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 ; 719,632 ; 702,879 ; 630,543 .The city is best known as the home of Russia's largest car manufacturer AvtoVAZ. For this reason, Tolyatti is often dubbed "Russia's motor city" or "Russia's Motown".