roman is born.
• 1994-2000 - Roman played in a big band of his father Maxim Miroshnichenko.
• From 2000 - The founding of his own solo-project, participation in various projects, performances at festivals, studio work, record of guitar tracks for films and on albums of Russian pop-stars.

Awards[link]

• 10th Annual 10th Annual The Independent Music Awards Nominee. The Best World Beat album category, 2011.^[8]
• 9th Annual The Independent Music Awards Winner.^[9] "The Best World Traditional Song category".^[10]

9th IMA's judges: Aimee Mann, Anthony DeCurtis, Lee Ritenour, Rob Wasserman, Shelby Lynne, Tim Pagnotta, Zooey Deschanel, Hanson, Judy Collins, Suzanne Vega, Vijay Iyer, Butch Walker.

• 9th Annual The Independent Music Awards. "People VOX POP Choice nominee" Winner^[11]
• Yury Gagarin Diploma for the Great teamwork in the field propagation of achievements of domestic piloted astronautics, maintenance of star traditions, patriotic education of young generation and in connection with the 50th anniversary of the first-ever flight of Yury Gagarin in space. 2011.^[12]
• The owner "Grand prix" international jazz festival-competition "Do#Dж junior 2004", Ukraine. "The Best Jazz Ensemble" nominee.
• The owner "Grand prix", "The Best Live Performance" nominee at music video competition of a popular Russian internet-portal Top4Top 2008.
• The 1st prize winner in "The Best Guitarist" nominee at "Do#Dж junior 2004" international jazz festival-competition, Ukraine.

Performances at the festivals[link]

• " Jazz on Dnepr 2000 ", Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
• " Boheme Guitar Festival 2001 ", Moscow.
• " Viva La Fiesta Latina 2002 ", Moscow.
• " Tudengijazz 2003 " Tallinn, Estonia
• " Boheme Jazz Festival 2003 ", Moscow
• " Jazz in Hermitage 2003 ", Moscow (to Roman is given the honourable right of opening of festival ). Festival headliners: Randy Brecker, Dave Kikoski, Bill Evans, Lew Tabackin, Igor Butman.
• " Jazz province 2003 " (at participation of groups from the United States, Italy, Cuba, in twelve largest concert halls of cities Russia).
• " World Of Guitar 2003 ", Kaluga, Russia.
• " Russian Style 2004 ", Moscow.
• " World Of Guitar 2004 ", Kaluga, Russia.
• " IX festival of a jazz guitar 2004 ", Saint Petersburg.
• " Mega Jazz Masters 2004 ", Moscow.
• " Nida Jazz 2004 ", Nida, Lithuania.
• " Music Fest 2004 ", Moscow.
• " The Christmas Jazz 2004 ", Moscow, Tchajkovski Concert Hall.
• " Rio-Havana-New York 2004 ", Moscow.
• " Festival Jazz on Dnepr 2005 ", Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
• " World Of Guitar 2005 ", Kaluga, Russia.
• " Festival Nida Jazz 2005 ", Nida, Lithuania.
• " Day of Jazz in Istanbul 2005 ", Istanbul, Turkey.
• " Jazz in Hermitage 2005 ", Moscow.
• " Nida Jazz 2006 ", Nida, Lithuania,
• " Bazzday 2006 ", Moscow.
• " IX Big Smoke 2006 ", Moscow
• " Long Arms 2006", Moscow
• " X Big Smoke 2007 ", Moscow
• " Jazz Carnival 2007 ", Chelyabinsk, Russia
• " World Of Guitar 2008 ", Kaluga, Russia. Festival headliner: John McLaughlin
• " World Of Guitar 2009", Kaluga, Russia. Feat.: Tommy Emmanuel, Leo Brower
• « Nida Jazz » 2009. Nida, Lithuania
• « Uzutrakio Vakarai », 2009. Trakai, Lithuania
• « Jazz Province », 2009. Russia
• " 9th Vladimir Martynov's Festival", 2010, Moscow, Russia
• " Summer Jam 2010 ", Kaluga, Russia
• " Gypsy Swing " 2010, Kaluga, Russia
• " First String " young guitarists festival-competition 2011, Kaluga, Russia. As special guest
• " World Of Guitar 2011 ", Kaluga, Russia. In duo with Larry Coryell.
• "The Creation Of Peace 2011", Kazan, Russia. Headliners - John Fogerty, John Lydon. Honored Guest - the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
• "Crossover Jazz Festival". Moscow, Russia. 2011
• "Veise Jazz 2011", Saransk, Russia
• "Snow Jazz", 2011, Ekaterinburg, Russia. In duo with Larry Coryell.
• "December angagement", 2011, Kaluga, Russia. In duo with Larry Coryell.
• " World Of Guitar 2012 ", Kaluga, Russia. With Dominique Di Piazza and Daniel Pipi Piazzolla.

Collaborations[link]

• April 2003, 2005 - performances with a trumpet player from Holland, Saskia Laroo.
• May 2003 - performances at the Boheme Jazz Festival with well-known Russian pianist Igor Bril. Festival headliners: John Scofield, Tanya Maria, Cesária Évora.
• September 2003 - performances with American pianist, Milcho Leviev.
• Since 2003 - participation in «7 Winds», accompanied by the best dancing pairs in the world competing in the World championships on the Latin American dances among professionals in State Kremlin Hall, Moscow.
• December–January 2003-2004 - performances with known Cuban group, Sexto Sentido.
• May 2004 performances with Al Di Meola in Kaluga and Moscow (Russia).
• Nowember 2004 - performances with group Sexto Sentido (Cuba), with known percussionist Frank Colon.
• June 2005 - performances with Frank Colon and with American pianist Andrew Kitaev.
• September 2005 - participation in the show " Pierre Richard Sextet and stars of the Russian jazz.
• September 2006 - performance with Frank Colon Band in a residence of the ambassador the USA. Moscow, Spaso House.
• December 2006 - performance with one of the most well-known musicians of world Djivan Gasparyan, accompanied by Russian national symphonic orchestra on the State Kremlin Concert Hall stage
• February 2007 - performances with Saskia Laroo
• May–October 2007 - record of the joint album by Bril brothers and Roman Miroshnichenko with special guests-stars featuring: Igor Butman, Igor Bril, Saskia Laroo, Vladimir Presnyakov (sr), Sergey Mazaev, to name a few.
• November 2007 - 1st performance of new "Russian Guitar Trio" with featuring: Roman Miroshnichenko-Ivan Smirnov-Vadim Chebanov
• May 2008 - guitar tracks recording for "The Musical Nation Project". Feat.: Jamie Glaser, Frank Colon(USA), Clive Stevens (Great Britain), Diego Souto(Argentina), Joao Correia, Daniel Figueiredo(Brazil).
• June 2008 - performance for the president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg during his informal meetings with the leaders of the CIS countries at an economic forum.
• October 2008 - performance as special guest in Frank Colon Band at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Musicians feat.: Cecilia Tenconi(sax), David Mit(drums), Anthony Simarozi(bass), Ben Stevers(piano)
• October 2008 - performance with João Donato (Brasil)
• October 2008 - performance with Lica Cecato (Brasil)
• Summer 2009 - European tour
• Autumn 2010 - Fall Tour Russia
• December 2008 - sound producer of the CD album featuring russian jazz stars like Igor Butman, Georgiy Garanyan, Alexey Kuznetsov, Igor Bril, Daniel Kramer to name a few.
• May-June-August 2009, Tour Russia and Lithuania in guitar duo with Hernan Romero

October-November 2009, Tour Europe in twenty three towns.

• 2010 - as musical producer of cd-collection project with Russian pop and jazz stars feat.
• June 2011 - performance at Crystal Turandot Awards XX ceremony.
• January 2012 - performance at the NAMM, Los-Angeles, USA
• May 2012 - performance at the NAMM Russia, Roland booth, Moscow, Russia.

Selected discography[link]

Solo Works

• Roman Miroshnichenko «GuitaRomania», CD, 2003
• Roman Miroshnichenko «The Infinity», CD, 2005
• Roman Miroshnichenko "Live in Jazz Town", DVD, 2007
• Roman Miroshnichenko "Temptation", CD, 2009^[13]
• Roman Miroshnichenko «Quasipsychedelic», CD, 2011^[14]

Collections

• «Instrumental Collection», the collection of the best Russian guitarists, CD, 2002 - the joint edition of magazine Music Box and JRC label
• Festival Ethnosphere Live vol.2, DVD, 2004
• «Yerevan - Moscow - Transit vol.3», CD, 2005
• «Yerevan - Moscow - Transit vol.3», DVD, 2005
• Festival Ethnosphere Live vol.4, DVD, 2007
• Soyuz - 32, CD, 2002, the collection of the best hits of the Russian pop music.

Collaborations

• Djivan Gasparyan and Russian National Orchestra. Live in Kremlin, DVD-EPK, 2006
• Frank Colon Band "Live in Moscow", DVD-EPK, 2006
• Bril Brothers and Roman Miroshnichenko, «Together», CD, Melodia Records, 2007

As a sessional guitarist

• Sona «Vse Proidet», CD, 2008 guitar tracks for album of singer Sona with special guest - legendary soloist MANOLO y los GIPSY KINGS
• Oleg Tumanov «Latin Romance», CD, 2004
• George Musheev «Tale of Night», CD 2004
• Erast Galumov «My Land» CD, 2005
• Erast Galumov «To the Moon», CD, 2004
• Igor Kandur «Strannik», CD, 2004

Filmography[link]

• 2004 - TV-serial " Кamenskaya III ", record of guitar tracks
• 2005 - TV-serial "Tourists", record of guitar tracks
• 2007 - "Russian Game" movie, guitar tracks record
• 2008 - "Neproshenye", Russian blockbaster, soundtracks record as co-author and guitarist
• 2010 - "Ribeirão do tempo" a Brazilian Soup opera, guitar tracks record
• 2010 - "Tides to and from". Cartoon by Ivan Maksimov. Guitar tracks record. This film is a participant of the Generation Kplus Programme at the 61st Berlinale Film Festival Competitionand special prize winner at XVIII International Festival Competition of animation films "Krok", 2011.
• 2011 - «Canto de Pilon». Music video As special guest-star.^[15]

Bibliography[link]

• The Great Jazz Guitarists. ^[16] Hal Leonard, 2012. ISBN 978-1-617130-23-6

• Jazz-Rock Musicians. ^[17] Hephaestus Books, 2011. ISBN 978-1-244331-20-4

• Jazz in Russia. ^[18] Publisher «Skifia» St.Ptersburg, Russia 2009. ISBN 978-5-903463-23-7

• "Eleventh". The novel of Russian writer Dmitry Miropolsky. There are mentioned problems of a modern society and show business. A number of stories of the protagonist stated in the book, are based on the real events which have occurred during the different periods of a creative life of Roman Miroshnichenko. Publisher "Napisano Perom", 2012. ISBN 978-5-905636-02-8

References[link]

"...Good effort! Nice ideas here and there! I am flattered when Roman uses his ideas with my influence..." / Al Di Meola /

"...Temptation" is an excellent piece of the type of modern flamenco music that John McLaughlin and I played with Paco de Lucia in the late seventies in Europe. Roman Miroshnichenko, in his tribute to this style of music, stays very close to the original guidelines that make this an authentic piece of creativity and not simply a copy...." / Larry Coryell /

"...I am very proud to be part of this magnificent work that is "Temptation". I doubt that someone will not yield to the temptation to listen to it over many, many times throughout life. Roman is one in a million: highest musical knowledge, humility, talent and professionalism. "Roman Rocks..." / Latin Grammy owner, Daniel Figueiredo /

"...Roman is a phenomenal acoustic guitarist. His style is reminiscent of the great Al Dimeola, but of course Roman puts his own and highly individual touch and stamp on the guitar. His ‘Temptation’ CD is a testament to his brilliance. It’s a tour de force!..." /www.acousticguitarworkshop.com/

"...The guitar stands out, but the overall atmosphere is fresh, modern and lively. He may have performed with Al DiMeola and Larry Coryell, but this is not the simple fusion jazz that I remember. It is almost fully instrumental and creates a nice atmosphere for fans of pyrotechnic guitar playing as well as creative intellectual music..." /FolkWorld Magazine about "Quasipsychedelic" CD/

External links[link]

• Roman Miroshnichenko's official website
• CDBaby
• YouTube
• MySpace
• All about Jazz
• The 9th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners
• Ovation Trubute
• Famous Ovation Guitars Players Gallery
• eSession