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.

Aliases (4)

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 → Southwestern Russia →
locatedOnRiver	Volga River →
memorial	Mamayev Kurgan → The Motherland Calls statue →
militaryDistrict	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	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 (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Stalingrad → Battle of Stalingrad → Case Blue ("Stalingrad area") → Fall Blau → Operation Koltso → Operation Uranus →	location
FC Rotor Volgograd ("Stalinets Stalingrad") → Volgograd →	formerName
Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad → Soviet Stalingrad Front ("city of Stalingrad") →	namedAfter
Battle of Stalingrad →	alsoKnownAs
Soviet Don Front →	associatedCity
Tsaritsyn →	formerNameOf
Soviet 64th Army ("Stalingrad area") →	garrisonDuringBattle
Soviet 62nd Army →	garrisonLocation
Soviet 62nd Army ("Stalingrad and surrounding region") →	geographicAreaOfOperations
German 6th Army →	locationDuringStalingrad
Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad →	locationOfAction
Vassili Zaitsev →	placeOfActivity
Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri →	placeOfDeath
Tsaritsyn →	renamedAs
Erwin König →	setting
Major Erwin König →	settingOfActions
Enemy at the Gates →	settingPlace
6th Army →	surrenderedAt
Stalingrad (1993 film) →	title
Commissar Danilov →	workLocation