Stalingrad

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Stalingrad, now known as Volgograd, is a major city in southwestern Russia on the Volga River, historically renowned as the site of one of World War II’s most pivotal and brutal battles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
attacker Wehrmacht
battleEndDate 1943-02-02
battleEndYear 1943
battleStartDate 1942-08-23
battleStartYear 1942
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
casualtiesEstimate hundreds of thousands
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
currentName Volgograd
defender Red Army
formerNameOf Volgograd
front Eastern Front
governedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
heroCityTitleAwardedInYear 1945
historicallyKnownFor Battle of Stalingrad
historicalPeriod 20th century
honorificTitle Hero City
industrialRole industrial center
language Russian
locatedIn Russian SFSR
Southwestern Russia
linked to: southern Russia
locatedOnRiver Volga River
memorial Mamayev Kurgan
The Motherland Calls statue
militaryDistrict Stalingrad Front
namedAfter Joseph Stalin
notableFor encirclement of German 6th Army
high civilian casualties
urban warfare
notableStructure Grain Elevator of Stalingrad
Pavlov's House
operation Operation Uranus
partOf Volgograd Oblast
previousName Tsaritsyn
region Lower Volga region
linked to: Volga region
renamedFrom Tsaritsyn
renamedFromYear 1925
renamedInYear 1961
renamedTo Volgograd
result Soviet victory
significance major turning point on Eastern Front in World War II
strategicImportance access to Caucasus oil fields
control of Volga River transport routes
timezone Moscow Time
transportRole major river port on Volga

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Battle of Stalingrad location Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad alsoKnownAs Stalingrad
Case Blue location Stalingrad area
linked to: Stalingrad
Stalingrad (1993 film) title Stalingrad
subject linked to: film "Stalingrad" (1993)
Soviet 62nd Army geographicAreaOfOperations Stalingrad and surrounding region
linked to: Stalingrad
Enemy at the Gates settingPlace Stalingrad
Soviet Stalingrad Front namedAfter city of Stalingrad
linked to: Stalingrad
Volgograd formerName Stalingrad
Soviet 64th Army garrisonDuringBattle Stalingrad area
linked to: Stalingrad
Soviet Don Front associatedCity Stalingrad
Operation Uranus location Stalingrad
Operation Koltso location Stalingrad
Fall Blau location Stalingrad
Erwin König setting Stalingrad
subject linked to: German sniper Erwin König
Vassili Zaitsev placeOfActivity Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad location Stalingrad
subject linked to: Johannes Heide
FC Rotor Volgograd formerName Stalinets Stalingrad
linked to: Stalingrad
Commissar Danilov workLocation Stalingrad
Tsaritsyn formerNameOf Stalingrad
Tsaritsyn renamedAs Stalingrad
6th Army surrenderedAt Stalingrad
Pavlov's House locatedIn Stalingrad
Pavlov's House urbanContext central Stalingrad
linked to: Stalingrad
Unternehmen Blau targetCity Stalingrad
Don River near Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
linked to: Stalingrad
Traktor Stalingrad location Stalingrad
Rotor Stalingrad homeCity Stalingrad
Gumrak Airport near Stalingrad (historical name of Volgograd)
linked to: Stalingrad
Antony Beevor notableWork Stalingrad
Elem Klimov placeOfBirth Stalingrad
Erwin König notableDuelLocation Stalingrad
Stalingrad area hasCoreCity Stalingrad
Vasiliy Grossman workLocation Stalingrad
Europe Central depicts Stalingrad
Ligne 2 hasStation Stalingrad