Tol'yatti, city, Samara Oblast, southern European Russia, on the Volga River. The city's industries are related primarily to automobile manufacturing. Three major automobile plants, a synthetic rubber factory, and chemical plants operate here. Originally known as Stavropol', the town was forced to move to higher ground following construction of the Kuybyshev Reservoir in the mid-1950s. It was renamed in 1964 for the Italian Communist Party leader Palmiro Togliatti. Population (1999 estimate) 719,100.
