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The Volzhsky city is one of the biggest industrial centres on the Volga-river (near to Volgograd) with the population of about 500 thousand inhabitants and 16 large metallurgical, chemical and other industrial enterprises. The city grew from teh settlement formed around the silk factory founded in 1720 by Peter the Great. It remained a small town in the 20th century with the population of about 10,000 in 1952. Its biggest upsurge of population came for the construction of the Volga Hydroelectric Station. The city was built by civil convict labor who were rewarded with houses or apartments at end of their sentence, like the older neighbor city of Volgograd rebuilt by German prisoners of war after 1945.

The ecological situation in Volzhsky can be assessed as extremely unsatisfactory, and in some aspects as close to disaster. The proposed study will provide the local administration and the Government with the policy advice on how to promote industrial eco-efficiency and competitiveness.

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