Artillery was Russia's 'god of war' long before Ukraine
In the Ukraine war, it is artillery that has enabled tactically clumsy Russian infantry and armor to advance. Stalin once ...
Russian communists want Stalingrad back
The people “will understand” its significance if the city of Volgograd reverts to its WWII-era name, Gennady Zyuganov has ...
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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.’
The fighting ended 75 years ago, but Maria Rokhlina still feels the war in her hands, in every finger. Born in Ukraine, she dreamed of becoming a pilot. But by 1941, when she was 16, the Nazis ...
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Putin draws a parallel between Stalingrad and the war in Ukraine – and recalls Russia's nuclear clout
The Kremlin places the commemoration of the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad 80 years ago in the context of the «special operation» in Ukraine. The Germans and their tanks are made the ...
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Russian Defense Ministry reveals declassified documents on Battle of Stalingrad
KUBINKA /Moscow region/, August 25. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry has made public historical documents related to the Battle of Stalingrad during the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War ...
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WEGO: WW2 Stalingrad
WEGO World War II: Stalingrad is the flagship of Brian Kelly's operational level, ground-centric, WEGOWW2 game system. Built on the framework of Desert War 1940-42, this hex-based wargame captures ...
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Stalingrad Sword Commemorative Box
Evelyn Waugh wrote the Sword of Honour trilogy. The sword is of course the Stalingrad Sword presented to Marshal Stalin at the Tehran Conference in nov/dec 1943. The sword was made to commemorate ...
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Volgograd to Stalingrad city name change not on agenda, Kremlin says
On January 30, 2013, the Volgograd City Duma decided to establish the name "Stalingrad" as the symbol of Volgograd, this symbolic name can be officially used during mass events six times a year.