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Volgogra (Russian: Волгогра́д (help·info)), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: Цари́цын (help·info)) (1598–1925) and Stalingrad (Russian: Сталингра́д (help·info)) (1925–1961) is a city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is 80 kilometres long, and situated on the west bank of the Volga River.

Trivia about stalingrad

  • Once called Tsaritsyn, this city resisted a bloody 6-month siege by the Germans during World War II
  • In 1961 Nikita Khrushchev changed its name to Volgograd; this name had lasted almost 40 years
  • After 1961, when its namesake fell out of favor, this city was known as Volgograd
  • German troops' surrender in 1943 ended the seemingly endless battle for this Russian city
  • After months of assault, the valiant fighters of this Russian city smashed the Nazi Sixth Army in 1943
  • In this WWII Russian battle, troops were ordered, "Not a step back" by the man for whom the city was named
  • After suffering 150,000 casualties, German General Paulus surrendered in this city on the Volga in Jan. 1943
  • In 1942 Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein led a failed effort to assist surrounded German forces in this Soviet city
  • Sgt. Yakov Pavlov & a dozen Russian soldiers held out for more than 50 days in the center of this city in 1942 & never lost it
  • Urban battle sites include the house defended for 58 days by Sergeant Pavlov in this WWII battle

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