Tol'yatti (English spelling)

Japanese: トリヤッチ（英語表記）Tol’yatti

A city in the Russian Federation, southeastern European Russia. A river port city located at the southeastern end of the Kuibyshev artificial lake, part of the Volga River. Population 678,000 (1993). Formerly called Stavropol, it was renamed in 1964 in honor of P. Togliatti, Secretary General of the Italian Communist Party, who died that same year. In 1966, the Soviet government signed a contract with the Italian company Fiat to build a new automobile factory and housing here, which resulted in rapid growth as an industrial city, and the population also increased rapidly due to the influx of workers from all over the country.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ロシア連邦，ヨーロッパ･ロシア南東部の都市。ボルガ川の一部であるクイビシェフ人造湖の南東端に位置する河港都市。人口67万8000(1993)。旧称はスタブロポリStavropol’で，1964年，この年に死去したイタリア共産党書記長P.トリアッティを記念して改称。66年ソ連政府はイタリアのフィアット社と契約をむすんで，この地への新自動車工場，住宅の建設につとめた結果，工業都市として急成長し，全国からの労働者の流入で人口も急増した。

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