Stalingrad

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city

Stalingrad, now known as Volgograd, is a major city in southwestern Russia on the Volga River, historically renowned as the site of one of World War II’s most pivotal and brutal battles.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Stalingrad canonical	44
Stalingrad area	2
Stalinets Stalingrad	1
Stalingrad (historical name of Volgograd)	1
Stalingrad (now Volgograd)	1
Stalingrad and surrounding region	1
central Stalingrad	1
city of Stalingrad	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
attacker	Wehrmacht ⓘ
battleEndDate	1943-02-02 ⓘ
battleEndYear	1943 ⓘ
battleStartDate	1942-08-23 ⓘ
battleStartYear	1942 ⓘ
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
casualtiesEstimate	hundreds of thousands ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
currentName	Volgograd ⓘ
defender	Red Army ⓘ
formerNameOf	Volgograd ⓘ
front	Eastern Front ⓘ
governedBy	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
heroCityTitleAwardedInYear	1945 ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor	Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ
honorificTitle	Hero City ⓘ
industrialRole	industrial center ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Russian SFSR ⓘ southern Russia ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Russia
locatedOnRiver	Volga River ⓘ
memorial	Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex ⓘ surface form: Mamayev Kurgan The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ
militaryDistrict	Soviet Stalingrad Front ⓘ surface form: Stalingrad Front
namedAfter	Joseph Stalin ⓘ
notableFor	encirclement of German 6th Army ⓘ high civilian casualties ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ
notableStructure	Grain Elevator of Stalingrad ⓘ Pavlov's House ⓘ
operation	Operation Uranus ⓘ
partOf	Volgograd Oblast ⓘ
previousName	Tsaritsyn ⓘ
region	Volga region ⓘ surface form: Lower Volga region
renamedFrom	Tsaritsyn ⓘ
renamedFromYear	1925 ⓘ
renamedInYear	1961 ⓘ
renamedTo	Volgograd ⓘ
result	Soviet victory ⓘ
significance	major turning point on Eastern Front in World War II ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to Caucasus oil fields ⓘ control of Volga River transport routes ⓘ
timezone	Moscow Time ⓘ
transportRole	major river port on Volga ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Stalingrad → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

Battle of Stalingrad → alsoKnownAs → Stalingrad ⓘ

Case Blue → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stalingrad area

film "Stalingrad" (1993) → title → Stalingrad ⓘ

subject surface form: Stalingrad (1993 film)

German 6th Army → locationDuringStalingrad → Stalingrad ⓘ

Soviet 62nd Army → garrisonLocation → Stalingrad ⓘ

Soviet 62nd Army → geographicAreaOfOperations → Stalingrad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stalingrad and surrounding region

film "Enemy at the Gates" (2001) → settingPlace → Stalingrad ⓘ

subject surface form: Enemy at the Gates

Soviet Stalingrad Front → namedAfter → Stalingrad ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Stalingrad

Volgograd → formerName → Stalingrad ⓘ

Soviet 64th Army → garrisonDuringBattle → Stalingrad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stalingrad area

Soviet Don Front → associatedCity → Stalingrad ⓘ

Operation Uranus → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

Operation Koltso → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

Fall Blau → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

German sniper Erwin König → setting → Stalingrad ⓘ

subject surface form: Erwin König

Vassili Zaitsev → placeOfActivity → Stalingrad ⓘ

Johannes Heide → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Stalingrad

FC Rotor Volgograd → formerName → Stalingrad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stalinets Stalingrad

Commissar Danilov → workLocation → Stalingrad ⓘ

Tsaritsyn → formerNameOf → Stalingrad ⓘ

Tsaritsyn → renamedAs → Stalingrad ⓘ

Major Erwin König → settingOfActions → Stalingrad ⓘ

Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad → locationOfAction → Stalingrad ⓘ

Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad → namedAfter → Stalingrad ⓘ

Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri → placeOfDeath → Stalingrad ⓘ

6th Army → surrenderedAt → Stalingrad ⓘ

Grain Elevator of Stalingrad → locatedIn → Stalingrad ⓘ

Pavlov's House → locatedIn → Stalingrad ⓘ

Pavlov's House → urbanContext → Stalingrad ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Stalingrad

Unternehmen Blau → targetCity → Stalingrad ⓘ

Don River → near → Stalingrad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stalingrad (now Volgograd)

Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad → settingLocation → Stalingrad ⓘ

Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach → placeOfCapture → Stalingrad ⓘ

Traktor Stalingrad → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

Traktor Stalingrad → homeCityDuringSovietEra → Stalingrad ⓘ

Rotor Stalingrad → homeCity → Stalingrad ⓘ

Gumrak Airport → near → Stalingrad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stalingrad (historical name of Volgograd)

Antony Beevor → notableWork → Stalingrad ⓘ

German summer offensive of 1942 → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

Elem Klimov → placeOfBirth → Stalingrad ⓘ

Southern sector of the Eastern Front → majorCityInSector → Stalingrad ⓘ

Erwin König → notableDuelLocation → Stalingrad ⓘ

Stalingrad area → hasCoreCity → Stalingrad ⓘ

Battle for Tsaritsyn → placeLaterRenamed → Stalingrad ⓘ

Stalingrad strategic offensive operation → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) → location → Stalingrad ⓘ

Vasiliy Grossman → workLocation → Stalingrad ⓘ

Europe Central → depicts → Stalingrad ⓘ

Ligne 2 → hasStation → Stalingrad ⓘ