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Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43)
As the Germans advanced towards Stalingrad in the Summer of 1942, the war came to the locals of the city and evacuation was ...
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‘We did not bury dead bodies in the winter in Stalingrad. Corpses were piled up. There was no place to bury them.’
In 1942 Rokhlina became trapped in the besieged city of Stalingrad. The battle raged for more than six months, reducing the city to ruins and decimating its population. Winter temperatures ...
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The Battle of Stalingrad
During World War Two, the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the most brutal engagements of the entire conflict, and would go on to be one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare.
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Volgograd to Stalingrad city name change not on agenda, Kremlin says
MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. Renaming Volgograd as Stalingrad is not being discussed whatsoever, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday. "No, there are no discussions on ...
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Kremlin rebuffs rumors of Volgograd being renamed Stalingrad after Putin’s visit
Volgograd’s World War 2 veterans came up with a similar initiative on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi-led forces in the Battle of Stalingrad. In response to their ...