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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Stalingrad Sword Commemorative Box
The box is nicely carved and holds a large album with photos of Stalingrad before the war and the devastation after the battle. The enclosed picture shows the album opened at the first pages ...
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Putin draws a parallel between Stalingrad and the war in Ukraine – and recalls Russia's nuclear clout
In a brief speech before a concert to commemorate ... Putin's regime misuses this to justify the war against Ukraine. The cruel struggle in the cauldron of Stalingrad was a gigantic slaughter.
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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 ... Rokhlina became trapped in the besieged city of Stalingrad. The battle raged for more than six months ...