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Noun: Stalingrad  'staa-lin,grad
Usage: archaic (=Volgograd)
  1. A city in southwestern Russia on the Volga River; site of a major German defeat in World War II during the winter of 1942-43
    "The Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in World War II";
    - Volgograd, Tsaritsyn [archaic]

Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Russia, Russian Federation

Encyclopedia: Stalingrad