Save Type Settlement Usage Russian, Bulgarian, Tatar, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish Scripts Волгоград(Russian, Bulgarian, Tatar, Serbian) Pronounced Pron. [vəl.ɡɐ.ˈɡrat](Russian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History A city and oblast in Russia. From the name of the River Volga and Russian grad meaning "town, city".